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Taking such steps could lead to a “voluntary resolution of this matter rather than further, protracted investigation with possible enforcement,” the civil rights office said in its letter.

But legal experts believe such a policy would face protracted legal battles.

But China's economy is already ailing and it will be in no mood for a second protracted trade war.

Yet they may feel vindicated even if Trump loses narrowly to Harris but his acolytes erupt in litigious, violent and protracted fashion.

After a protracted back-and-forth between courts, abortion remains accessible up to 15 weeks of pregnancy in the state.