Politics

Ford kicks backbencher out of Ontario PC caucus after she met with far-right figure

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford kicked a backbencher out of the Progressive Conservative caucus on Friday after what he called repeated and serious lapses in judgment.

Jun 28, 2024 8:15 AM Read more >

How did CNN's moderators do in the Biden-Trump debate? It almost didn't matter that they were there

NEW YORK (AP) — To a large extent, it almost didn't matter that Dana Bash and Jake Tapper were on stage.

Jun 28, 2024 7:30 AM Read more >

Debate takeaways: Trump confident, even when wrong, Biden halting, even with facts on his side

WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden .

Jun 28, 2024 6:33 AM Read more >

Biden's debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trump

ATLANTA (AP) — Above all, Joe Biden's allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat's physical and mental acuity. But on the biggest stage in U.S.

Jun 28, 2024 4:20 AM Read more >

FACT FOCUS: Here's a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump's first debate

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election . Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.

Jun 28, 2024 3:30 AM Read more >

A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but sparks Democratic anxiety about his candidacy

ATLANTA (AP) — A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden tried repeatedly to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the

Jun 27, 2024 11:22 PM Read more >

Debate-watchers in the Biden and Trump camps seem to agree on something. Biden had a bad night

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Oh, Joe." That gasp, from patrons at a Chicago bar when President Joe Biden first stumbled verbally in his debate with Donald Trump , spoke for a lot of Americans on Thursday night.

Jun 27, 2024 11:03 PM Read more >

Trump and Biden mix it up over policy and each other in a debate that turns deeply personal

PHOENIX (AP) — They passed on a handshake at the start, and from there President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump went right to mixing it up on policy — and each other — in their first 2024 presidential debate on Thursday night.

Jun 27, 2024 10:36 PM Read more >

Robert Kennedy didn't make the debate stage but he answered the same questions during a rival event

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasn't with his better-known rivals, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump , when they debated Thursday in Atlanta.

Jun 27, 2024 7:46 PM Read more >

Biden, Trump square off for a podium rematch, signalling start of presidential battle

PHILADELPHIA — People across the United States were watching as Joe Biden and Donald Trump squared off for the first presidential debate in a bid to invigorate would-be voters as the tight race for leadership of the country begins to ramp up.

Jun 27, 2024 7:05 PM Read more >