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By the time this sees print, I will be on my way to the States to participate in an international debate symposium, organized by the American Commission on Presidential Debates and the National Democratic Institute, at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

If the bill is passed, those seeking election as president, governor, lawmakers and other elective positions, including their running mates, would have to go through a debate which would be organised by a proposed commission.

The commission said the 90-minute debate will be comprised of six segments of 15 minutes, each of which will address the issues listed above, though not necessarily in that sequence.

The Republican presidential nominee on Tuesday night lashed out at critics who said he had invaded Hillary Clinton’s personal space during Sunday’s second presidential debate in St. Louis. Instead, he insisted during a campaign event here in Florida that it was in fact Clinton who had gotten too

When Chris Wallace takes up the moderator’s role at Wednesday’s third and final debate of the 2016 presidential election, he will bring more than 50 years’ experience and an impeccable reputation to the task.

YouTube reports that round two of Clinton versus Trump racked up 124 million worldwide views across live streams and on-demand videos, compared to 'just' 63 million TV viewers. That's a roughly 40 percent jump over what YouTube saw in the last debate

Flash photography was banned at the second presidential debate because it would interfere with the live televised event and could cause distractions, the debate commission said Tuesday, contrary to a PIX11 News reporter’s erroneous speculation that concerns over Hillary Clinton’s health prompted the

An extraordinary backstage confrontation between Donald J. Trump’s campaign and the staff of the Presidential Commission on Debates unfolded just minutes before the debate on Sunday night after Mr. Trump tried to give seats in his V.I.P. box to a group of women who have accused former President Bill

In the wake of his bombshell hot mic moment leaked last week, Donald Trump refused to wear a lapel mic during Sunday night's presidential town hall debate.

When Martha Raddatz neddled Donald Trump’s apparent lack of knowledge about American foreign policy on Sunday, it was an unusually aggressive approach for a presidential debate moderator. The tactic stood out even more given the event’s billing as a town hall showcasing questions from “undecided

It’s a giant step for LGBT acceptance that Cooper presided alongside ABC’s Martha Raddatz on Sunday night at the second of the three presidential debates.

With 10 networks now reporting adjusted ratings for the night, the grand total of linear telecasts is 68.8 million viewers. That's off roughly 18 percent from the record-breaking haul of the first showdown.