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Trump and Biden to compete in first presidential debate: Live updates
Donald Trump and Joe Biden are due to face each other on the debate stage in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday evening in their first head-to-head of the 2024 election cycle.
The encounter will take place at 9pm ET and be broadcast live from CNN’s studios, with the network’s anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash serving as moderators.
The debate promises to be every bit as bad-tempered as their two face-offs in the run-up to the Covid-blighted 2020 election and the Republican has wasted no time in getting his blows in early, sneering on Wednesday that the president should be thrilled there will be no fact-checkers present because he is a “lying machine”.
This comes as the Supreme Court issued four major rulings, but left the question of Trump’s immunity from prosecution in his federal election interference case for a future date.
Meanwhile, new polling shows Trump up by just five points in a head-to-head matchup with Biden among likely voters in Texas. Trump received 48 percent to Biden’s 43 percent in the poll conducted between 11 and 20 June by the University of Texas at Tyler.
Judge defends more hearings after being accused of slow-walking Trump classified docs case
Cannon is seeking more evidence about the language in the FBI search warrant that was used to seize classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in 2022, she wrote in a court filing on Thursday. Trump’s lawyers have argued the language was vague, and Cannon agreed there were “ambiguities” in her latest filing.
Oliver O’Connell28 June 2024 00:10
Biden campaign tries to use Trump’s second-term blueprint against him as debate looms
The Biden campaign is rolling out a seven-figure paid digital and print-media campaign, which includes homepage takeovers at Buzzfeed, USA Today, CNN, El Tiempo Latino, Telemundo, theGrio, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution to highlight what they describe as “the dangers of electing Trump to a second term.”
The president’s campaign is also launching a new website that takes aim at Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump term that has been put forth by the right-wing Heritage Foundation think tank.
Oliver O’Connell28 June 2024 00:00
CNN shoots down bogus claim that network is delaying broadcast
Right-wing social media users are spreading unsubstantiated claims that CNN is delaying its broadcast for up to two minutes. It’s entirely false, but appears to be part of a time-tested strategy to spread bogus statements across social media in the hopes that legitimate outlets pick them up to debunk them, thereby legitimizing them.
CNN’s own communications team said the claims are false.
“Watch out — it’s wild out here today — lots of people are falling for misinfo about the prez debate production,” wrote ex-CNN host Brian Stelter.
“To address one of the B.S. claims, no, CNN is not putting the live feed on a 1/2 minute tape delay to somehow protect the elderly candidates.”
Alex Woodward27 June 2024 23:47
‘Will you shut up, man’: The best jabs from Biden-Trump debates in 2020
The event has already been hit by controversy after the network cut an interview with Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on Monday when she questioned the political allegiance of moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, subsequently demanding an apology from anchor Kasie Hunt.
Joe Sommerlad27 June 2024 23:15
Biden’s spin room team
The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg confirms that representing President Joe Biden in the spin room this evening will be Mary Trump, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Rep Jasmine Crockett of Texas, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Rep Robert Garcia of California, DNC adviser Cedric Richmond, and Senator Raphael Warnock.
A Trump-aligned super PAC has put out a release singling out the two Black women on the list, attacking them as radicals.
Oliver O’Connell27 June 2024 23:09
Watch: MSNBC host says first question should be on 2020 election result
Oliver O’Connell27 June 2024 23:00
Watch: Behind the scenes of the presidential debate with Andrew Feinberg
Oliver O’Connell27 June 2024 22:45