Biden and Trump set for first 2024 presidential debate tonight in Atlanta

Texas State University was originally scheduled to host Texas’ first presidential debate on September 16, before President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump cut the Commission on Presidential Debates out of the process.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will take the stage tonight in Atlanta for the first of two presidential debates of the 2024 general election, hosted by CNN. But regardless of which candidate wins the debate, Texas is already the loser.
Texas State University in San Marcos was originally slated to host the candidates on September 16. That would have been the first presidential debate ever held in Texas. Then Biden and Trump decided to cut the Commission on Presidential Debates out of the process, handing control to the networks. This will be the first presidential debate in 40 years not under the control of the commission.
Aaron Kall, director of debate at the University of Michigan and the editor and co-author of Debating the Donald, said both candidates had incentives for taking control away from the commission and giving it directly to the networks.