Since last week, a Gaza Solidarity encampment has been set up near the Philadelphia campus at 34th and Walnut streets.
The Commission on Presidential Debates is pushing back against suggestions from the Trump campaign that it move its general debate calendar up -- standing firm in its decision to hold the first broadcast on Sept. 16, 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday, a day after Trump senior campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles released their own statement urging earlier debates, the commission correctly noted that its September event is the earliest it's ever conducted a debate. The previous record was set in 1980, when Republican Ronald Reagan and Independent John Anderson went head-to-head on Sept. 21.
The stock market round-tripped big initial gains as AI plays such as Nvidia retreated. Carvana soared late on earnings.