5 Things To Watch For In Tuesday's South Carolina Democratic Debate
Days before the South Carolina primary, seven Democratic candidates will face off in a debate in Charleston, S.C. The debate comes after Sen. Bernie Sanders handily won the Nevada caucuses, won in New Hampshire and tied in Iowa. Here's what you need to know: When is the South Carolina Democratic debate? Tuesday, from 8 to 10 p.m. ET. Where is the debate being held? Charleston. What channel is the debate on? CBS and streaming online on CBSN. Who is moderating the debate? CBS Evening News...
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Nevada Dems Leader: It's Time To End The Caucuses, Shift To A Primary
The Nevada Democratic Party's top official said on Monday that the state's presidential caucuses this month should perhaps be the last. He says the state should begin the process of shifting to a statewide presidential primary. "I believe we need to start having a serious conversation ahead of next cycle about the limitations of the caucus process and the rules around it," Nevada State Democratic Party Chair William McCurdy said in a statement . "If our goal is to bring as many Nevada...
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President Trump criticized remarks by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg as "inappropriate" and said the Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves from cases involving the president. "I just don't know how they cannot recuse themselves for anything Trump or Trump related," Trump said Tuesday in a wide-ranging news conference in New Delhi. "What Justice Sotomayor said yesterday was highly inappropriate," Trump added. "She's trying to shame people with perhaps a different...
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Secretive Church Sect At The Center Of South Korea's Coronavirus Outbreak
South Korea's government says it is in a critical struggle to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus from the disease's epicenter in Daegu. It has given itself four weeks to stabilize the situation in the city of 2.5 million, some 150 miles southeast of the capital, Seoul. "If authorities fail to contain the spread of the COVID-19 in Daegu, there is a high possibility that COVID-19 could spread nationwide," Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip told reporters on Monday. Most of South Korea's...
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PBS Documentary 'Always In Season' Examines Lynching In America
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