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Monday, July 1, 2024
TopicUS presidential debate

Topic: US presidential debate

Our take on US presidential debate, T20 World Cup, and Manipur crisis—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Trump vs Biden debate revealed animosity, little policy. Choice for US leader is limited

Neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden has the unifying effect that American politics needs. Presidential debates can become all about how ‘the other side is always wrong’.

90 mins is a long time in politics. Trump-Biden debate may be the push Democratic Party needed

The first 2024 presidential debate summed up the choice before US voters – a candidate who could not complete his sentences and a convicted felon with an inclination to lie most of the time.

India denies visas to ‘thousands’ of Chinese tech workers & Biden falters in debate with Trump

Reports also discuss low-income Indians' 'unhappiness' with Modi, the absence of laws against marital rape, and why charges were brought against Arundhati Roy.

Biden couldn’t answer that single burning question in the debate. It’ll cost the Democrats

The trouble for the Democrats is that their choices are bad. Even Biden’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, admitted that he had a slow start. The calls for him to step aside will only grow.

Will Biden step down? Panic grips Democrats as debate gives Trump leg-up in US presidential race

One senior Democratic strategist said it would be unprecedented for the incumbent to pull out this late in the election cycle, but there would be calls for Biden to do just that.

Gloves are off as US presidential candidates slug it out — from ‘disaster Biden’ to ‘whiner Trump’

The televised 90-minute clash on CNN took place far earlier than any modern presidential debate, more than four months before the November 5 Election Day.

‘They are both horrible candidates’ — Biden-Trump debate stumps polarised American voters

Biden and Trump were under pressure to display their command of issues and avoid verbal gaffes as they sought a breakout moment in a race that has been deadlocked for months.

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BJP is caught in its own Maharashtra trap. It has little to gain in Assembly polls

The BJP can’t afford to be seen as undermining Eknath Shinde, a Maratha leader. He is a bigger challenge to the party than Uddhav Thackeray ever was.

‘Welfarism not a substitute for job creation’ — TeamLease vice-chairman on India’s fiscal planning

TeamLease’s Manish Sabharwal spoke to ThePrint about how political leaders, for the sake of winning elections, make big welfare-related promises without a proper plan to fund them.

New Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi outlines his priorities on 1st day in office

A tech-savvy officer, General Dwivedi has the distinction of working along the northern, western and eastern theatres in varied terrain and operational environments.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.