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Your support makes all the difference.A Donald Trump press conference in India descended into a bitter row with CNN reporter Jim Acosta on Tuesday after the president criticised the journalist’s network and the latter replied: “I think our record on delivering the truth is a lot better than yours sometimes.”
Trump has meanwhile secured a lucrative arms deal with the fellow superpower’s prime minister Narendra Modi, a venture he risked putting in jeopardy by refusing to eat any of the vegetarian delicacies – notably broccoli samosas - laid out for him at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Monday afternoon.
On Twitter, the president has insisted that the global coronavirus epidemic is “under control” — and was soon after undermined by the CDC, which warned that an outbreak of the virus in the US is nearly inevitable. That announcement spurred further market losses, as the potential global death toll remains uncertain.
The final Democratic debate before the South Carolina primaries is set for Tuesday night, and will feature two billionaires on stage this time with the addition of Tom Steyer to the mix.
In South Carolina, Joe Biden is fighting for staying power int he race after several losses in early states. He is facing stiff competittion from Bernie Sanders, who has won the popular vote in all three states to have voted so far.
Mr Steyer is performing well in the state as well, though it does not seem as though a third place performance in South Carolina would do much to bolster his very narrow path to a Democratic nomination.
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Bloomberg called Goldman Sachs bankers his ‘peeps’ and promised to defend them, leaked tape reveals
More on beleagured Mike Bloomberg, who has suffered further indignities after a recording from a 2016 Goldman Sachs event was leaked to CNN's KFile in which he is heard referring to bankers as his "peeps" and pledging to protect them from federal oversight.
The tape also finds him calling Elizabeth Warren and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party she represents as "scary" and deriding Barack Obama's second term, saying Republican candidate Mitt Romney would have made a better job of things had he won the 2012 race.
Andrew Naughtie has the full story.
Inside the troubled Bernie Sanders campaign, from Russian bots to American trolls
Andrew Feinberg has the skinny on the Bern below.
Sanders, now the clear front-runner in the Democratic 2020 race, has been attacked from all sides this week, not least over his (actually pretty mild) comment about Fidel Castro's Cuba.
MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes came to his aid on air last night after several of his colleagues, not least Chris Matthews, have been fairly hysterical in their criticism of him.
"This is what democracy looks like," Hayes reminded his audience.
Gandhi's great grandson hits out at Trump for political visitors' book message
Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson has led a chorus of indignation at the message Donald Trump left in the visitors' book at the Ashram set up by the Indian freedom fighter.
The president and first lady visited the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Monday. They toured the site with Narendra Modi and watched a demonstration of the charkha wheel - the small, portable, hand-cranked spinning wheel that Gandhi used to promote his teaching. Trump, along with Modi, also garlanded a photo of the peaceful protest icon.
But NDTV reports that Tushar Gandhi was unimpressed by Trump’s failure to mention his grandfather in the visitor book message and that it seemed that he hadn’t found the experience worthwhile.
“To my great friend Prime Minister Modi - thank you for this wonderful visit!” Mr T wrote, failing to mention the freedom fighter he was there to pay tribute to.
Oliver O'Connell reports.
Deadly clashes between Hindus and Muslims overshadow Trump’s India trip
For Indy Premium, Adam Withnall offers this assessment on the president's "fantastic" spell in Asia after two days of pageantry and bluster undermined by violence born from prejudice.
Mike Bloomberg's team court hypocrisy in intensifying attack on Bernie Sanders
The embattled New York mayor is calling in the favours to take on the Democratic front-runner, with his partner Diana Taylor appearing on CBS to tell people to "get over" his history of sexist comments.
Outrageously, his adviser Tim O'Brien has simultaneously been on CNN arguing that, while his man's questionable remarks don't matter, Bernie's record does.
Everything you need to know about tonight's Democratic debate
Graig Graziosi has your complete guide to what's going down in South Carolina tonight.
Come on, Twitter!
After the social media outlet promised to verify primary campaign candidates, the site is reportedly falling short on that promise.
That's according to an analysis by The Hill, which has determined that nearly 90 candidates in five states with congressional or gubernatorial primaries on Super Tuesday have still not received verification — a potentially significant marker for candidates as they seek election upsets.
The network promised into December that it would try to level the playing field by verifying all the candidates for House, Senate or gubernatorial elections who qualify for the primaries in 2020.
'It was 30 years ago, get over it'
That's how Michael Bloomberg's girlfriend views NDAs from the past, according to a recent interview with CBS News.
"In none of them was he accused of doing anything and saying something nasty to a woman, that is not who he is. Life has changed. I grew up in that world, it was a bro culture," Ms Taylor said on Monday in Texas. "We have come a very, very long way and Michael Bloomberg has been at the forefront of that change."
Mr Bloomberg took some notable heat during the most recent debate, with Elizabeth Warren grilling him and attempting to force him to announce he would release women from their NDAs.
Supreme Court upholds death sentence in Arizona
The court issued a 5-4 opinion on Tuesday upholding the conviction of an Arizona man from nearly three decades ago, after he was convicted of killing two people.
James McKinney was denied a new sentencing following his 1992 conviction, in which he was given a death penalty for two counts of first-degree murder after killing two people during home burglaries.
The man has since argued that the courts failed to consider the impact of McKinney's post traumatic stress disorder, and how that may have impacted the results.
Bernie Sanders defends Castro comments
Sanders had been attacked in recent days for his comments praising aspects of the Communist Cuban revolution, including his statement on Sunday during a "60 Minutes" interview that it is "unfair to simply say everything" was bad about that revolution.
On Monday during a CNN town hall, he doubled down: "When Fidel Castro first came to power, he initiated a major literacy program. There were a lot of folks in Cuba at that point who were illiterate. He formed the literacy brigade. [Castro] went out and they helped people learn to read and write. You know what, I think teaching people to read and write is a good thing."
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