Donald Trump and Joe Biden prepare for presidential debate as poll in major swing gives one candidate a win

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Welcome to DailyMail.com’s US politics blog with two days left until the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Biden has holed up at Camp David to prepare, while Trump has called on his rival to take a drug test before their primetime showdown on CNN Thursday at 9 p.m.

A new poll from Georgia, where the debate is being held, has good news for Trump.

There are also crucial primaries in New York and Colorado, where Squad member Rep. Jamaal Bowman and scandal-plagued Rep. Lauren Boebert fights for their survival in Congress.

Follow all the updates from our reporters in Washington DC and across the country.

Donald Trump leads Joe over Biden by five points in Georgia ahead of the debate

Donald Trump leads Joe Biden by five points in Georgia, two days ahead of the crucial first presidential debate to be held in the state

It comes as the two candidates make final preparations for what could be one of the most consequential showdowns ever in presidential politics. CNN will moderate the debate in Atlanta on Thursday evening.

The poll is a setback for Biden, who on his way to the White House in 2020 became the first Democrat in nearly three decades to win the Peach State.

Biden’s support among Georgia’s young voters has plummeted; only 12 percent support him.

Overall, 70 percent said the country is “on the wrong track,” according to the poll.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 9 percent in the poll, and 8 percent were undecided.

FILE PHOTO: Combination photo showing US President Joe Biden making remarks about lowering costs for American families, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, March 19, 2024, as Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump takes the stage during a campaign rally in Atkinson , New Hampshire, USA, January 16, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque and Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is taking a huge hit

Two federal judges in Kansas and Missouri sided with several Republican-led states on Monday, blocking Democrats from moving forward with a major student debt relief initiative.

In total, the government has already approved nearly $160 billion in emergency aid for nearly 4.6 million borrowers.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree in Wichita, Kansas, has blocked the U.S. Department of Education from moving forward with parts of a plan that was set to take effect July 1 and aimed at lowering monthly payments and forgiving loans for millions of Americans to speed up.

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Trump claims he was ‘tortured’ in Fulton County Jail

A fundraising email from Donald Trump’s election campaign claims the former president was “tortured” when he turned himself into a Georgia prison last August.

They spread his glowing image across campaign merchandise, including t-shirts, mugs, beer koozies and more.

Ahead of Trump’s first debate with Biden and in the wake of his convictions in Manhattan, they used it again in a campaign mailer sent Monday.

The email reads: ‘I want you to remember what they did to me. They tortured me in the Fulton County Jail and took my MUGSHOT. So guess what?’

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Squad member Jamaal Bowman faces disaster in New York

Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman is fighting for his political survival as New York voters head to the polls for the Democratic primary.

The far-left Squad member is locked in a controversial primary against George Latimer, with opinion polls showing him hanging by a thread.

The primaries will test whether his support for the Palestinians, his angry criticism of Israel and his progressive policies will lead to his downfall in his Bronx and Westchester districts.

Bowman is seeking a third term in a primary with historic spending levels. The powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has poured $15 million into the campaign against him.

“We’re gonna show goddamn AIPAC, the power of the goddamn South Bronx!” Bowman shouted Saturday during a meeting with fellow progressive “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

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