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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has announced California Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate for the 2020 election.

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The seven Republican senators were: Richard Burr of North Carolina Bill Cassidy of Louisiana Susan Collins of Maine Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Mitt Romney of Utah Ben Sasse of Nebraska Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania

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Jill Biden intends to be the first FLOTUS in the role's 231-year history to pursue her career and keep a paying job while living in the White House and serving as first lady.

Jill Biden will be historic first lady: Just call her ‘Professor FLOTUS’

Jill Biden promises to be a busy first lady: She plans to keep her day job as a college English professor in northern Virginia.

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In perilous times: Americans are now inclined to support impeaching President Trump and removing him from office, a USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds.

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The UFO report to congress is expected to be released later this month, on government information on unidentified flying objects and aerial phenomena.

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Merrick Garland: Yes, I think discrimination is morally wrong. Absolutely. Sen. Tom Cotton: Are you aware President Biden has signed an executive order stating his administration will affirmatively advance racial equity, not racial equality but racial equity?

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Biden will order the federal government to expand access to voter registration and election information, among other directives.

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BTS' latest dynamite move? Meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.

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It didn't take long for the Joe Biden campaign to respond with a tweet showing the scene in which rebel Luke Skywalker destroys the Death Star.

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Vice President Mike Pence confirmed early Thursday that Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, officially ending the 2020 presidential race that Trump has refused to concede and after a violent day at the U.S. Capitol.

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Andrew Yang's policies like universal basic income would do more to address income inequality than any idea he's seen, Dave Chappelle said in Iowa.

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Yang has honed in on a message of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, touted a universal basic income and boasted about his ability to reach disaffected voters.

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Trump's tweet about a controversial housing rule drew fire from critics who said he was trying to appeal to suburban voters through racial prejudice.

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Rep. Doug Collins was accused of "celebrating" Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death in his post.

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"We all know that AOC and this crowd are a bunch of communists," Sen. Lindsey Graham said. But he advised Trump to "aim higher" in his attacks.

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Rick Perry said nothing in the universe is accidental and that God "is still very active in the details of the day-to-day lives of government."

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The 37-year-old Ohio Republican is rising in the polls as many GOP voters search for an alternative to Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis.

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The retired officer, Gary Volesky, responded to a tweet Jill Biden sent about abortion. "Glad to see you finally know what a woman is," he wrote.

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Daniel Cameron defeated Stumbo to become Kentucky's first African American attorney general and the second African American to hold statewide elected office.

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Former U.S. ambassador Marie Yovanovitch testified Friday in the House's impeachment inquiry into President Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine.

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The president will invoke the Defense Production Act to boost the supply of testing and vaccination supplies, among a range of other directives.

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Sen. Kamala Harris will make history as the first woman elected vice president, now that Joe Biden won enough states to capture the White House.

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Congressional committees plan to ask State Department official Philip Reeker about the dismissal of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

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Judge rejects arguments by Trump attorneys that Attorney General Letitia James is politically biased against the former president.

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Since the last Monmouth University poll released in January, Sanders has jumped 6 percentage points.

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In the final remarks of her opening statement, Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney condemned the members of her party who have chosen to look the other way on the events of Jan. 6 and the efforts that led to it.

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The bill provides about $75B for hospitals, $25B for testing and $60B for emergency loans/grants. The Senate approved the bill Tues.; Trump says he will sign it.

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Goya Foods CEO Bob Unanue said Ocasio-Cortez "was actually our employee of the month" following the boycott due to an increase in sales.

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State Rep. Candice Keller blamed mass shootings on 'drag queen advocates,' 'homosexual marriage,' open borders and even former president Barack Obama.

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Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was also at the White House meeting, where Trump reportedly asked him about invoking martial law.

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Two top Democrats launched a probe into Inspector General Steve Linick's firing and said it was done to shield Pompeo from an internal investigation.

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Wind turbines kill fewer birds than do cats and cell towers.

Wind turbines kill fewer birds than do cats, cell towers

Wind turbines kill far fewer birds than do cats or collisions with cell towers, study says.

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Facebook has suspended former President Donald Trump for two years. His accounts were frozen after he praised supporters who stormed the Capitol.

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Trump appeared himself briefly in a taped appearance from the White House and signed a pardon to Jon Ponder, founder of Hope For Prisoners, a Las Vegas-based organization that helps ex-prisoners re-enter society. #RepublicanConvention

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser called it "shameful" that police used tear gas to clear the way for the president to walk to St. John's Church.

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Trump claims that sticking in the Paris Agreement would cost the U.S. trillions of dollars, but that estimate is an outlier and appears to originate from the climate change-denying Heritage Foundation.

Fact-checking Trump’s speech on Paris climate agreement

The president made more than a few false and misleading claims in announcing that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

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Ex-President Trump did not say why the agents were at his Florida property but said in a statement the raid "was not necessary or appropriate."

