President Joe Biden‘s campaign rejected two additional debates on Friday that former President Donald Trump‘s campaign says it agreed to do. One was a proposal for a presidential debate hosted by NBC News and Telemundo. The other was for a vice presidential debate hosted by Fox News at Virginia State University, a historically Black college. […]
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Biden and Trump are betting on debates to help magnify the other’s weaknesses
It’s game on for a pair of presidential debates between two unpopular candidates most Americans wish weren’t running for the nation’s highest office. In a ratatat social media exchange on Wednesday, Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed to participate in two debates on 27 June, hosted by CNN, and on 10 September, hosted by ABC. […]
What to expect from presidential debates
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to two debates ahead of November’s election, scheduling televised face-offs that could prove critical in their tight rematch to win the White House. Here is what you need to know about the upcoming debates. WHEN AND WHERE ARE […]
Would Robert F. Kennedy Jr be more of a spoiler for Biden or Trump in the debates?
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and ex-President Donald Trump are set to face off in June for the first 2024 presidential debate, but experts warn that Biden may be at more of a disadvantage than Trump if independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also qualifies to be on stage. Some critics have warned that Kennedy, […]
Trump says he has ‘no problem’ welcoming RFK Jr. to debates if he qualifies
Former President Donald Trump said he has “no problem” with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joining him and President Joe Biden on stage if Kennedy meets the criteria for the June and September presidential debates. “I would have no problem if he got whatever the threshold is. But he’s very low and he seems […]
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming presidential debates
For months, voters, journalists and political observers wondered whether President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump would meet face to face this year for debates ahead of the 2024 presidential election. On Wednesday, both campaigns finally committed to at least two debates, which will look different in several ways from what we’re used to. […]
Biden and Trump agree to debates in late June and September
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to participate in general election debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, ending speculation about whether general election debates would happen at all. CNN will host the first debate in late June at 9 p.m. at its studios in Atlanta, it said in […]
RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of ‘colluding’ to exclude him from debates
Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump were “colluding” to exclude him from the debates they agreed to participate in on Wednesday. Biden and Trump said Wednesday that they had accepted invitations for presidential debates hosted by CNN on June 27 and ABC News on Sept. 10. […]
RFK Jr. rails against being left out of the Biden-Trump presidential debates
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is lashing out after being left out of the upcoming presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump that are scheduled for June and September. Kennedy, who is unlikely to meet the debate qualification requirements laid out by CNN, said in a social media post that the president and former president […]
What we know, and don’t know, about the presidential debates
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of questions about whether general election debates would happen, President Joe Biden and Republican nominee Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two of them: one in June and one in September. But there are still some nitty-gritty details to be worked out, including the formats of the events and […]
Biden and Trump agree to presidential debates in June, September — but with some big changes
The last time either President Biden or former President Donald Trump participated in a presidential debate was nearly four years ago, when they tangled in Tennessee at the height COVID-19 pandemic. Now Biden and Trump are finally set to meet again. Here’s what will be different this time — and why it matters. 🤼 Biden […]
Biden and Trump agree on campaign debates but details to be ironed out
President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump have agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September. But there were no guarantees that they would happen as their camps appeared far apart on key details like the setting and ground rules for the potential face-offs. The quick agreement on the timetable to meet […]