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Chris Christie drops out; Hunter Biden’s contempt hearing

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Chris Christie, the Republican presidential challenger running the most explicitly anti-Trump campaign, dropped out of the primary. Mr Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, made the announcement at an event in New Hampshire. He had bet big on the state, where independent voters, not just registered Republicans, can cast ballots. But conservatives eschewing Mr Trump seem to prefer Nikki Haley.

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