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In Trump cases, experts say defendant’s rhetoric will be hard to police

Donald Trump’s advisers see a win-win scenario in pretrial skirmishes over what he can say about indictments.

By Devlin Barrett, Spencer S. Hsu and Isaac Arnsdorf

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China hoped Fiji would be a template for the Pacific. Its plan backfired.

China used Fiji as a testing ground for pursuing closer security ties in the Pacific. But Beijing overreached, and the new government is tearing up the deal.

By Michael E. Miller and Matthew Abbott

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A Black man’s brutal murder has faded from a Texas town’s memory

Twenty-five years after James Byrd was killed by three White men in this East Texas town, many in Jasper are ready to forget.

Story by Emmanuel Felton | Photos by Callaghan O’Hare for The Post

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‘Everyone was covering their eyes’: In Wuhan, doctors knew the truth

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I’m turning 85. Is Alzheimer’s coming for me?

Opinion by Elaine Soloway

We need to get our space junk problem under control

Opinion by Thomas G. Roberts

The ‘abundance agenda’ explains why we’re right to always want more

Opinion by Megan McArdle

Biden’s involvement in his son’s dealings deserves a serious investigation

Opinion by Henry Olsen

Who’s leading the fight against MAGA? Women.

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Actually, legacy admissions are good. Here’s why.

Opinion by Steven B. Gerrard

How Trump will shape the GOP debate from offstage

Opinion by Eugene Robinson

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Gregory Gregory hasn’t had a taco in decades but is fighting to keep his Taco Tuesday

Since his first Taco Tuesday night in 1979, the New Jersey restaurateur with two first names estimates that his bar has served more than 2 million tacos in what has become a Somers Point tradition.

By Timothy Bella

After Dominion case, GOP debate gives Fox News chance to burnish image

Anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum’s performance in Trump-free GOP debate could bolster Fox’s credibility after its defamation lawsuit, observers say.

By Jeremy Barr

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Displaced Lahaina students and teachers have no clear path to reopening schools

Three thousand students and 400 staff members have been displaced after one Lahaina school burned down and three others were closed pending safety tests.

By Anumita Kaur

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