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A former Green Party candidate and Occupy FCC activist is seeking to get third party candidates into the televised presidential debates and has called on the Republican and Democratic candidates to push for inclusion, suggesting there could be an "Occupy Debates" protest targeting media, sponsors

Students heading back to class at Longwood University have access to newly revamped courses thanks to the upcoming vice presidential debate. Once the school learned it would host the debate in October, they say professors hit the ground running to incorporate the political event into course material

Lots of names are being floated from inside and outside of Clinton’s orbit, and the campaign is even considering having multiple people play the role of Trump

Campaign manager Kellyanne Conway says Donald Trump's team is still discussing whether to agree to the debate schedule announced by the independent Commission on Presidential Debates.

Hillary Clinton is considering having multiple people play the role of Donald Trump in debate prep.

While many of the programs will bring in the community at large, they’re really geared toward engaging the student body at Hofstra. Students will have about two and a half weeks from the start of class to the debate, and many professors will be utilizing that time to engage students in discussions

UNLV will shut down nearly half the classrooms on its main campus when the school hosts this year’s final presidential debate on Oct. 19, a week before midsemester grades are due.

There are three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate to look forward to in the coming months. Here's a rundown of all of the information that's available to date.

"Yes, absolutely, we are going to do those debates," Kellyanne Conway said during an appearance on MSNBC's "Hardball" with Chris Matthews.

The polls will be those conducted by ABC-Washington Post, CBS-New York Times, CNN-Opinion Research Corporation, Fox News, and NBC-Wall Street Journal.

In polling at this point, it's Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, and that's it. Johnson's still under 10 percent on average, and the Green Party's Jill Stein is below 5 percent. Even McMullin, the even-longer-shot independent candidate that announced earlier this month, isn't even included in these

Go behind-the-scenes in debate prep with Steve Givens, associate vice chancellor and chair of the Presidential Debate Steering Committee, a team he leads with laser-like focus because “the main thing is the main thing.”