The debate between President Gerald R. Ford and Gov. Jimmy Carter at the Walnut Street Theatre was interrupted by a 28-minute ...

Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential ...

1960 Four debates Richard Nixon, who’d been ill, looked terrible in the first one. John F. Kennedy, who looked great, was ...

Vice President Richard M. Nixon and U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy​ met for the first ever televised presidential debate.

Reagan was 73 and facing 56-year-old Democratic challenger Walter Mondale. In the first debate, Reagan struggled to remember ...

Tuesday's showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump will mark only the second time in the last ...

Last night in Philadelphia, Kamala Harris did to Donald Trump what Donald Trump had done to Joe Biden: She broke her opponent ...

During the intense 1960 presidential contest, Sen. John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon made history by ...

For example, in 1976, Carter tied many of his answers ... The Commission on Presidential Debates produced this poster to encourage watching the debates and voting. Smithsonian National Museum ...

When VP Harris takes the stage in Philly Tuesday with Donald Trump, she will be the first sitting vice president to debate ...

The commission announced in June that it was canceling three presidential debates (including one scheduled Oct. 9 at the University of Utah) and one vice presidential debate after years of controversy ...

Even though debates have been some of the most eagerly anticipated events in presidential campaigns, audiences and candidates ...