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KHARKIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 04: Firefighters continue to work in the debris following the series of Russian drone attack in Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv, Ukraine on April 4, 2024. The first drone targeted a three-story residential building at one in the morning. When the rescuers were working at the site of the impact, there was a second impact - three firefighters died on the spot. Another drone targeted a high-rise building a few blocks away, killing a woman there. As a result, it is reported that four people were killed and at least 11 were injured. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) participates in a House Oversight Committee hearing titled "The Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr." on Capitol Hill September 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. The hearing is expected to focus on the constitutional and legal questions House Republicans are raising about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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