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Trump says he has been indicted in classified documents probe

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Ban the Bible?
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Ukraine assault in Zaporizhzhia appears to launch counteroffensive

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Supreme Court rejects Alabama congressional map

Canada wildfire smoke continues to choke Eastern U.S.
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Officials suspect dozens of girls in Afghanistan were poisoned at school
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awful

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