More Americans Expected to Self-Medicate Than for Any Other Debate in History

As the nation awaits the first faceoff between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Monday night, more Americans are expected to self-medicate than for any other Presidential debate in history. With over a hundred million people projected to watch the debate, roughly sixty million of them will be barely sentient after ingesting what they deem to be the necessary dose of intoxicants.

Conway: Trump Camp Worried He Won’t Be Treated Fairly

Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway Monday said she's worried that he won't be treated fairly by the media following his first presidential one-on-one debate, and that there are already headlines "written" as "conclusions in search of evidence." "This weekend was spent by editorial writers and people on Twitter and elsewhere really just trying to undercut Donald Trump before the debate," Conway told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" program, complaining that there are many in Hillary Clinton's campaign who are "putting the burden on the media to prop up Hillary Clinton and pregame the debate."

Politico: First 30 Minutes of Debate Will Matter Most

The most important part of the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is the first 30 minutes, according to an analysis by Politico. Debate coaches and campaign strategists said the first minutes of the debate are crucial and real-time response on social media matter the most.

NY Times: Why Trump Should Not Be President

One day after endorsing Hillary Clinton, The New York Times has published a scathing editorial on why Donald Trump should not be commander in chief, calling the billionaire real-estate tycoon a man "far more consumed with himself than with the nation's well-being." The newspaper's editorial board says in Monday's edition that the GOP presidential nominee has carried on "a freewheeling campaign marked by bursts of false and outrageous allegations, personal insults, xenophobic nationalism, unapologetic sexism and positions that shift according to his audience and his whims."

Clinton camp: Trump shouldn’t get ‘most improved’ award at debate

Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook argued on NBC's "Today" show that the debate isn't about "winning and losing" but proving that the candidates are prepared to be president. Mook said the Clinton campaign hopes Trump stick to the facts, gives clear plans and shows a command of the issues when he takes to the stage at New York's Hofstra University.

Rivals rumble-ready; both meet Netanyahu

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, giving each candidate the chance to tout their readiness to lead the nation and their knowledge of foreign policy on the eve of their first presidential debate, a little more than six weeks before Election Day. Meanwhile, the candidates deployed their top supporters to the Sunday news shows to take early jabs at their opponents and to lower expectations for tonight's 90-minute debate at Hofstra University on Long Island, N.Y., which is expected to draw 75 million viewers.

Canada works to counter protectionist mood of U.S. campaign

Canadian diplomats are fanning out across the United States to talk up the benefits of trade with state and local leaders and counter what senior officials see as a worrying mood of protectionism swirling through the U.S. election campaign. Amid voter anger about the supposed harm done by international trade deals, both Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton have talked about altering the three-nation North American Free Trade Agreement.

Debates Will Influence a Third of Voters

The campaigns of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton acknowledged the huge stakes of Monday's televised presidential debate, saying the event could shape the opinions of a large number of Americans who have yet to settle on their choice in what has been a bruising presidential election. After more than year of campaigning and attacking each other from afar, the two candidates will meet face to face for the first time, on a stage in Hempstead, N.Y. And as hard as it is to imagine, there remain enough undecided and loosely committed voters left that this nationally televised forum could produce one more pivot point in the campaign.

Dollar edges lower ahead of US presidential debate

The dollar slipped Monday as traders shift focus from central bank policy to the US presidential election, while the Philippine peso tumbled to a seven-year low on worries over President Rodrigo Duterte's policies. Last week's currency trading was dominated by sharper monetary policy signals from the Bank of Japan and US Federal Reserve.

Tune in Alert: Hear Trump and Clinton face off in first debate

It's sure to be entertaining, and you will be able to hear it live and commercial-free on NEWSTALK 1010, the only Toronto radio station to air the first U.S. presidential debate. After months of tangling from afar, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are preparing to confront each other face-to-face in the first presidential debate, laying out for voters their vastly different visions for the nation's future.