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Progressives make gains in recent primaries

Partial results are in for Tuesday's primary elections in New York, Kentucky and Virginia. With a record number of absentee ballots cast, it could be days until the winners are announced. Early numbers show progressive Democrats making gains against members of the party establishment. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns and director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky Al Cross join Red and Blue's Elaine Quijano to break down the results.

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Lawmakers call border facilities "horrifying"

Democrats Joaquin Castro and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were among about a dozen members of Congress who toured southern border facilities Monday. They described deplorable conditions inside the two facilities. Customs and Border Protection is also under fire over a secret Facebook group that includes thousands of current and former agents. Some users mocked migrant deaths and posted sexist and racist jokes about lawmakers, including Ocasio-Cortez. Jeff Pegues reports

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The "Squad" on Trump's racist tweets

In an extraordinary rebuke, the House voted to condemn President Trump's attacks against four congresswomen of color as "racist." The four freshmen congresswomen apparently targeted by the president are Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley, collectively known as "The Squad." The Squad sat down with “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King on Capitol Hill for their only joint interview, in which they shared what it's like to feud with the most powerful politician in the country.

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