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The last of Trump’s 18 co-defendants have surrendered. Next comes intense legal maneuvering.

The case has already generated numerous motions and replies, with defendants seeking to delay the trial or speed it up — or dismiss it altogether. Legal experts expect the activity to intensify in the weeks ahead.

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An oral history of the March on Washington, the day that forced America to change

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After Yevgeny Priogzhin’s presumed death, the Kremlin, internal Wagner factions and outside paramilitary forces are jockeying for control of a lucrative global empire.

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One solution to the Everglade’s problem? An open-invitation hunting contest.

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