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Your support makes all the difference.The top 10 Democrats in the presidential race faced each other in yet another 2020 showdown, with Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren meeting head-to-head for the first time in the primary season.
The debate comes following a busy day in Washington, where the House Judiciary Committee approved a key resolution as it gears up towards potential impeachment of Donald Trump. The resolution has defined the boundaries of a probe that Democrats hope could lead to said impeachment, and potentially his removal from office. The move allows the committee to designate certain hearings as impeachment hearings, and empower staff to question witnesses for a longer period of time.
Mr Trump travelled to Baltimore today for a Republican fundraising event and the House Republican Conference member retreat dinner.
During the debates, Ms Warren and Mr Biden were joined by the likes of Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, Julián Castro, Amy Klobuchar, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, and Andrew Yang.
The debate saw an illustration of their differences on healthcare policy, with Ms Warren and Mr Sanders advocating for Medicare for All, while many of the others advocating for a less aggressive approach.
Mr Trump has a quiet day scheduled for Friday, meeting for an intelligence briefing in the morning, before then meeting with the secretary of Defense in the afternoon.
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Andrew Yang is up, and says that "in America today, everything revolves around the almighty dollar".
Yang is doing "something unprecedented tonight", he said, and is raffling off his Freedom Dividend — the $1,000 a month — to 12 families. There's your surprise!
It appears as though Kamala Harris started laughing at the idea.
Pete Buttigieg up now, and the Iraq war veteran is calling for unity — describing the need for presidential leadership.
And now we have Kamala Harris, who is the first to directly speak to Donald Trump tonight.
Says that he has used "hate, intimidation, fear" and lives to distract from his record.
She also suggests that she would indict Mr Trump once he is out of office, if she is president.
Sorry everyone, it appears that it was Amy Klobuchar laughing after Andrew Yang's big money announcement earlier.
Bernie Sanders is up now, and attacking Mr Trump as well while laying out his campaign promises.
He sounds a bit hoarse.
Elizabeth Warren is now up, saying she was "born and raised in Oklahoma, but I'm sure glad to be in Texas tonight."
She's going after Texas voters pretty hard, noting her brothers served in the military in Texas, and that she went to school right there in Houston (for $50 a semester).
Joe Biden is up, leading with a promise to cure cancer, alzheimers and other diseases.
Also promising universal pre-k, taking on climate change.
"Look this is the United States of America. There's never been single solitary time where we" haven't done what we put our mind to.
First question is for Biden, on whether Sanders and Warren are pushing too far.
Biden says it's up to voters to decide. Says he thinks they should have a debate on healthcare, before taking a swipe at Warren.
"I know the senator says she's for Bernie, well I'm for Barack," he said, referencing his continued support for Obamacare.
Warren says "we all owe a huge debt to president Obama, who fundamentally" changed healthcare in America.
She says that middle class Americans will ultimately pay less - in terms of "total cost" - for healthcare, when asked if they will pay more in taxes.
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