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NBC’s Chuck Todd appears at a forum in Seattle and blames the likes of his own employer for the silliness of this year’s presidential debates

Albia Democrat Patty Judge is challenging six-term Republican Charles Grassley to four, live televised debates heading up to November general election in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race.

With just 90 days left until the first presidential debate hits the Wright State University Nutter Center — university and neighboring community officials are working hand-in-hand to make the event a success.

Donald Trump "will have a lot of things mastered" by the time the first debate rolls around on Sept. 26, the presumptive Republican nominee assured conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday.

NBC's Lester Holt talks to Donald Trump about Hillary Clinton, Benghazi, debates, Bernie Sanders supporters and more.

Gary Thompson, a Common Core foe running for state school board, sat out a Wednesday evening debate in Draper to protest its format.

A Seattle-based civic initiative has picked Pasco has one of five sites for a debate for either the U.S. Senate or the governor’s race. The actual dates for the debates and what races they will cover will be determined later this summer, said the Washington State Debate Coalition.

Level Playing Field (LPF), the group that is trying to improve the health of American democracy by opening up the fall 2016 presidential debates, filed a lawsuit on Monday in federal district court against the Federal Election Commission. LPF was joined in the historic lawsuit by the Green Party and

"La gente espera una pelea", dice Allen Adamson, un ex ejecutivo de la firma branding Landor Associates. "Nada atrae a los espectadores tanto como una pelea".

UNLV, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and Clark County School District (CCSD) will partner this fall on a host of election-themed educational activities for K-12 and college students leading up to October’s presidential debate.

The Ali versus Frazier-level match-ups could rival the Super Bowl and bust the presidential-debate viewership record set by Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter in 1980.

Reaching 15 percent is important because all presidential candidates with an average of that level of support qualify to appear on nationally-televised presidential debates. The Commission on Presidential Debates runs these debates