United States

El primer debate presidencial de Estados Unidos, que se celebrará el próximo mes de septiembre entre los rivales republicano, Donald Trump, y demócrata, Hillary Clinton, se ha trasladado de la Universidad Wright, en el estado de Ohio, a la Universidad de Hofstra, en Nueva York.

An Ohio university cited rising security worries and costs Tuesday as it withdrew as host of the first presidential general election debate, which will move to New York's Hofstra University.

A debate every week would do a lot to block out the sun on other coverage, and keep the media conversation focused on the direct comparison between the two candidates and their relative fitness for office.

Jon Stewart fans hoping the former "Daily Show" host will be moderating one of the upcoming presidential debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton might not want to hold their breaths.

No third-party contender in the modern era has ever improved on his or her summertime polling numbers, going all the way back to Strom Thurmond’s Dixiecrat run in 1948.

His long shot Democratic opponent, Jay Williams, has again challenged U.S. Senator John Thune to a series of debates before the November election.

Harrington wants debates staged in each of the district's nine municipalities. Lesser is open to debates, but said Harrington's proposal is premature because the Legislature is still in session, and also because the two party nominees have not officially been determined yet.

The race for Cobb County chairman got personal on Wednesday during a debate hosted by the Atlanta Press Club - that only one candidate attended.

"This is like the Super Bowl of politics," said Bob Fisher, president of Belmont University in Nashville, which hosted one of the 2008 presidential debates at a cost of about $3 million. "I think everybody saw the wisdom of investing in something like this."

“But the only chance of winning is to actually be in the presidential debates and to be in the presidential debates you’ve got to be in the polls,” he added.

Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Rod Blum challenged Democratic opponent Monica Vernon to a series of 10 debates across the 1st District starting in August.

Claiming that Fox News “plainly failed in its responsibilities to the candidates and ultimately the American public in the design and implementation of the August 6th debate,” Everson asked that the FEC intervene against Fox News and rule that he should be included in the debate.