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President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, delivered a series of unusually candid and at times caustic assessments of the president, his second-term agenda and some of his closest allies in ...

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Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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Trevor Lawrence and the AFC South-leading Jacksonville Jaguars take on the New York Jets in NFL Week 15. Follow for live updates.