The archive of all headlines from October 20, 2016, organized by time of publication.
Rival candidates for the presidency, both beset by controversy, will spar over six topics including debt and immigration during final clash before election day
Donald J. Trump is limping into Wednesday’s debate (tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern), the final one against Hillary Clinton, with polls showing him losing in nearly every state he must win.Mr. Trump may again make Bill Clinton’s past a centerpiece.
Fox News survey shows Clinton with six-point lead over Trump ahead of Las Vegas showdown
Fox News survey shows Hillary Clinton has six-point lead over Donald Trump as final debate looms
The first two debates have proved to be pivot points, turning a campaign that favored Clinton into a potential blowout. Tonight's topics include immigration, foreign policy and the economy.
The Presidential Debates
Times journalists are offering real-time reports and analysis as the 90-minute debate unfolds in Las Vegas.Polls show Donald J. Trump losing in nearly every state he must win, and the showdown is likely to be his last chance to catch up.
Follow live updates from the third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
Follow live updates from the third and final presidential debate
Times journalists are offering real-time reports and analysis as the 90-minute debate unfolds in Las Vegas.The candidates clashed over abortion and immigration in a debate seen as essential to Donald Trump’s chances.
The first two debates have proved to be pivot points, turning a campaign that favored Clinton into a potential blowout. Tonight's topics include immigration, foreign policy and the economy. Checking the Facts
Follow live updates from the third and final presidential debate
Times journalists are offering real-time reports and analysis as the 90-minute debate unfolds in Las Vegas.After initial clashes on immigration and the economy, the debate turned to Donald Trump’s behavior with women and Hillary Clinton’s email controversy.
Times journalists are offering real-time reports and analysis as the 90-minute debate unfolds in Las Vegas.Donald Trump would not say at the debate if he would accept the election results. “I will look at it at the time,” he said.
Follow live updates from the third and final presidential debate
The Presidential Debates
The designated topics were conventional enough, including immigration, foreign policy and the economy. And Trump seemed more disciplined than before, but he also lobbed many of his signature personal attacks. Checking the Facts
Asked if he would accept the results of the presidential election, Donald J. Trump answered, “I will keep you in suspense.’’The debate began cordially but turned caustic. Hillary Clinton called Mr. Trump “a puppet” of Russia, and he called her a “nasty woman.”
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Hillary Clinton calls Republican nominee’s unprecedented refusal ‘horrifying’ in debate that saw heated clashes over abortion, immigration and gun rights
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Donald J. Trump refused to say whether he would accept the results of the election, saying, “I will keep you in suspense.” Hillary Clinton replied that his statement was “horrifying.”The debate began cordially but turned caustic. Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Trump “a puppet” of Russia, and he called her a “nasty woman.”
Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape. Checking the Facts
Hillary Clinton calls Republican nominee’s unprecedented refusal ‘horrifying’ in debate that saw heated clashes on abortion, immigration and gun rights
Analysis: Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape.
Analysis: Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape. Checking the Facts
Karena Virginia describes incident involving Trump at the 1998 US Open in New York press conference with lawyer Gloria Allred
Karena Virginia describes incident involving Trump at the 1998 US Open in New York press conference with lawyer Gloria Allred
Analysis: Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape.
The Presidential Debates
Karena Virginia describes incident involving Trump at the 1998 US Open in New York press conference with lawyer Gloria Allred
Analysis: Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape. Almost half a million Californians have already voted by mail, with a surge in some hotly contested races
Analysis: Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape. The debate, annotated: The ’nasty,’ ’horrifying’ and most interesting exchanges
“I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election — if I win,” Donald J. Trump said a day after the debate.Mr. Trump’s intransigence came as Republicans expressed concern that he could upend America’s tradition of peaceful power transfers and Democrats assailed him for being a threat to the political system.
Analysis: Whatever good he might have done for himself was flattened by his refusal to say he would accept the election results, and his denials that he said things that many voters have seen or heard on tape. Trump says he’ll accept the results of the election — but only if he wins
Donald J. Trump insisted that he would not cede the right to contest the outcome of the election, even as members of both parties said such remarks were a threat to the political system.But he also seemed to try to ease concerns, saying he would “abide by all the rules and traditions.”
Trump has caused many church members to search their souls and rethink their longstanding political allegiance, reshaping the presidential map in dramatic and unexpected ways. Analysis: Trump undoes his third and best debate performance in just a few words