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The 7

Monday, February 26, 2024

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 26 February 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Monday briefing: South Carolina primary results; Supreme Court social media case; Gaza cease-fire negotiations; Kenneth Mitchell; and more


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0:00.0

I'm not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both

0:07.4

Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

0:10.1

Mickey Haley is staying in the Republican presidential primary race despite a big defeat in South Carolina.

0:17.0

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

0:20.0

I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Monday, February 26th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:29.8

Donald Trump won the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, putting him one step closer to his party's nomination.

0:37.0

It was an expected but significant loss for former UN Ambassador Nicky Haley.

0:42.0

South Carolina is not only her home state, but she used to be its governor,

0:45.6

and had never lost an election there, until now.

0:48.6

Trump defeated Haley by about 20 points.

0:51.7

Haley doesn't have a clear path to the nomination, but she said that she's staying in the

0:55.8

race because the support she has seen shows there's still an appetite among Republican

0:59.6

voters for a candidate who's not Trump.

1:02.0

In the next 10 days, another 21 states and territories will speak.

1:07.8

They have the right to a real choice. Not a Soviet-style election with only one candidate. And I have a duty to give

1:22.1

them that choice.

1:25.0

But Haley's confidence wasn't enough to reassure the influential Coke network.

1:29.0

Yesterday, the powerful conservative group announced it would stop spending in support of

1:33.4

Haley's campaign after the loss and will focus on down-ballot races instead.

1:38.0

The next step in the race comes tomorrow when Republicans and Democrats hold

1:41.9

presidential primaries in Michigan.

1:44.0

Number two, the Supreme Court will consider whether states can control social media. Justices will hear arguments today on

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