## Biden and Trump Agree to Debate Next Month on CNN

Authored by rollingstone.com

President Joe Biden threw down the gauntlet on Wednesday, directly challenging former President Donald Trump – his expected 2024 rival — to not one, but two debates.

Trump later announced he has accepted an ABC News debate on Sept. 10, and a Fox News debate on Oct. 2.

He called Biden the “WORST PRESIDENT in the History of the United States and a true Threat to Democracy.”.

In challenging Trump, the president took a jab at the former president’s scheduling conflicts given his ongoing criminal hush-money trial in New York, which does not convene on Wednesdays.

Trump accepts Biden's debate challenge on Truth Social pic.twitter.com/6pF7u5xfg7 — nikki mccann ramírez (@NikkiMcR) May 15, 2024.

After weeks of hesitation, Biden told Howard Stern in April that he would be “happy” to debate Trump at some point in the election cycle.

Trump has bailed out of plenty of public promises in the past — including to testify in court proceedings — so we’ll see if he actually follows through with his pledge to debate Biden. »

### Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt, shocking Europe before elections

Authored by apnews.com

A suspect was in custody, and an initial investigation found “a clear political motivation” behind the assassination attempt, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok said as he briefed reporters alongside the defense minister.

Kicking off his fourth term as prime minister, his government halted arms deliveries to Ukraine, and critics worry that he will lead Slovakia — a nation of 5.4 million that belongs to NATO — to abandon its pro-Western course and follow in the footsteps of Hungary under populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala wished the premier a swift recovery. »

### Saints Row Reboot Sales Have Exceeded 1.7M Copies, Less Than Half of Saints Row 3

Authored by twistedvoxel.com

Sales of Deep Silver and Volition’s Saints Row reboot have now exceeded 1.7 million copies, which is less than half of the number of copies sold by Saints Row 3.

While 1.7 million copies is no small figure, sales of the Saints Row Reboot do not fare well in comparison to other titles in the series.

However, the franchise’s growth saw a dramatic decline with the release of the 2022 reboot, which likely sold less than the original Saints Row, Saints Row 2, and Saints Row 3. »

### Ukrainian officials want the green light to strike targets in Russia with US weapons, saying they couldn't do anything about enemy troops massing nearby: report

Authored by businessinsider.com

Ukrainian parliamentary officials are pushing the Biden administration to remove restrictions on Kyiv striking targets in Russian territory with its arsenal of US weapons, Politico reported.

Ukraine knew for weeks that Russia was massing troops at the border, with intelligence officials saying in early May that Moscow was gathering some 50,000 to 70,000 personnel there.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider. »

### Legal expert: Judge may hold contempt "hearing" over Trump "surrogates" circumventing gag order

Authored by salon.com

Rather than prosecute Trump, chipped in House Speaker Mike Johnson,R-La., on Tuesday, it’s time for Congress to go after the prosecutors themselves and “hold them accountable.”.

But others explicitly spelled out that they were there to be what Trump himself called them: “surrogates.”.

Asked if he was there “to go against the gag order and intimidate witnesses because Trump can’t,” the senator replied: “Yes, sir.”. »

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