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In today’s newsletter: In the first presidential debate of this campaign, the incumbent looked slow on his feet and could not match the energy of his mendacious opponent, Donald Trump

A hoarse and disconnected Biden can’t keep up with non-stop lies from Donald Trump

Joe Biden’s stumbling showing against Donald Trump has caused some Democrats to question whether he should step aside

Democrats are now in a ‘deep panic’ following Biden’s weak performance

President Biden’s performance in the debate is said to have caused ‘deep panic’ among Democrats

When the debate ended, the Biden surrogates were nowhere to be found — until they emerged, grim-faced, as a group, and the rumors began. Andrew Feinberg reports on what happened behind the scenes at the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia — and why the president’s performance went so badly

President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump squared off Thursday in a debate watched by millions, and what voters saw may have sparked more questions than answers.

Biden tried to counter Trump’s debate falsehoods with facts. But he often delivered them tepidly or hesitantly

With four months to go until Election Day, the earliest-ever general election debate featured two presidents – one current, one former – and a lot of bitter personal attacks. Joe Biden’s universally acknowledged poor performance surprised and even panicked Democrats; Donald Trump gave a more forceful – if not truthful…

‘Need to have Harris take over. Cleanest option,’ one Democrat strategist told The Independent