11 Questions We Desperately Want The Candidates To Answer At The First Presidential Debate
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If the moderators dare.
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Here we go. On Thursday night, Americans will see the first televised debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump of the 2024 election cycle.
It’s never easy to conduct these sorts of conversations, given how much politicians want to avoid tough questions and spin the truth in their favor. It’s especially difficult when one of the men onstage has such a penchant for incivility and dishonesty. (Yes, we mean Trump.)
Adding to the burdens, the stakes in this election couldn’t be higher. A change in the White House could dramatically alter, well, everything. Even the future of American democracy could depend on whether the instigator of Jan. 6 gets to return to the White House.
Somehow, the debate will have to cover all of this (or at least a lot of it) in 90 minutes — including two commercial interruptions.
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Although the president-elect's daughter-in-law, who said she'd "absolutely consider" serving in the Senate, just announced an athleisure line.
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It was the second run for Kaptur since her district was redrawn, but her first with a mainstream GOP opponent.
Eagle lovers around the world were crushed when the nest of a Minnesota pair and their chick collapsed on live video last year.
HuffPost obtained a White House message to senators ahead of a crucial vote on sending the Israelis more arms amid the Gaza and Lebanon wars. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is helping the administration shield the policy.
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said Tuesday that the selection "would be funny if it weren't so sad," adding, "This is the dream team? Really?”