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• Trump, Biden set to square off in final debate ahead of U.S. presidential election

  U.S. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are set to square off in their final debate Thursday.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2020
  
• U.S. election: Trump holds rally, Biden does prep ahead of final presidential debate

  Three weeks of wrangling over the debate format and structure appeared to have subsided Tuesday after the Commission on Presidential Debates unveiled a rules change meant to reduce the chaotic interruptions that plagued the first Trump-Biden encounter last month.

  Politics

  Oct 20, 2020
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• 2nd U.S. presidential debate will be virtual, but Trump says he won’t ‘waste’ his time

  The announcement comes nearly a week after Trump said he'd tested positive for the coronavirus.

  World

  Oct 8, 2020
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• ‘SNL’ parodies Trump, Biden presidential debate in 46th season opener

  The series opened its 46th season, returning to the studio this week after the coronavirus pandemic halted production.

  Entertainment

  Oct 4, 2020
• Trump opposes changing debate format; campaign says he will still attend

  The Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that it “intends to ensure that additional tools to maintain order are in place for the remaining debates.”

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2020
• Bill Kelly: The presidential debate debacle

  Tuesday's debate debacle had to be one of the most embarrassing moments in American political history, Bill Kelly says.

  Commentary

  Oct 1, 2020
• ‘It was sad’: U.S. voters criticize ‘unseemly’ first debate between Trump, Biden

  After one of the noisiest, most chaotic debates in recent memory, voters across the country struggled for words — printable words — to describe the display.

  World

  Oct 1, 2020
• Trump says he ‘enjoyed’ debating Biden, falsely claims other debates will be cancelled

  Biden called Trump's performance "a national embarrassment" while his campaign assured he would attend the next two debates.

  Politics

  Sep 30, 2020
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• 2nd U.S. presidential debate will have new rules to aid ‘orderly discussion’

  The Commission on Presidential Debates, a nonpartisan group that has organized the events since 1988, said it would make unspecified changes to the format to prevent chaos.

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  Sep 30, 2020
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• ANALYSIS: Trump uses tone that turns off voters he needs during U.S. debate

  U.S. President Donald Trump needed to make the first general election debate about his rival, Democrat Joe Biden. Instead, as he so often does, Trump made it about himself.

  World

  Sep 30, 2020