Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 20.03.2026.
It displays 167 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
20.03.2026 ⇢ The Day Tehran Was Struck on Persian New Year
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Morning coverage focused on escalating military strikes between Israel and Iran, with multiple outlets reporting Israeli attacks on Tehran coinciding with Persian New Year and Iranian drone strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure. Early afternoon brought reports of President Trump's strategy to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, including threats against Kharg Island, while public opinion polling showed most Americans believe he will send troops to Iran. Evening coverage shifted to escalating U.S. military deployments, with multiple outlets reporting the dispatch of thousands more Marines and warships to the Middle East, even as Trump stated he was considering 'winding down' the operation.
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post
Iran hit oil production facilities across the Middle East for a second day, lashing out at Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, despite attempts to de-escalate the spiraling conflict by U.S. President Trump, who a day earlier said he’d ordered Israel not to attack South Pars, Iran’s massive offshore natural gas reserve.
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The Daily Beast
The president has reportedly realized a key issue is toxic with voters.
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New York Post
While her X account was deleted, Duwaji’s public Instagram page, which has 2 million followers, remains active.
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Ex-FBI chief James Comey was subpoenaed in a DOJ probe into Obama administration officials' investigation of 2016 Russian election interference.
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The Washington Post
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Follow our live blog as oil jumps to $118, Trump vows no ground troops and the Iran war fuels a widening energy crunch.
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Donald Trump promised to end wars, not start new ones. Yet three weeks into Iran, he’s asking for more than Bush did for Iraq.
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Iran’s war with Israel has spread across the Gulf and hit key energy sites, raising fresh fears about global oil supplies.
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The Intercept
The Massachusetts congressman is struggling to land his message of generational change with his past anti-trans comments haunting him.
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05:09⇢Gulf Energy Sites Under Iranian Fire
⌨The newspapers report on escalating attacks on Middle Eastern energy infrastructure, with multiple outlets covering Iran's retaliatory strikes on Gulf oil and gas facilities following Israel's attack on the South Pars gas field (Washington Times, AP News, CBS, Newsmax, NYTimes). Several outlets also discuss President Trump's attempts to de-escalate the conflict and his reported private admission about a toxic political issue (Washington Times, Newsmax, The Daily Beast).
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The Intercept
With militaries increasingly relying on artificial intelligence, data centers have emerged as new targets for strikes.
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Los Angeles Times
Kate Gilbertson
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The Trump administration says Iran's autocratic regime is down but not out, and it won't say how long the deadly, costly conflict will go on.
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The Washington Post
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The latest strikes come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Israel would "hold off on future attacks" on Iran's energy infrastructure, following Trump's request.
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The Epoch Times
U.S. jets and allied Apaches have begun targeting Iranian vessels and drones in the Strait of Hormuz as coalition efforts intensify to restore maritime flow.
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The Reuters/Ipsos poll, released on March 19, also found that nearly 60% of Americans disapprove of the war.
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The Washington Post
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The Atlantic
A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?
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The price of oil eased only slightly after the Trump administration sought to calm markets. A drone attack caused fires at a Kuwaiti oil refinery for a second day.
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President Donald Trump reportedly is weighing a strategy to counter Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, including the possible seizure or blockade of Kharg Island, a key hub for Iran's oil exports.
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The price of oil eased only slightly after the Trump administration sought to calm markets. Israel said it was striking Tehran and several U.S. allies reported attacks.
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Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Joe Kent. Marlow said, “There were some holes in Kent’s claims. … First of all, there was no real reference to Donald Trump’s letter of a year
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Sanctions were once sold as a gentler foreign policy tool for exerting pressure on dictatorships and terrorist organizations. Yet measures like banning individuals from having bank accounts or traveling are increasingly used to chill free speech in Europe.
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Audio from a meeting was shared with NBC News and reveals cast members had concerns about continuing the show if Paul remained involved.
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The New York Times
The price of oil eased only slightly after the Trump administration sought to calm markets. A drone attack caused fires at a Kuwaiti oil refinery for a second day.
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Reason
Before RFK Jr. Can Crack Down on 'Processed Foods,' He'll Have To Figure Out How To Define Them
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New York Post
The Tiffany Network’s news division could cut as much as 15% of its workforce, according to people familiar with the matter.
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08:48⇢Tehran Struck on Persian New Year
⌨The newspapers report on escalating military strikes between Israel and Iran, with multiple outlets covering Israeli attacks on Tehran coinciding with Persian New Year and Iranian drone strikes on Gulf energy infrastructure (NPR, AP News, CBS, The Epoch Times, Newsmax). Several outlets also discuss the Trump administration's strategy to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and public opinion polling showing most Americans believe Trump will send troops to Iran (USA Today, The Epoch Times, Newsmax).
