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Opposition party heads are upset that there will be no debate between all party leaders in the two weeks before the July 10 Upper House election and may hold one without Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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.

Leading names from both sides of the EU referendum have traded blows in a live TV debate at Wembley Arena on the eve of the final day of campaigning.

Representing Leave, Boris Johnson, Labour MP Gisela Stuart and energy minister Andrea Leadsom went head-to-head with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, and general secretary of the Trades Union Congress Frances O'Grady for Remain.

Boleta electrónica, cambios en el sistema de votación de las primarias, mayor control en los "ilícitos electorales", eliminación de listas colectoras, debate presidencial obligatorio y regulación de las transiciones entre las administraciones.

The NDC officially announced that they will not participate in the 2016 IEA presidential debates.

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.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe scolded a TV moderator and interrupted the main opposition party leader on June 21 because shooting for a televised debate went over schedule--by about a minute.

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".