The first US presidential debate started out civilly enough, but within 15 minutes, it devolved into a series of endless interruptions and near-chaos, as Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden traded one barb after the other.
Biden has held a consistent lead over Trump in national opinion polls, although surveys in the battleground states that will decide the election show a much closer contest.
Tuesday night's debate will offer a massive platform for Trump and Biden to outline their starkly different visions for a country facing multiple crises, including racial justice protests and a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 Americans and cost millions of jobs.
With battleground states like Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan decided in 2016 by fewer than a combined 200,000 votes, any loss of the Jewish support by Democratic nominee Joe Biden could be pivotal.
Newly launched Jewish outreach effort to underscore the significance of the Trump administration’s pro-Israel and pro-Jewish policies.
"We really appreciate you, we love your country also and thank you very much," Trump tells Jewish leaders in conference call to mark Rosh Hashanah.
The White House casts Trump’s recent flurry of foreign policy activity as evidence that long-sought initiatives are coming to fruition.
“The only way the Democrats can win the election is if they rig it," president claims.
The billionaire Bloomberg launched his own campaign for the Democratic nomination late last year amid worries about Biden's strengths.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) reminds Democratic Majority for Israel, a pro-Israel lobby, that Reps. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and Joaquín Castro (D-Texas) boycotted PM Benjamin Netanyahu's 2015 Congress speech.
