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  Fact check recap: GOP candidates sometimes misled on border, fentanyl, foreign affairs

  USA TODAY - Joedy McCreary

  The seven Republican presidential contenders who sparred at Wednesday night's debate in California largely stuck to the facts, but the evening had its share of "yeah, but" moments. For example, former Vice President Mike Pence's claim that unemployment rates for Blacks and Hispanics reached record …

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  Who won the 2nd GOP debate? Donald Trump was a no-show but still came out on top

  USA TODAY - Susan Page

  In a contentious, chaotic debate, more attacks on the single-digit Ramaswamy than on the prohibitive frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. Donald Trump won. At the second Republican primary debate Wednesday, one that stretched for two hours, neither a question nor an answer …

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  US Judge Tanya Chutkan refuses to withdraw from Donald Trump's election conspiracy case

  USA TODAY - Bart Jansen

  Trump has blasted Chutkan repeatedly in speeches and on social media posts as biased, but the judge said she would preside over the case fairly. Chutkan refused to remove herself from Trump's case, ruling he hadn't shown that she thought he should be jailed before the case began. • Trump had asked …

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  6 takeaways from second GOP debate: Rivals call out Trump's absence, claw each other

  USA TODAY - Phillip M. Bailey

  Seven candidates desperately seeking to loosen Donald Trump's grip on the Republican presidential nomination squared off for their second debate Wednesday, clawing at each other for airtime but sparingly taking shots at the frontrunner and former president who keeps ignoring them. The two-hour …

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  Who was the winner of the GOP debate? Pence gets spicy. Trump doesn't show (again)

  USA TODAY - Holly Rosenkrantz

  WASHINGTON — In a feisty second GOP presidential debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley struck aggressive stances, lashing out at their opponents on stage and even at Donald Trump, the party's frontrunner who chose to skip the event. It was the type of fierce …

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  'We need to win elections': Vivek Ramaswamy defends joining TikTok after criticizing addictive social media apps

  USA TODAY - Anthony Robledo

  GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy defended his decision at Wednesday's debate to join TikTok earlier this month, saying he was making a bid for youth voters. Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney asked the entrepreneur why he decided to join the Chinese-owned platform that has been banned …