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Trump was a private citizen in 2011 when President Barack Obama authorized the mission that killed bin Laden, the architect of the 9/11 attacks.

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"I’m excited to endorse President Trump’s re-election. And Mr. President, we look forward to hosting you very soon to come visit our land we call Dine’tah," says Myron Lizer, the Vice President of the Navajo Nation. #RNC2020

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Olivia Troye said Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, undermined anyone trying to get the allies out of Afghanistan.

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The Hatch Act is a 1939 law that restricts federal employees' engagement in specific partisan political activities, with the aim of preventing members of the executive branch from interfering in elections. #RNC2020

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Pete Buttigieg wins the endorsement of more than 200 foreign policy experts, including veterans of the Obama administration, a key Joe Biden asset.

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President Donald Trump suggested late Rep. John Dingell was "looking up" from hell at a Michigan rally.

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Trump's attorney says she tried to comply with the subpoena, calling the contempt motion "inappropriate and misleading."

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State Judge Arthur F. Engoron blocked former President Donald Trump's attempt to quash subpoenas from the New York state attorney general.

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Rapper and business owner 50 Cent was on Capitol Hill with attorney Ben Crump to promote Black representation in the luxury spirits business.

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The Wyoming Republican tweeted that she was 'ashamed' to hear GOP members panning FBI agents who searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago Florida home on Monday.

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In addition to pardoning thousands convicted of simple pot possession, Biden moved to potentially remove marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug.

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Rod Rosenstein stood with a deadpan expression as Attorney General William Barr briefed reporters on special counsel Robert Muller's report

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Second Lady Karen Pence's inspiration for this year's holiday decorations at the vice president's residence was the home itself.

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Fauci said Europe and Asia had managed to shut down 95% of their populations, whereas about 50% of the United States was shut down.

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Here's a running list of people who have tested positive. This is a developing story. •President Trump •Melania Trump •Hope Hicks •Bill Stepien •Kayleigh McEnany •RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel •Sen. Mike Lee •Sen. Thom Tillis •Sen. Ron Johnson •Chris Christie

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The federal judge's ruling could be used to force Trump's closest aides to testify in the impeachment inquiry and other House investigations.

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The Senate has acquitted President Trump on both articles of impeachment. Mitt Romney was the only senator to cross party lines in voting to convict for abuse of power.

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Attorney General William Barr's testimony comes as part of House Democrats' investigations into alleged politicization of the Justice Department.

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Barbara Bush, in a forthcoming book, had given up on the Republican Party. Susan Page expounds upon the story from her book, "The Matriarch."

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Raphael Warnock is the first Black man elected as U.S. senator from Georgia and the first Democrat elevated to the Senate from Georgia in 20 years.

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Democrat Michael "Mike" Broihier enters the 2020 U.S. Senate primary contest trumpeting a "no labels" message to Kentucky voters.

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Biden's infrastructure plan would boost pay for home care workers, who are disproportionately women of color and typically earn about $12/hour.

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In the wake of two mass shootings, the House of Representatives passed a gun reform bill that will raise the legal age to buy semi-automatic weapons to 21.

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Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said Buttigieg "put on a clinic on how a nominee should work and act," lauding his straightforward answers to questions.

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Editor-in-chief @nicole_carroll on pulling the livestream of President Donald Trump's remarks tonight.

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Vladimir Putin launched an attack against Ukraine, and Biden vowed "severe consequences" and sanctions for Russia as explosions sounded in Ukraine.

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Fact check: There's no proof of an alleged voter fraud scheme or connection to Rep. Ilhan Omar.

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“Because whatever our differences we respect one another as human beings; each of us searching for justice and purpose,” says John Kasich on Joe Biden. #DemocraticConvention

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The Trump campaign and its allies have lost 40 lawsuits and won one that affected a few dozen votes, according to a running tally by Marc Elias, a Democratic elections expert and founder of Democracy Docket. At least eight more cases are pending.

For these Trump supporters primed to disbelieve defeat, challenging the election was a civic duty

In lawsuits alleging election fraud, Trump supporters described what they saw, heard and suspected. Many of their allegations crumbled under scrutiny.

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The House passed the "Respect for Marriage Act," which protects same-sex marriage. It faces an uphill battle to get 60 votes in the Senate.

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A wife was brought to tears during the State of the Union after they were surprised with her husband who was deployed for the past seven months.

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As the U.S. nears complete troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban has returned in force. USA TODAY spoke with women on the ground about their experiences and expectations.

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A high-resolution video of the exchange shows the dark line is a crease in Biden’s shirt, and what social media users speculate is a microphone on his wrist is likely a rosary.

Fact check: No evidence Biden wore wire at Ohio debate

Claims that Joe Biden wore a wire to the debate Sept. 29 in Cleveland are false.

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"If the Taliban returns to power, I along with other women who work in the government's military and security forces will either be stoned to death or executed in a public space in front of a crowd," said a 22-year-old who works in Kabul.