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The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about how close the war is to ending. Meanwhile average gas prices have risen to $3.91 per gallon.
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The Washington Post
Unidentified drones were spotted hovering over Fort McNair, a military post in Washington that houses top Trump administration officials, the latest in a string of strange drone sightings near military sites worldwide.
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The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about how close the war is to ending. Meanwhile average gas prices have risen to $3.91 per gallon.
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New York Post
The Tiffany Network’s news division could cut as much as 15% of its workforce, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The Washington Post
Unidentified drones were spotted hovering over Fort McNair, a military post in Washington that houses top Trump administration officials, the latest in a string of strange drone sightings near military sites worldwide.
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Oil prices stabilized and Wall Street futures fell early Friday as Israel and Iran traded attacks in the nearly three-week old war that has jolted global markets.
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The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about how close the war is to ending. Meanwhile average gas prices have risen to $3.91 per gallon.
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Wall Street is stumbling toward the finish line of a fourth straight losing week, but an ease in oil prices is taking some of the pressure off stock markets worldwide.
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Los Angeles Times
Kate Gilbertson
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New York Post
The retired detective had an interesting answer when asked if he believes the suspect on camera acted alone.
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The Washington Post
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment to succeed his father as Iran’s supreme leader is unlikely to settle the question of who ultimately will hold power in postwar Tehran.
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The Trump administration says Iran's autocratic regime is down but not out, and it won't say how long the deadly, costly conflict will go on.
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The martial artist and Hollywood action hero became a symbol of rugged American masculinity and later as a popular internet meme.
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President Trump has slashed the number of people on the Board of Immigration Appeals and stacked it with his appointees, tightening the due process available for immigrants, an NPR analysis shows.
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New York Post
Legendary actor and martial artist Chuck Norris has died. He was 86.
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Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Joe Kent. Marlow said, “There were some holes in Kent’s claims. … First of all, there was no real reference to Donald Trump’s letter of a year
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10:27⇢Chuck Norris's Final Bow
⌨The newspapers report on the death of actor and martial artist Chuck Norris at age 86, with multiple outlets covering his passing and legacy as a cultural icon (Boston Globe, NY Post, Fox News, NBC News). Several outlets also discuss ongoing developments in the Iran conflict, including oil price stabilization, U.S. military actions, and political jockeying in Tehran (AP News, USA Today, CBS, Washington Times, The Daily Wire).
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The unanimous Supreme Cort decision means the preacher, whose group screamed at concertgoers in a Mississippi town square, can sue for free speech rights.
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Netanyahu has said you cannot “do revolutions from the air,” and that you “don’t want to replace one ayatollah with another.”
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Associated Press
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Breitbart News
Thursday on “The Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about Joe Kent. Marlow said, “There were some holes in Kent’s claims. … First of all, there was no real reference to Donald Trump’s letter of a year
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The Washington Post
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Alexander Sammon
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Recreational and tourist sites worldwide will now be a target for Iran’s aggression and what remains of the Islamic state’s leadership further added Friday it is still building missiles.
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The Iran war is nearing the three-week mark as about 2,200 more U.S. Marines and three more warships are headed toward the region, two U.S. officials say.
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The Daily Beast
Bari Weiss said axing the network’s 100-year-old program was needed.
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Brussels says supply is secure but price spikes from the Middle East conflict are hitting households and industry.
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The Daily Wire
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Ali Gharib speaks to Afeef Nessouli about the latest strikes on Lebanon and peace strategist Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini on the U.S.–Israel assault on Iran.
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The affluent often blame poverty on bad budgeting skills, claiming the poor just need to be taught financial literacy. But working-class people require living wages and a functioning safety net, not condescending lectures about money management.
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Netanyahu has said you cannot “do revolutions from the air,” and that you “don’t want to replace one ayatollah with another.”
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The New York Times
Nearly three weeks into an unpopular war, top Republicans have yet to call Trump officials to testify about it, worrying that doing so would display divisions.
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Maritime police discovered the 20-year-old Elmhurst, Illinois, native’s “lifeless body” in 13-foot-deep water off Port Olímpic.
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Medicaid Fraud Isn't Just a Minnesota Problem. Here Are 5 Other Recent Schemes.
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The Trump administration has sent mixed messages about how close the war is to ending. Meanwhile average gas prices have risen to $3.91 per gallon.
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The Washington Post
House Republican leaders are trying to corral enough votes to pass a clean 18-month reauthorization of a key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires at midnight on April 19.
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12:50⇢Marines Deploy as War Enters Fourth Week
⌨The newspapers report on escalating U.S. military deployments to the Iran conflict, with multiple outlets covering the dispatch of 2,200 more Marines and three warships to the Middle East (AP News, CBS, ABC News, USA Today, Newsweek). Several outlets also discuss political developments, including Republican resistance to public hearings on the war and pressure to renew FISA surveillance powers (NYTimes, Washington Times, The Blaze).
