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Clinton-Trump Debate Was Most-Watched Ever

More than 80M people watched Monday's showdown

(Newser) - It's official: America loves the odd-couple pairing of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. CNN reports Monday's first presidential debate between the two was the most-watched showdown in six decades of televised presidential debates. Initial Nielsen numbers show it averaging 80.9 million viewers with little drop-off in viewership...

Why Trump Bashed Rosie O'Donnell During Debate

She became his 'boogeyman' a decade ago

(Newser) - Of things unlikely to ever be mentioned during a presidential debate, Rosie O'Donnell would be near the top, just ahead of, let's say, Moon Boots. Regardless, Donald Trump said this toward the tail end of Monday's debate: “Rosie O’Donnell, I said very tough things to...

Giuliani: If I Were Trump, I'd Blow Off Last 2 Debates

Unless the moderator would promise to moderate and not be 'an ignorant fact check'

(Newser) - Donald Trump thinks that he was the clear winner of Monday's debate and that moderator Lester Holt did a "great job" with "very fair" questions. But if Rudy Giuliani were Trump, he'd take a hard pass on the last two debates, per the Hill . Or at...

'Miss Piggy' Pageant Winner Becomes Clinton Weapon

Campaign rolls out ad with Alicia Machado

(Newser) - Debate watchers were introduced to an unfamiliar name Monday night, that of Alicia Machado. As NBC explains, she won the Miss Universe Pageant in 1996 while representing Venezuela, a pageant owned by Donald Trump at the time. Hillary Clinton brought it up to highlight Trump's treatment of women: "...

Late Night Skewers Trump&#39;s Sniffles
Late Night Skewers
Trump's Sniffles
DEBATE 2016
Sep 27, 2016 7:20 AM CDT

Late Night Skewers Trump's Sniffles

And more, via Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, and Seth Meyers

(Newser) - Donald Trump's sniffles, "Ghost Abraham Lincoln," and even the candidates' initial salutations all made star appearances on Monday's late-night roster as hosts tackled the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, per the Hollywood Reporter . Some takes from the after-prime-time set:
  • Stephen Colbert's
...

Fact-Checkers Weigh In on Debate
Fact-Checkers
Weigh In on Debate
DEBATE 2016
Sep 27, 2016 6:30 AM CDT

Fact-Checkers Weigh In on Debate

Clinton hasn't fought ISIS her 'entire adult life'

(Newser) - The first presidential debate was a busy night for the fact-checkers—who were asked to "get to work" by Hillary Clinton after Donald Trump said she had been fighting ISIS her "entire adult life," the Los Angeles Times reports. ISIS, in fact, first emerged in 2004 as...

5 Takes on the Clinton-Trump Showdown
5 Takes on the
Clinton-Trump
Showdown
DEBATE 2016
Sep 27, 2016 6:03 AM CDT

5 Takes on the Clinton-Trump Showdown

Clinton 'went right for Trump's ego'

(Newser) - The Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump showdown on Monday night was billed as the most anticipated in many years, and it did not disappoint, according to the Hill , which describes the clash as one between "the more incisive and prepared Clinton and Trump, who leaned heavily on instinct and combativeness."...

Trump Calls His Debate Mic &#39;Defective&#39;


Trump Calls His
Debate Mic
'Defective'
debate 2016
Sep 27, 2016 2:33 AM CDT

Trump Calls His Debate Mic 'Defective'

No comment on whether that somehow triggered the sniffles

(Newser) - In January, a "son of a b----" installed Donald Trump's "stupid mic" at a Pensacola, Fla., rally; a month later, he blamed a "lousy earpiece" on his much maligned reaction to a question on David Duke during a CNN interview, recalls NBC News . Audio problems have...

Who Won? Instant Analysis of First Debate
Who Won? Instant Analysis
of First Debate
DEBATE 2016
Sep 26, 2016 10:53 PM CDT

Who Won? Instant Analysis of First Debate

Early assessments from pundits favor Clinton

(Newser) - The first of three presidential debates is in the books, and while pundits will be dissecting it for a while, here's some instant analysis in the wake of round one:
  • Conor Friedersdorf, the Atlantic : "My impression, for what it's worth: Hillary Clinton won decisively. But I never
...

