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If the walls of Sandy Senn’s office could talk, they might not have much to say anymore. The South Carolina State Senator is stripping them of their memories. Meanwhile, Senator Katrina Shealy has her 12-year political career all crammed into cardboard boxes. And we found freshman Senator Penry Gustafson sorting through emails from her soon-to-be
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Lessons from South Carolina’s “Sister Senators” – CBS News Watch CBS News In South Carolina, three Republican State Senators – Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson – bucked their party to join Democrat Margie Bright Matthews and Independent Mia McLeod in filibustering their state’s near-total ban on abortion and halting its passage three times.
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In 1960, the presidential campaign of John F. Kennedy featured the popular song “High Hopes,” with specially-written lyrics sung by Frank Sinatra: K E Double-N E D YJack’s the nation’s favorite guyEveryone wants to back JackJack is on the right track‘Cause he’s got high hopesHe’s got high hopesNineteen Sixty’s the year for his high hopes
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The following is a transcript of an interview with Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Sept. 8, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: Thank you for making time for us. AMB. NIKKI HALEY: It’s great to be with you. Thank you. MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, we
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Politics (and deep-fried pickles) at the Wisconsin State Fair – CBS News Watch CBS News In a suburb of Milwaukee, visitors to the Wisconsin State Fair could partake of pig races and deep-fried foods on a stick – and also talk politics with “Sunday Morning” senior contributor Ted Koppel, who asked Wisconsinites why they were
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Dr. Cornel West, the independent candidate running in the 2024 presidential election, qualified for the ballot in Virginia’s general election, according to a letter sent to West’s campaign by the Virginia Department of Elections. “After review, the Department of Elections has reconsidered its decision not to qualify Drs. West and Abdullah and their names will
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House Republicans on Friday unveiled legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government until March 28, when a new president and Congress would be able to decide agency spending and priorities for the 2025 fiscal year. However, Republicans added a contentious immigration issue to the short-term
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Sentencing delayed until after election in Trump “hush money” criminal case – CBS News Watch CBS News A New York judge on Friday ruled that former President Donald Trump will be sentenced Nov. 26, about three weeks after Election Day, for his conviction on charges of falsifying business records for payments to adult film star
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Former President Donald Trump in the last two months has repeatedly claimed on the campaign trail that there was an 18-month period when he was in office during which no service members died in combat in Afghanistan. While Department of Defense data shows there was an 18-month stretch in which no U.S. service members were
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Turnover among election officials is at its highest in at least two decades – CBS News Watch CBS News A CBS News investigation found more than a third of all top elections officials have quit or retired since the 2020 presidential election. Experts worry the inexperience of new supervisors could lead to mistakes. View CBS
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