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The GOP's sunny future

Conservatives are feeling gloomy about California. But there's an alternative in the East.

Uncle Sam.

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Mandatory vaccinations?

There's 1 obvious policy solution to the Delta variant

Ted Lasso.

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Ted Lasso does it again?

The show that keeps proving the cynics wrong

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

An incoherent approach to governance?

Speed Reads

July 23, 2021

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Andie MacDowell embraced her gray hair against her managers' wishes

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Pitt and Jolie custody battle 'could be starting over'

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41 percent of American elder-care workers aren't fully vaccinated

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Batali and partner to pay $600,000 after harassment probe

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How the far-right's call to remove Pelosi could affect McCarthy

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How the U.S. could potentially win the first gold medal of the Olympic games

Politics

An elephant.

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The remarkable Republican reversal on vaccines

Nancy Pelosi.

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Pelosi's savvy Jan. 6 outreach

A syringe.

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The end of the common good

The Statue of Liberty.

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America's shared smoke blanket

Simone Biles.

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Tokyo's must-watch events

How to see what you actually want to see from the 2020 Games

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Culture

Nicholas Kristof.

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Bonnie Kristian

The pitfalls of the journalist-politician

Simone Biles.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 23, 2021

Andie MacDowell

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power move

Andie MacDowell embraced her gray hair against her managers' wishes

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

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Pitt v. Jolie

Pitt and Jolie custody battle 'could be starting over'

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Portland.

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Briefing

How will cities adapt to extreme heat?

Social media logos.

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W. James Antle III

A bipartisan backlash to Big Tech?

Disappearing store.

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Addison Del Mastro

The decline of medium-box stores

Times Square.

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How much fuel is still in the economy's tank?

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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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Ronny Jackson.

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1.swing and a miss

GOP lawmaker breaks 'first rule of whataboutism' with vaccine complaint

Megan Rapinoe

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2.'dumb stuff'

Rapinoe addresses resounding Olympic loss to Sweden

Stephen Colbert

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3.better know a stephen

Daily Show creators recount stealing Colbert from GMA

Tom Hanks.

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4.T Hanks for the memories

Tom Hanks customized his Airstream with a fireplace

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The myth of 'woke capital'

6.Quotables

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

7.Last Night on Late Night

Late night host say the Olympics have other worries than COVID's Delta variant

8.planes, trains, automobiles

Where Democrats and Republicans diverge on infrastructure

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

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Briefing

Delta vs. the vaccines

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Times Square.

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How much fuel is still in the economy's tank?

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Simone Biles.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 23, 2021

Andie MacDowell

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power move

Andie MacDowell embraced her gray hair against her managers' wishes