US presidential debate: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump spar over jobs, taxes
US presidential debate: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump spar over jobs, taxes Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump took to the stage on Monday to begin their first-ever presidential debate and immediately sparred over jobs, taxes, the Islamic State (IS), guns and the former secretary of state's undisclosed emails, media reports said. Clinton is held to have won the first presidential debate, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. According to the poll of debate watchers, 62 per cent of voters who watched the debate thought Clinton won, while only 27 per cent said that Donald Trump came out on top. On prosperity, taxes and jobs Moderator Leslie Holt of NBC News opened the 90-minute debate at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York, with the first topic being "Achieving Prosperity", where the first question about putting money back into Americans' pockets and creating jobs was directed to Clinton, CNN reported. Cli...