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The debate comes just two weeks before the first votes are cast in the Republican primary race
Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada, faced questions about whether he is eligible for the presidency
Donald Trump defended his plan to ban Muslims from entering the US
Invoking 9/11, Trump took Cruz to task for dismissively referring to "New York values"
Marco Rubio and Chris Christie forcefully and repeatedly attacked President Barack Obama
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Image source, GettyCruz, Rubio battle on immigrationpublished at 04:19
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz both accused one another of being too easy on immigration, sparring for a few minutes as Mr Rubio got more and more heated.
They both said a lot of things about each other's records that are flat-out wrong, as Slate explains here, external.
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End of twitter postRand Paul supporters get their saypublished at 04:07
A few chants of "We Want Rand!" have been heard. Meanwhile, Rand Paul holds a Twitter chat.
Trump is leading the pack on talk timepublished at 4:07
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End of twitter post'You had your chance, Marco'published at 04:05
Chris Christie tells Marco Rubio he blew it by not answering a question about entitlement reform.
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End of twitter postFact check on Obamacare and jobspublished at 03:58
Employment in the private sector has gone up since the Affordable Care Act passed. Many Republican candidates tonight called it a job-killer.
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End of twitter postCandidates talk taxespublished at 03:53
The candidates slam Ted Cruz's tax plan, which would involve abolishing the Internal Revenue Service and establishing something closely resembling a value-added tax.
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End of twitter post 2Donald Trump hasn't always disliked the New York Timespublished at 03:37
Donald Trump said the New York Times is "always wrong". In August, he said it was great.
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End of twitter postJeb Bush slams Trump's Muslim travel banpublished at 3:35
Donald Trump drops some bombspublished at 03:30
Donald Trump mentioned the recent IS attacks in Indonesia when discussing the need to destroy the group.
How Syrians get to the USpublished at 03:26
As the candidates talk about the refugee program and whether Syrians escaping civil war should be let into the US, a reminder on how the current program works:
Trump: No more political correctnesspublished at 03:23
Asked about his stance on banning Muslims from the US, Donald Trump said he has many great Muslim friends, and they have called him thanking him for "exposing a problem".
"We have to stop with political correctness," he said.
Jeb Bush said his comments about Muslims are "unhinged".
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End of twitter postKasich on experiencepublished at 3:23
Ted Cruz is the early talk leaderpublished at 03:17
Talk time thus far according to Politico, external
Bush: 3:05Carson: 3:31Christie: 3:46Cruz: 6:55Kasich: 4:14Rubio: 2:52Trump: 5:17
'New York values'published at 03:09
Ted Cruz lambasted New Yorkers' "liberal, pro-gay marriage" values and Donald Trump quickly pivoted to 9/11 and its victims. Cruz was applauding within seconds.
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End of twitter postHow killers got their gunspublished at 03:02
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End of twitter post'Guns don't pull the trigger, people pull the trigger'published at 02:59
Both Jeb Bush and Donald Trump responded to a question about whether President Obama's recent executive actions on guns are reasonable with calls for more Congressional action on mental health.
Marco Rubio said he'd defend the Second Amendment, not undermine it.
Image source, GettyBen Carson appeals for Republican unitypublished at 02:54
Ben Carson inadvertently makes an Internet jokepublished at 02:50
Ben Carson was asked if Hillary Clinton is an "enabler of sexual misconduct". He responded by lamenting the state of discourse in the US, including comments on Internet articles.
The fact-checking beginspublished at 02:49
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