LIVE UPDATES: Biden-Trump presidential debate
LIVE UPDATES: Biden-Trump presidential debate
- Joe Biden and Donald Trump face off Thursday (Friday morning in Manila) in the first of two high-stakes debates that could upend the US presidential election in November.
- Joe Biden and Donald Trump will battle in a 90-minute debate with mutable microphones.
- CNN is hosting the first in-person clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump ahead of November’s election.
Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate
June 27, 2024 – 10:18AM
WASHINGTON — Most US adults plan to watch some element of Thursday’s presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Both men remain broadly unpopular as they prepare to face off for the first time since 2020, although Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, maintains a modest enthusiasm advantage with his base compared to Biden, the Democratic incumbent.
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Trump, Biden gird for historic US presidential debate
June 27, 2024 – 6:38AM
ATLANTA – Joe Biden and Donald Trump made final preparations Wednesday for the biggest moment so far in the US election — the first of two high-stakes debates that could upend the race.
Thursday’s televised showdown will raise the campaigning to boiling point, with tens of millions expected to tune in and both camps escalating their increasingly personal attacks.
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Biden, Trump offer competing vision of US role in world
June 26, 2024 – 12:03PM
WASHINGTON — Ahead of their first presidential debate, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are offering sharply different visions of the US role in the world, both in style and substance.
The rare matchup between a current and former president puts their stark contrasts on display. Trump during his 2017-2021 presidency vowed to put “America First,” with a combative and often isolationist view of the world, while Biden took office in 2021 vowing “America is Back,” rekindling relationships with allies.
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CNN, on the wane, bets big with first US presidential debate
June 25, 2024 – 4:42PM
NEW YORK — After taking a beating in the ratings from rivals Fox News and MSNBC, CNN is hoping that by hosting the first presidential debate of 2024, it can win back some cable news viewers.
The network, the first in history to earn sole broadcast rights for a presidential debate, offered competitors the chance to pick up its feed Thursday night, under certain conditions.
The CNN logo would have to appear onscreen for the duration of the event, and any ads promoting it would have to refer to the “CNN Presidential Debate,” according to the Los Angeles Times.
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Trump and Biden do battle in first US presidential debate
June 24, 2024 – 9:42AM
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate this week, with the stage set for what could be a pivotal moment in the 2024 race as millions of potential voters tune in.
The showdown fires the starting gun on what promises to be a bruising summer on the campaign trail, in a deeply polarized and tense United States still convulsed over the chaos and violence that accompanied the 2020 election.
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Biden and Trump suit up for first televised clash of 2024
June 21, 2024 – 9:38AM
WASHINGTON — Marathon rehearsals, informal consultations, campaign rallies: Joe Biden and Donald Trump are each preparing in their own unique way for their televised debate next Thursday, the first in the 2024 race for the White House between the bitter rivals.
With a week to go, the Democratic president was set to head to Camp David, a mountainside retreat for US leaders close to the capital Washington, to hone his attack lines and rebuttals.
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