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President Biden.

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Biden's popularity freeze

Has presidential approval become largely unresponsive to events?

Gun rights and sanctuary cities.

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Sanctuary cities, but for guns

President Biden.

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Biden's poverty programs stumble

The American Rescue Plan is showing why bureaucracy matters

A model.

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Victoria's Secret pivots to feminism

The lingerie brand has a new fantasy to sell women

Speed Reads

June 18, 2021

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Ted Cruz likens Democrats to the Terminator at Faith & Freedom Coalition conference

June 18, 2021

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Taylor Swift's re-recorded Red includes 10-minute song

June 18, 2021

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Pence heckled, called a 'traitor' at conservative conference

June 18, 2021

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Airline start-ups Breeze and Avelo gamble on post-pandemic travel

June 18, 2021

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Meadows predicted 'nobody' would care about Floyd killing

June 18, 2021

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Republicans against Juneteenth holiday think it will 'create confusion' alongside July 4

Politics

America on fire.

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America's backward climate politics

Stacey Abrams and Joe Manchin.

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Stacey Abrams, pragmatist

The Supreme Court.

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SCOTUS sides with liberalism in Fulton v. Philadelphia

The passage of the Juneteenth holiday.

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W. James Antle III

Why conservatives shouldn't oppose Juneteenth

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The Nord pipeline.

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Briefing

Russia's controversial new pipeline

What the Nord Stream 2 means for Europe — and the world

Business

Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

An elephant.

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Pennsylvania GOP kills outdoor dining

Brain scan

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Mind Blown

Millionaire weeks away from selling helmets that can read your mind

Scotch

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Slàinte mhath

Biden suspends Trump's 25 percent tariff on Scotch whisky

Culture

A time clock.

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Getting holidays right

Naomi Osaka.

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taking a break

Naomi Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon, but is 'excited' for the Olympics

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

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back to the future

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in voting rights ad

Juneteenth no votes

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Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert cheer Juneteenth

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The lost art of memorization

A flapper.

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Opinion

What will be the flapper dress of the Roaring 2020s?

Kate Winslet.

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Opinion

The culmination of Kate Winslet

Robert Pattinson.

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You don't want to be in a movie with Robert Pattinson

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President Biden and Vladimir Putin.

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W. James Antle III

Biden's PR stunt with Putin

Enrique Tarrio.

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2.womp womp

Proud Boys leader says the far-right group is 'hemorrhaging money'

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

Vladimir Putin

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4.Geneva summit

RNC slams Biden for meeting with Putin

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7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

6.Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts recap Biden and Putin's 'Boniva in Geneva'

7.Sounds dope

Bernie Sanders wants to know if cannabis reporter is 'stoned' right now

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America's backward climate politics

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Week covers.

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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Ted Cruz.

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Faith & Freedom Coalition

Ted Cruz likens Democrats to the Terminator at Faith & Freedom Coalition conference

Taylor Swift

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taylor's version

Taylor Swift's re-recorded Red includes 10-minute song

Mike Pence

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tough crowd

Pence heckled, called a 'traitor' at conservative conference

Avelo airplane.

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Prepare for take off

Airline start-ups Breeze and Avelo gamble on post-pandemic travel