Well, this is awkward.

The first presidential debate between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is tonight, but before it begins, a piece of paper is making news.

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Tickets to the event have a small, but dubious, typo in them: Hillary Clinton's name is spelled wrong.

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If you look closely at a photo of a Hofstra University debate ticket, Clinton's first name is spelled with one L.

Clinton's first name is spelled with two L's, not one.

Oops.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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