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Sen. Tim Scott drops out of presidential race

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina announced Sunday he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. Scott announced the unexpected decision, just two months shy of the Iowa caucuses, on Fox News' "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy." His departure from the GOP race followed the abrupt cancellation of all his campaign stops in Iowa this weekend after he came down with the flu. CBS News political director Fin Gómez has more.

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Nikki Haley calls Vivek Ramaswamy "scum"

Five Republican presidential hopefuls gathered in Miami on Wednesday for the third debate of the primary cycle, where they focused their attacks on each other while mostly avoiding former President Donald Trump, the clear front-runner. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy trained their fire on each other, while former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Tim Scott struggled for air time. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa has more.

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