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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Brown checks shells bound for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP)

Support slipping for indefinite U.S. aid to Ukraine, poll finds

Forty-seven percent of Americans think Washington should urge Ukraine toward a swift peace settlement, according to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey.

By Claire Parker

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Kash Patel, former president Donald Trump’s longtime adviser. (Getty Images)

Trump’s political action committee paying for lawyers of key Mar-a-Lago witnesses

The payments are legal, and a defense lawyer for the witnesses says they are not problematic. But some outside legal experts say they could pose a conflict.

By Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Isaac Stanley-Becker

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Rosalie Metro as a child with her father. (Courtesy of Rosalie Metro)

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Professor Lee Berger of the University of the Witwatersrand holds a reproduction of a Homo naledi skull. (AP)

Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries suggest

Charcoal and burned bones offer intriguing — if controversial — clues that the species Homo naledi made hearths to light its way and cook in dark caves.

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