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Julius Caesar.

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Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

Jan. 6 was a badly planned rehearsal for the real deal

A mean stork.

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Why fertility is the real culture war

What the pandemic baby bust reveals about our fears

An elephant.

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The GOP's 2022 candidate problem

Why the party's primary voters could be their own worst enemy in their effort to retake the Senate

A man wearing a mask.

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In support of the CDC's new mask guidance

Speed Reads

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Lawmakers are already fighting over reinstated House mask mandate

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Pelosi distances herself from Schumer's call for Biden to forgive student debt

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Democratic congressman makes 6 Fergie puns in 1 minute on House floor

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Dallas racial justice campaign highlighted by Fox may be a hoax

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Olympian Dominique Moceanu: Simone Biles demonstrating agency I lacked

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GOP senators suggest bipartisan infrastructure deal in place, vote looms

Politics

A pulp novel cover.

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Bonnie Kristian

The right's new libertinism

Kamala Harris.

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The Democrats' Kamala Harris problem

The Capitol.

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The people against the putsch

President Biden.

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Michael Arceneaux

Biden's betrayal of Black voters

Controlling Delta

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Bonnie Kristian

Careful with the CDC's vaccine data

Joe Biden.

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the delta surge

White House considering a vaccine mandate for federal employees

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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the coronavirus crisis

Why some critics think the CDC's messaging on masking is 'astonishingly bad'

Covid.

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Briefing

Delta vs. the vaccines

Republicans.

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The 5 factions vying for the GOP's future

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Culture

Simone Biles.

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Simone Biles' most impressive feat yet

A dress.

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Finding a better fit

Matt Damon.

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Jesse Hassenger

Matt Damon's American masculinity

Olympic rings.

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The nicest Olympics ever

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Xi Jinping.

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Is China going to fry the global climate?

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PayPal's reckless foray into regulating speech

President Biden.

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Will Delta tank the economic recovery?

Used cars.

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The used-car buying frenzy

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Damon Linker

Trump walks to White House.

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Opinion

Trump's path back to the presidency

Donald Rumsfeld.

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Opinion

The war Donald Rumsfeld won

A lonely person.

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

A flag.

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Opinion

The civil war of 2024?

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Tom Brady, Joe Biden

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1.Quotables

Tom Brady's 'gentle' roast of Trump at Biden's White House: 'Deeply vicious'?

Rep. Clay Higgins.

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2.round two

Louisiana congressman says he has COVID-19 for the 2nd time

Martin Shkreli.

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3.something you don't hear every day

U.S. government sells one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album to cover Pharma Bro's debt

COVID-19 testing site.

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4.the coronavirus crisis

The 'potential silver lining' to a breakthrough COVID-19 infection

5.ring the alarm

Democrats fear 'death by 1,000 cuts' in 2022 midterms

6.#FreeBritney

Britney Spears' new lawyer files to remove and suspend her dad from conservatorship

7.the coronavirus crisis

Why some critics think the CDC's messaging on masking is 'astonishingly bad'

8.artificial intelligence

Are police 'fabricating' gunshot evidence in some cities?

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

The Week.

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A short history of The Week

Week covers.

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

September 11.

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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

A computer.

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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that was fast

Lawmakers are already fighting over reinstated House mask mandate

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Nancy Pelosi.

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student debt

Pelosi distances herself from Schumer's call for Biden to forgive student debt

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Sean Casten.

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uhhhh

Democratic congressman makes 6 Fergie puns in 1 minute on House floor

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Fox News

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fake news?

Dallas racial justice campaign highlighted by Fox may be a hoax

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