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The Wall Street bull.

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Boom or bust?

The problem with post-pandemic economic predictions

Olympians.

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Gen Z goes to the Olympics

The summer games are about to get very, very online

Chuck Schumer.

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Schumer's voting rights waste

A cross.

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Analysis

A single-issue religion?

Does the Catholic Church care about anything other than abortion?

Speed Reads

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Late night hosts goof on Matthew Calamari, Trump's proposed late-night crackdown

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Buffalo apparently elects socialist mayor over 4-term incumbent

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Jamal Khashoggi's Saudi killers got paramilitary training in U.S.

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NYC mayoral primary: Adams holds initial lead, Yang concedes

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Interior Department to begin 'painful' review of Indigenous boarding schools

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U.S. to give asylum seekers whose cases were closed another chance

Politics

President Biden.

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The good kind of failure?

Liz Cheney.

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Liz Cheney earns her exile

Merrick Garland and Donald Trump.

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Covering for Trump?

New York City.

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Will the left get the last laugh in the NYC mayoral race?

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The view from a military drone.

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Briefing

The future of drone warfare

Unmanned aerial weapons are reshaping the battlefield — and starting to think for themselves

Business

The Nord pipeline.

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Briefing

Russia's controversial new pipeline

A model.

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Victoria's Secret pivots to feminism

Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

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Brace yourself

Amazon Prime Day is here, and sellers are worried

Culture

Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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How to judge a public apology

Carl Nassib.

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coming out

Raiders' Carl Nassib becomes 1st active NFL player to come out as gay

Alex Michaelides.

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Feature

Alex Michaelides recommends 6 books influenced by mythology

Stephen Colbert

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts goof on Matthew Calamari, Trump's proposed late-night crackdown

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Jeva Lange

A brain.

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Feature

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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Feature

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

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Political Cartoon.

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1.Feature

7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

Gitmo Tourists

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2.Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert chides Catholic bishops for 'Holy Ghosting" Biden

Bernie Sanders.

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3.Sounds dope

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

Merrick Garland and Donald Trump.

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Covering for Trump?

5.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

6.more to come?

Brett Kavanaugh may have set the stage for upending the NCAA model

7.

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The Secret Congress paradox

8.Feature

7 cartoons about the Biden-Putin summit

Cartoons

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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Photos

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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Stephen Colbert

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts goof on Matthew Calamari, Trump's proposed late-night crackdown

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Buffalo, New York

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2021 elections

Buffalo apparently elects socialist mayor over 4-term incumbent

3:05 AM

Jamal Khashoggi

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Jamal Khashoggi Murder

Jamal Khashoggi's Saudi killers got paramilitary training in U.S.

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Eric Adams.

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NYC votes

NYC mayoral primary: Adams holds initial lead, Yang concedes

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