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Georgia Senate runoff: Sen. David Perdue declines to debate Jon Ossoff
Perdue declined an invitation to participate in a December 6 debate with his Democratic rival, said MaryLynn Ryan, the chair of the Atlanta Press Club, which is hosting two separate debates for both Senate runoffs. Ossoff’s campaign told CNN they have accepted the Press Club’s invitation, with Ossoff tweeting Sunday, “Looks like Sen. David Perdue …
Terror attacks in France over Mohammad images spark free speech debate
CLOSE Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in France that authorities believe is linked to terrorism. Video Elephant After two brushes with terrorism, Paul Moreira’s Paris-based TV production company is seeking a new home. “It’s time for us to move,” said Moreira, 58, an investigative journalist and documentarian who …
Kanye’s gift to Kim Kardashian of Robert Kardashian hologram stirs debate again
(CNN)Loving gift or creepy? That’s the debate social media is having about Kanye West gifting his wife Kim Kardasian West with a hologram of her late father for her 40th birthday. While Kardashian West tweeted how touched she and her family were by being able to see and hear from the lifelike image of the …
‘SNL’ has Baldwin’s Trump and Carrey’s Biden go head to head in the final debate
That’s how Maya Rudolph — as moderator Kristen Welker — kicked off this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live.” The NBC variety show opened its latest episode with Alec Baldwin’s Trump taking on Jim Carrey’s Joe Biden in the final presidential debate. “How’s this mute button work?” asked Carrey’s Biden. “Do I just haul off and slap …
Post-debate CNN poll: Biden wins final presidential debate
Viewers once again said that Biden’s criticisms of Trump were largely fair (73% said they were fair, 26% unfair), and they split over whether Trump’s attacks on Biden were fair (50% said yes, 49% no). That’s a more positive outcome for Trump. In a CNN Instant Poll after the first presidential debate, just 28% said …
Fortenberry-Bolz debate centers on health care | Local Government
Both candidates opposed proposals to defund the police in the wake of the recent deaths of Black Americans held in custody by police and both praised the community-based policing model that is in effect in Lincoln. “We need to reexamine our conscience as a nation,” Fortenberry suggested. “We must make sure opportunity is real for …
Commission cancels second debate between Trump and Biden
The cancellation is the culmination of a furious 48-hour back-and-forth between the commission and both campaigns and means what would have been the third debate in Nashville on October 22 will likely be the final meeting between the two candidates. The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the commission’s decision. “It is now …
Health care, veterans issues take center stage in Texas Congressional District 23 debate
Although Gina Ortiz Jones and Tony Gonzales are both veterans who have served their country, they found themselves on opposite sides of the issues on Thursday night during the Texas Congressional District 23 debate at Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde. The two candidates are vying for the most competitive congressional district in Texas, which …
Trump struggles to project a sense of normalcy after canceled debate
“I want you to get the same care that I got,” Trump said in a video message to senior citizens released Thursday afternoon on Twitter. “You’re going to get the same medicine — you’re going to get it free, no charge.” But the president’s attempts to depict a back-to-normal presidency were punctured when the Commission …
NSW Health Minister blasts Queensland premier; Crews fight Sydney warehouse fire; Health alert over White House event where virus spread; Concerns over new virus clusters in Sydney and Victoria; Albanese delivers budget reply; Trump refuses virtual debate
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the state’s contact tracing teams were still working to lock down the source of the latest infections. But he lashed out at Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk again, slamming her 48-hour deadline which now has just hours to go. “This is a silly, it’s a cruel position that the premier in Queensland …