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The Washington Post
The Justice Department sued Harvard University on Friday for civil rights violations, saying the school has discriminated against its Jewish students by not forcefully cracking down on antisemitic behavior.
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A U.S. defense official said Friday that thousands more Marines are being deployed to the Middle East on an accelerated timeline.
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The Boston Globe
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President Donald Trump on Friday blasted NATO and key European allies, calling the alliance "a paper tiger" and accusing its members of cowardice for refusing to back efforts to secure the Strait of Hormuz while the United States and Israel continue military strikes against Iran.
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MORE WARSHIPS, TROOPS DEPLOYING TO MIDEAST
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Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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The Daily Beast
The president continues to rely on the word of his disgraced former doctor.
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Associated Press
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Same Lies, New War: Trump and the Iraq Playbook
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A U.S. defense official said Friday that thousands more Marines are being deployed to the Middle East on an accelerated timeline.
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The Washington Post
Drug overdose deaths have fallen in President Trump’s second term alongside his get-tough approach to fentanyl that includes sealing the border, killing foreign drug traffickers and rescheduling synthetic opioids to deliver harsher criminal sentences.
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The Intercept
“This is the kind of thing that really resonates: seeing respected people in positions of power validating what many service members feel.”
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The Washington Post
Drug overdose deaths have fallen in President Trump’s second term alongside his get-tough approach to fentanyl that includes sealing the border, killing foreign drug traffickers and rescheduling synthetic opioids to deliver harsher criminal sentences.
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The New York Times
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has imbued U.S. military actions with a Christian moral underpinning that suggests they are divinely sanctioned.
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15:18⇢Marines Surge to Hormuz
⌨The newspapers report on escalating U.S. military deployments to the Iran conflict, with multiple outlets covering the dispatch of thousands more Marines and warships to the Middle East (AP News, USA Today, HuffPost, CBS, ABC News, Newsweek). Several outlets also discuss President Trump's criticism of NATO allies as 'cowards' and a 'paper tiger' for not supporting Hormuz security efforts (Newsmax, CBS, Fox News).
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Zelenskyy said Kyiv had sent specialists to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE to help them combat Iranian drone attacks.
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Stunning footage shows sparks fly as an out-of-control driver appears to drag two cyclists down a busy Harlem street — making no effort to stop — during a horrific crash that killed one person and injured four Thursday.
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A U.S. defense official said Friday that thousands more Marines are being deployed to the Middle East on an accelerated timeline.
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The Washington Post
Senate Democrats voted for the fifth time on Friday to block a Department of Homeland Security funding bill from advancing as they continue to push for immigration enforcement policy changes.
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The US military is deploying three more warships and roughly 2,500 more marines to the Middle East as Iran fires on Israel and energy sites in neighboring Gulf Arab states, sending oil and gas prices soaring The Latest: US deploys
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"I was always warning, talking to executives from oil and gas that are partnered with us, talking to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, to warn him of that consequence and that that could be detrimental to us," QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi told Reuters. "They were aware of the threat, and they were always reminded by me, almost on a daily basis, that we need to make sure that there is restraint on oil and gas facilities," he said.
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U.S. stocks fell for a fourth week in a row, with the Nasdaq and Dow falling near correction territory. More Mideast fighting sent oil prices up again.
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The Daily Beast
A congressional probe has been launched into claims that Jared Kushner sought to raise billions while serving as Trump’s envoy.
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The Washington Post
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It is unclear under what circumstances President Trump would authorize the use of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.
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The USS Boxer group of three ships, carrying thousands of Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks, NPR has confirmed.
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CBS News’ latest round of cuts under editor-in-chief Bari Weiss claimed a handful of anchors and correspondents — with more top talent to come in later weeks.
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Markwayne Mullin Says Agents Don't Need a Warrant If They're Pursuing a Suspect. Here's What the Law Says.
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19:26⇢Trump's Winding Down While Troops Surge
⌨The newspapers report on escalating U.S. military deployments to the Iran conflict, with multiple outlets covering President Trump's statement about considering 'winding down' the operation while simultaneously sending thousands more Marines and warships to the Middle East (NPR, AP News, CBS, Breitbart, Common Dreams). Several outlets also discuss the economic impact of the conflict, with stocks dropping for a fourth week and oil prices rising due to Middle East fighting (USA Today, ABC News, Newsmax).
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Breitbart News
President Donald Trump stated Friday that the United States is closing in on its objectives in Iran and that his administration is considering winding down the war.
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The Trump administration has been strategizing methods and options to secure or extract Iran's nuclear materials, according to multiple sources.
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