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It’s the last debate before the presidential election, and the partisans are lined up in their pews to preach to the choirs of true believers. We’ll update as more celebrity reactions roll in. The tweetstorm so far: A picture from my mom and dad – the only way they can watch the debates <a…

With less than two weeks to go, if there is one phrase that defines how Hollywood’s top Democrats are viewing the election it's "cautious optimism." As in, don't get too fooled again, don't let anything to chance, certainly don't make predictions. "I'd say I've got a cautious optimism going into these last few weeks…

There was a Hell of a lot of brimstone and fire from Donald Trump last night in the first 2020 presidential debate, with Joe Biden and America both feeling scorched this morning. Almost from the start, Fox News' Chris Wallace went from playing moderator to nursery school teacher trying to rein in the former Celebrity A…

Late-night hosts weighed in with their reactions on Tuesday night’s first presidential debate (if you can call it that) between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden that quickly erupted into a bizarre, chaotic mess. CNN correspondent Dana Bash described it as a “s**t show” on live TV. Stephen Colbert bemoaned on CBS’ L…

There’s a little TV event taking place tonight that you might have heard about. President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will square off in their first debate of the 2020 election season. Deadline is offering the C-SPAN livestream above, but there are numerous other ways to watch. Moderated by Fox…

UPDATED, with additional details: The first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden likely will be the most watched political event of the cycle so far, but it’s the aftermath of the debate that will be almost as important as what they say and what they do. The minutes…

Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace, moderator of the season’s first presidential debate on September 29, has selected the six topics that President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face. The topics are the Trump and Biden records, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in…

EXCLUSIVE: With the first presidential debate a week away, Fox Corp.’s gaming unit Fox Bet has come up with a novel way to take wagers on the onstage action. Fox Bet Super 6, a free-to-play app where users make predictions about what they think will happen in six live contests, is adding presidential politics to its…

Fox News is boosting its digital presence starting with the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, which will be moderated by Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace. The network’s Fox News Digital Unit also is introducing new features for Election Day, as attention focuses on the impact of the expected uptick in mail-in…

Fox News’ Chris Wallace, C-SPAN’s Steve Scully and NBC News’ Kristen Welker will moderate the three presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and USA Today’s Susan Page will be at the helm for the vice presidential debate. The Commission on Presidential Debates, a bipartisan group that has organized the…

Joe Biden’s president campaign said on Monday that he has committed to three presidential debates this fall, while criticizing Donald Trump’s team for their rationale for earlier meet ups. In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon wrote, “Our position is…

UPDATE: After a debate in which Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders spent a chunk of time on an array of past Senate votes, the candidates were finally asked how they would address the public’s anxiety over the coronavirus. It was an obvious question, given what was unfolding in the previous two hours of the debate. New York…