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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

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

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Pence heckled, called a 'traitor' at conservative conference

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

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Meadows predicted 'nobody' would care about Floyd killing

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

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Biden called out for hiring of senior aides' children

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

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Vladimir Putin

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1.Geneva summit

RNC slams Biden for meeting with Putin

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7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

Enrique Tarrio.

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4.womp womp

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

5.Sounds dope

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

6.changing the subject

Post-meeting, Putin asks 'Who's the killer now?'

7.self criticism

The bizarre reason Eric Adams refers to himself in the 3rd person

8.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

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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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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Taylor Swift

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taylor's version

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

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Mike Pence

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tough crowd

Pence heckled, called a 'traitor' at conservative conference

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Avelo airplane.

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Prepare for take off

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

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Mark Meadows

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bad predictions

Meadows predicted 'nobody' would care about Floyd killing

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