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Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago

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Former President Donald Trump   argued in a court filing Wednesday   that the National Archives should have expected to find classified material among the 15 boxes Trump turned over in January from Mar-a-Lago because they were presidential records. The filing, his closing written legal argument before a critical hearing Thursday, acknowledged that classified material was found at Mar-a-Lago, but argued that it should not have been cause for alarm -- and should not have led to the search of Trump's Florida residence earlier this month. Dissecting 7 key pieces of the Mar-a-Lago photo Trump's new filing on Wednesday is his platform to formally respond to prosecutors' assertions that members of his legal team  engaged  in "obstructive conduct" by concealing documents at his Florida resort and by providing untrue information to investigators about how many classified documents remained on site. Painting the probe as politically charged given Trump's potential run a...

Ukraine claims early success in counteroffensive as Zelensky vows to 'chase' Russians to the border

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  Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning to Russian forces during his evening address on Monday, saying it was time for them to "run away, go home." Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) As  Ukraine  ramps up its offensive to retake Russian-occupied territory in the country's south, its forces have regained four villages and broken through Russian defenses at multiple points of the frontline in the  Kherson region , according to Ukrainian officials. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky also issued a warning to Russian forces during his evening address Monday, saying it was time for them to "run away, go home," and that "the occupiers must know we will chase them to the border." Yet one of his advisers cautioned that the operation will be a slow one, that would "grind the enemy." "This process will not be very fast," Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said in a statement posted on Telegram late Monday...