The candidates themselves were the most important driver behind the Trump-Biden debates announced today, Axios' Alex Thompson reports.

• Both Biden and Trump believe they can best the other one-on-one, according to people in both orbits.

🖼️ The big picture: Some aides in both camps aren't sure debates are strategically wise — or they see them as an unnecessary risk.

• Trump believes voters will see Biden as weak and old. Biden believes Trump will look radical and belligerent.

🍿 What to watch: Biden and Trump agreed to debate on CNN on June 27 — well before early voting begins and ahead of the summer conventions.

• Anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate, the network announced.

The other scheduled debate is Sept. 10 on ABC.

Between the lines: The campaigns have agreed to no audience for the CNN debate. They're still negotiating how to cut off microphones.

💬 Biden-Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon said: "Donald Trump has a long history of playing games with debates: complaining about the rules, breaking those rules, pulling out at the last minute, or not showing up at all — which he's done repeatedly in all three cycles he's run for president."

• Trump, not following the usual playbook of raising expectations about a debate opponent, said on his Truth Social platform that Biden is "the WORST debater I have ever faced - He can't put two sentences together!"

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Tired of the Costco line? Not a member? No problem.

• Costco on Uber Eats, a new delivery service unveiled today, will be available from select U.S. locations, Axios' Jennifer A. Kingson and Kelly Tyko report.
• Sorry: Gold bars and hot dogs are excluded. But you can still order the famous rotisserie chicken. 🍗

Other new features were announced at Uber's annual Go-Get release day.

• ✈️ Uber Shuttle lets you reserve up to five seats to or from an airport, concert or sporting event, up to seven days in advance.
• Uber Caregiver allows caregivers to book rides for an elderly parent (or other loved one) to doctor appointments, grocery stores, etc.

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1. 📉 Deadly drug overdoses in the U.S. declined last year for the first time since before COVID, Axios' Jason Millman reports from preliminary federal data.
2. 🛍️ The April CPI index out today finally brought some relief on inflation, easing fears that progress had stalled, Axios' Neil Irwin and Courtenay Brown report.
3. 🤝 Ron Klain, Biden's former chief of staff, is taking time away from his post-White House job at Airbnb to help Biden prepare for debating Trump. Go deeper.

Plebes, or U.S. Naval Academy freshmen, climbed the Herndon Monument today in Annapolis, Maryland.

• The coed class participated in climbing the vegetable-shortening-coated obelisk to celebrate finishing their first year at the academy.
• It was completed in 2 hours, 19 minutes, 11 seconds.