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Oil exports see modest rebound; Senate map expands for Dems; Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive harvestIsraeli soldiers walk by a Palestinian vendor in the Old City market in occupied East Jerusalem. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty

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