Trump reels off falsehoods on abortion and immigration in debate with Harris

Presidential candidates meet for first time in fiery face-off as moderators fact-check Trump’s statementsKamala Harris and Donald Trump sparred on Tuesday in a contentious presidential debate that repeatedly went off the rails, as Trump pursued bizarre and often falsehood-ridden tangents about crowd sizes, immigration policy and abortion access.The Philadelphia debate marked arguably the most significant opportunity for both Harris and Trump since Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race in July, and the event began cordially enough. Harris crossed over to Trump’s podium to shake his hand and introduce herself, an acknowledgement that the two presidential nominees had never met face to face before Tuesday night.Fact-checking the presidential debateTrump rambles falsely about immigrants in debateTrump fumbles debate question about Harris’s race and revisits Central Park FiveTaylor Swift endorses Harris in post signed ‘childless cat lady’‘Maga mad libs’: How the debate played out on