The first Trump-Clinton presidential debate transcript, annotated  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head for the first time Monday night in a 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. The debate, which is expected to draw a record number of viewers …

Post-debate poll: Hillary Clinton takes round one  —  (CNN)Hillary Clinton was deemed the winner of Monday night's debate by 62% of voters who tuned in to watch, while just 27% said they thought Donald Trump had the better night, according to a CNN/ORC Poll of voters who watched the debate.

5 pieces of evidence that Hillary Clinton won the big presidential debate  —  The political events of the last 15 months have ruined my confidence in my own ability to predict how the electorate will react to events.  —  So here are a few pieces of evidence, aside from my own impressions from watching …

Giuliani: I wouldn't debate again after Holt's ‘interference’  —  surrogate Rudy Giuliani floated the prospect of Trump not participating in further general election debates, after what he believes was inappropriate meddling Monday by moderator Lester Holt.  —  “If I were Donald Trump …

Trump on Former Miss Universe Machado: ‘She Gained a Massive Amount of Weight’  —  Donald Trump pushed back against criticism he received from Hillary Clinton during last night's debate regarding his treatment of former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, saying “she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem.”

Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate  —  It didn't take long during Monday night's presidential debate before Donald Trump started interrupting Hillary Clinton.  A lot, and aggressively.  —  We kept count — and Trump interrupted Clinton 25 times in the first 26 minutes of the debate.

Early polls and focus groups suggest Hillary Clinton won the debate  —  It will be a few more days before we get methodologically rigorous polls measuring how the electorate felt about the first presidential debate.  The indicators we have so far are necessarily incomplete and limited …

Trump's Debate Performance Was The Worst Ever  —  Had the debate been a prize fight, it would have been stopped in the third round.  But it's not clear in this crazy campaign how much it will matter.  —  Global Editorial Director, The Huffington Post  —  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. I've been traveling …

Hannity backs up Trump on Iraq War  —  Fox News's Sean Hannity came to Donald Trump  —  's defense Monday night, corroborating the GOP presidential nominee's debate claim that he had expressed doubts about the Iraq War to the anchor.  —  In a post-debate interview between Trump and Hannity …

Who is Alicia Machado?  Former Miss Universe said Trump called her Miss Piggy  —  Clinton: Trump called women pigs, slobs and dogs  —  Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton was making a point about Donald Trump and women at the first presidential debate when she brought up Alicia Machado …

Holt Interrupted Trump WAY More Than Clinton In Debate  —  Moderator Lester Holt was much harsher on Republican nominee Donald Trump than he was on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the debate Monday evening.  —  Holt interrupted Trump a record 41 times, either to “fact-check” …