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On Saturday, Republicans and Democrats will vote for their chosen nominee in caucuses and primaries across five states: Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, and Nebraska. The state of the primary race in both parties has firmed up since Super Tuesday s slate of nominating contests. GOP front-runner Donald Trump now leads the pack, nearly a hundred delegates ahead of his closest competitor, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The billionaire won seven of the Super Tuesday states, while Cruz racked up three victories in Alaska, Oklahoma, and Texas. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, in third place, eked out just one win in Minnesota. On Thursday, the Republican candidates faced off for their first debate since Super Tuesday in Detroit, attacking one another on several domestic policy issues like immigration and guest worker visas -- along with other, more personal topics. Watch CBSN for updates on results from the caucuses and primaries Former Secr stanley polska etary of State Hillary Clinton also came out of Tuesday with a large advantag stanley cup becher e, honing her general election pitch at a triumphant rally in Miami, Florida. Including superdelegates, rival Bernie Sanders now trails Clinton by over 600 stanley cup delegates.While none of Saturday s contests are key to securing party nominations, a substantial number of delegates are still up for grabs. Here are more details on the contests by state: KANSAS In Kansas, Democrats will vote at 47 caucus sites corresponding to their State Senate dis Uode Connecting The Zarqawi Dots
House and Senate negotiators struck a tentative deal on the expiring Patriot Act that would curb FBI subpoena power and require the Justice Department to more fully report its secret requests for information ab stanley thermos out ordinary people, according to officials involved in the talks.The agreement, which would make most provisions of the existing law permanent, was reached just before dawn Wednesday. But by midmorning GOP leaders had already made plans for a House vote on Thursday and a Senate vote by the end of the week. That would put the centerpiece of President Bush s war on terror on his desk before Than stanley becher ksgiving, a month before more than a dozen provisions were set to expire.Officials negotiating the deal described it on condition of anonymity because the draft is not official and has not been signed by any of the 34 conferees. Any deal would mark Congress first revision of the law passed a few weeks after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. In doing so, lawmakers said they tried to find the nation s comfort level with expan stanley cup ded law enforcement power in the post-9/11 era mdash; a task that carries extra political risks for all 435 members of the House and a third of the Senate facing midterm elections next year.For Mr. Bush, too, such a renewal would come at a sensitive time. With his approval ratings slipping in his second term, the president could bolster a tough-on-terrorism image. The tentative deal would make permanent all but a handfu
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