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Fact check: The claim: A photo shows Jen Psaki, Joe Biden's pick for press secretary, wearing a hammer and sickle hat while posing with officials from Russia. Our ruling: Missing context

Fact check: Jen Psaki was gifted a hammer and sickle hat at a diplomatic meeting

After Joe Biden named Jen Psaki as his press secretary, critics shared a photo of her in pink hat, a gift from the Russian foreign minister.

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Princess Latifa was fleeing her father, the authoritarian ruler of Dubai, when her escape was thwarted in a dramatic high seas raid. How she was found remained a mystery. Until now. A USA TODAY investigation finds the FBI played a key role.

How the FBI played a role in the capture of Princess Latifa of Dubai

Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum's escape plan was dashed in 2018, but how her father found her was a mystery. USA TODAY finds the FBI helped.

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The White House Correspondents' Dinner returned Saturday along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and President Joe Biden.

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The Biden administration's decision to declare monkeypox a public health emergency could make it easier to deploy the federal bureaucracy against the once-rare disease.

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A possible Trump bond rejection? NY AG questions if insurance group is good for the money

The New York attorney general is questioning if Knight Specialty Insurance Company is good for former President Donald Trump's $175 million bond.

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Trump hasn't succeeded in overturning the election results but he has persuaded a third of Americans that Biden wasn't legitimately elected

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David Correia and three other men, including two Giuliani associates, are charged with conspiring to funnel foreign money to U.S. political campaigns.

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The Trump Organization is under investigation by the New York attorney general who claims it gave misleading information to banks and tax authorities.

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Sen. Ted Cruz was driven from an upscale restaurant Monday night by a crowd of protesters chanting, "We believe survivors."

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Orlando Democrat Val Demings said incumbent Marco Rubio often sides with Republicans against the interest of Florida.

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Biden hammered Trump for saying after violent rally in Charlottesville that there were “very fine people on both sides.” Trump campaign said words taken out of context.

Deadly car attack, violent clashes in Charlottesville: What we know now

Three people were killed and 35 injured as violence surrounding a white supremacist rally engulfed the usually quite town of Charlottesville, Va.

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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said Wednesday she would vote for Democratic Senate candidate Tim Ryan over his opponent, Republican J.D. Vance.

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As debate shifts to foreign policy, Bernie Sanders asked how he'd differ from Trump, since both shun U.S. role as world’s policeman. Sanders responds: "Trump is pathological liar. I tell the truth."

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In an unsigned order, the PA Supreme Court found petitioners had waited too long to challenge the 2019 state law that authorized mail-in ballots.

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More than 100 million ballots were cast before the first poll sites opened Tuesday, according to the U.S. Elections Project website, but long lines still greeted voters at some locations. #Elections2020

Live updates on voting on Election Day: USPS misses deadline; misleading robocalls, isolated...

Election Day unfolded with isolated incidents of technology glitches and misleading robocalls being probed by the FBI. Latest news.

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Allen Weisselberg is named, along with Donald Trump and three Trump children, in a civil lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

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When Alexander Vindman was preparing to testify at the first impeachment hearing, he faced intense pushback from a Trump supporter: his father.

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Georgia Democratic officials on Monday picked Nikema Williams to replace on the ballot former Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights icon who died on Friday.

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Many Republicans have said they were uncomfortable with the president declaring a national emergency to get funding for a wall along the southern border, but it's unclear whether they would vote for such an effort.

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Today in #Election2020 : It's the last day to register to vote in: •Arkansas •Arizona •Florida •Georgia •Hawaii (allows same day registration on Election Day) •Indiana •Kentucky •Louisiana •Mississippi •Ohio •South Carolina •Tennessee •Texas

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Mitt Romney, the only GOP senator to vote to convict in the Trump impeachment trial, is a test case for the party's willingness to tolerate dissent.

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With the 2022 midterm election looming, here is the calendar for when early voting and in-person absentee voting begins in each state.

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Duchess Meghan was one of the keynote panel guests at the SXSW. She talked about motherhood and inaccurate portrayals of women in media.

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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said that senators on both sides of the aisle were wrong to predetermine the outcome of the Senate impeachment trial.

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Herrera Beutler was one of 10 House Republicans to vote for Trump's impeachment on a charge of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack.

Her statement caused an impeachment trial stir: Who is Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler?

Washington's Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler's statement on a conversation between Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy put her in the impeachment trial spotlight.

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"I myself am so afraid that I cannot walk to university in the morning despite the close distance,” said a 31-year-old college professor. “When I walk out, I feel like it’s the last day of my life.”

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Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah and a separate marine conservation area in New England that were reduced by Trump.

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This moment between Senator Kamala Harris and Attorney General William Barr from May is resurfacing after President Trump released transcripts of a July phone call between him and Ukraine's president.

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The White House said that Biden issuing the pardon for small possession of marijuana as part of a step to fulfill a campaign promise.

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