A big question hanging over the presidential campaign is whether Donald Trump and Joe Biden would debate before the 5 November election. This morning, we appear to have reached an answer: the president's re-election campaign proposed two debates, one in late June, and the other in September.
In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden's campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon proposed that the first debate take place after the president returns from a summit of G7 leaders, and after the likely conclusion of Trump's criminal trial in New York City. The second debate would be timed for the period before early voting starts but after campaigning begins in earnest, while a debate of vice-presidential candidates could be held in late July.
O'Malley Dillon informed them that Biden would not participate in their proposed events, citing issues with their schedule and moderation.
The US inflation rate dropped slightly in April, just-released labor department data said, a potentially hopeful sign in the fight against the price increase wave that has bedeviled Biden's presidency. The House of Representatives will consider a host of Republican messaging bills intended to touch on hot-button issues, including legislation to deport migrants who assault police, and to prevent Washington DC's city government from changing its criminal justice laws.
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