Trump, Clinton Go at It: 5 Debate Tussles


Trump, Clinton Go at It:
12 Debate Clashes
debate 2016
Sep 26, 2016 9:58 PM CDT

Trump, Clinton Go at It: 12 Debate Clashes

ISIS, loans from dad, and Trump's tax returns

(Newser) - The latest Washington-Post/ABC News poll found 74% of Americans planned to watch what could be one of the most-viewed events in US political history. Here are 12 of the more spirited back-and-forths they heard at Monday night's presidential debate at Hofstra University:
  1. The two tussle over a loan: Hillary
...

Clinton Hits Trump for &#39;Racist&#39; Crusade Against Obama
Clinton Hits Trump for 'Racist'
Crusade Against Obama
debate 2016
Sep 26, 2016 9:37 PM CDT

Clinton Hits Trump for 'Racist' Crusade Against Obama

He says he's proud of getting Obama to release his birth certificate

(Newser) - Donald Trump may have tried to lay the birther issue to rest earlier this month, but it returned during Monday's presidential debate. "[Trump] really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen," the New York Times...

Donald Trump Fact-Checked by Donald Trump&#39;s Twitter
Donald Trump Fact-Checked
by Donald Trump's Twitter
debate 2016
Sep 26, 2016 8:56 PM CDT

Donald Trump Fact-Checked by Donald Trump's Twitter

He did indeed say global warming was made up by the Chinese

(Newser) - When the conversation turned to global warming during the first presidential debate Monday, Donald Trump was quickly disproved by Donald Trump's Twitter account. CBS News reports Hillary Clinton claimed Trump called global warming a Chinese hoax. "I did not," Vox quotes Trump's response. "I do...

First Gaffe of Debate Happens Before It Begins

It's Donald vs. Hilary, apparently

(Newser) - Both candidates dodged a bullet on Monday night in that the first gaffe of the 2016 presidential debates was made by ... neither of them. Host Hofstra University committed the goof, by way of "last-minute" souvenir tickets it printed for the 350 of its students who managed to get a...

Why the First 30 Minutes of Tonight's Debate Matter So Much

It's the most anticipated debate in decades

(Newser) - It's going to be the most-watched presidential debate in American history—and possibly the most controversial. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have their first debate Monday night, and it's expected to draw a Super Bowl-sized audience of around 100 million. The stakes will be even higher than in...

Trump Says He's Bringing Bill Clinton's Mistress to Debate

He invited Gennifer Flowers because Clinton invited Mark Cuban

(Newser) - For the moment it appears the woman who had an affair with Bill Clinton will be front-and-center during Monday's debate at Donald Trump's invitation, BuzzFeed reports. It started with the Clinton campaign inviting Bizarro-Trump Mark Cuban to the presidential debate at Hoffstra University. TPM quotes a Clinton aide...

As Debate Nears, Clinton Leads by 6 Points

But FiveThirtyEight says she can't claim a rebound quite yet

(Newser) - For those not yet suffering from poll fatigue, new results are out right before the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday. Per an NBC News /Wall Street Journal poll, its first general-election survey of likely voters, Clinton leads Trump by 6 points. The poll was taken...

Johnson, Stein Don't Make Debate Cutoff

Only Clinton, Trump have been invited to participate in first debate

(Newser) - Neither Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson nor Green Party candidate Jill Stein is eligible for the first presidential debate, Politico reports. In order to be invited to the debate, a candidate must be polling at 15%. The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Friday that Johnson is polling at an...

Clinton-Trump Debate Moderators Are Chosen

Lester Holt, Martha Raddatz, Anderson Cooper, and Chris Wallace will handle them

(Newser) - The Commission on Presidential Debates is tasked with finding the folks who will moderate the upcoming word wars between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, as well as between their respective VP picks. And the commission has spoken, per ABC News , naming NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt as the first...

Gary Johnson Thinks He Could Make Debates, or 'Game Over'

Libertarian candidate needs to be polling at 15%; currently at 10%

(Newser) - The man who would be the nation's first Libertarian president needs to be polling at 15% in order to make the stage with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump at the presidential debates that kick off next month. Gary Johnson is currently polling at 10% in the five polls that...

Report: Roger Ailes Is Prepping Trump for Debates

But campaign denies any formal or informal role for ex-Fox exec

(Newser) - Roger Ailes has reportedly found a new role since resigning from Fox News last month: helping Donald Trump prep for the presidential debates. According to three anonymous sources who spoke to the New York Times , Ailes is helping Trump's team as they get the GOP nominee ready for his...

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