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Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the tenth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at the Gaillard Center in Charleston, South Carolina, February 25, 2020. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Feb 25

AP Fact Check: Democrats’ claims in the South Carolina debate

By Associated Press

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senetor Bernie Sanders speaks with voters at the First in the South Dinner in Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., February 24, 2020. Photo by Randall Hill/Reuters

Democratic rivals attack Sanders in run-up to South Carolina debate

Leading up to Tuesday night's debate in Charleston, 2020 Democratic candidates previewed their lines of attack in a series of digital or television advertisements against Sanders.

By Steve Peoples, Meg Kinnard, Bill Barrow, Associated Press

FILE PHOTO: Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Elizabeth Warren and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg wait onstage before the fourth Democratic U.S. 2020 presidential election debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio October 15, 2019. Photo by Aaron Josefcz/Reuters

DNC raises thresholds ahead of PBS NewsHour/POLITICO December presidential debate

PBS NewsHour and POLITICO will be hosting the sixth Democratic debate in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election on December 19 in Los Angeles.

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