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President Biden.

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The new climate denial

Why rich countries are deluded about the climate threat

President Biden.

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden ends another war — sort of

Voters.

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Should parents' votes count more?

Unpacking J.D. Vance's attack on the "childless left"

President Biden.

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Will Delta tank the economic recovery?

Looks like Biden may have bailed on super-unemployment way too early

Speed Reads

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This teen pilot wants to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world

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Trump backs Ken Paxton over George P. Bush in Texas AG race

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Flora Duffy wins Bermuda's first-ever Olympic gold medal

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Former Sen. Barbara Boxer assaulted, robbed in Oakland

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Gavin Newsom tells Marjorie Taylor Greene her 'anti-vaccine lies are literally killing Americans'

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

Politics

Republicans.

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The 5 factions vying for the GOP's future

Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

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The GOP's vaccine blame game

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

An incoherent approach to governance?

Ken Paxton.

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endorsements

Trump backs Ken Paxton over George P. Bush in Texas AG race

Covid.

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Briefing

Delta vs. the vaccines

The U.S. is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant. Just how dangerous is it? Here's everything you need to know.

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Culture

Ted Lasso.

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Ted Lasso does it again?

Richard Marx.

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6 book recommendations from Richard Marx

Cars after a flood.

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

Editorial Cartoon.

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Feature

5 toons about Fox News' vaccine confusion

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Home.

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6 stunning houses of glass

Used cars.

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Feature

The used-car buying frenzy

Airplane taking off.

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questionable reasoning

Biden administration criticized for keeping international travel restrictions in place: 'It makes no scientific sense'

Uber.

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positive consequences

Drunk driving fatalities have fallen by 6 percent thanks to ridesharing, Uber data analysis finds

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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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Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

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1.persuasion tactics

Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Biden, Harris should give Trump credit to increase vaccination rate

Adam Kinzinger.

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2.capitol riot aftermath

Adam Kinzinger accepts place on Jan. 6 committee: 'When duty calls, I will always answer'

Tom Brady, Joe Biden

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3.Quotables

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

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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4.the coronavirus crisis

Why it may be a 'grave mistake' for FDA to wait for full vaccine approval

5.ring the alarm

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

6.Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: July 26, 2021

7.should have listened to her

Melania Trump reportedly tried 4 times to block an election night party at the White House

8.the coronavirus crisis

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

Celebrating 20 years of 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

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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the sky's the limit

This teen pilot wants to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world

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Ken Paxton.

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endorsements

Trump backs Ken Paxton over George P. Bush in Texas AG race

12:35 AM

Flora Duffy.

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making history

Flora Duffy wins Bermuda's first-ever Olympic gold medal

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Former Sen. Barbara Boxer.

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scary

Former Sen. Barbara Boxer assaulted, robbed in Oakland

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