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Xi Jinping.

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The heart of the Evergrande crisis

What will Chinese citizens save for, if not real estate?

Kirsten Gillibrand.

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Moderate Democrats' threat to a smart family leave plan

Will Gillibrand and her Senate allies defend the FAMILY Act?

Mark Milley.

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W. James Antle III

Are the generals undercutting Biden like they undercut Trump?

An electric car.

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Democrats are about to ruin their plan for electric cars

Speed Reads

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Ivermectin trend puts strain on animal world

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Pfizer CEO: 99 percent chance Delta-specific vaccine won't be necessary

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No Time to Die, 1st movie delayed over COVID-19, premieres

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Sanders echoes progressives against solo infrastructure vote

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LeBron James confirms he got vaccinated

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Facebook tried to gauge whether they could encourage kids to use its products on playdates

'Hell week' in Congress

Nancy Pelosi.

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now or never

The 3 deadlines that made this Congress' 'week from hell'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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breaking news

Senate Republicans block bill to avert government shutdown

Capitol building.

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pay your bills

Just 1 in 5 voters would blame GOP for a debt default

Nancy Pelosi

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Dems in Disarray

Pelosi had vulnerable House Democrats remind colleagues failure is folly

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Politics

Donald Trump.

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Why Russia found America ripe for meddling

Gavin Newsom.

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Every governor's race is now about Washington

Donald Trump.

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The unimportance of Trump's incompetence

President Biden.

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It's the virus, stupid

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America.

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Who are America's peers?

Why the U.S. has more in common with South America than Europe

Culture

A Hollywood strike.

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How a pending Hollywood strike involves you

A jack o' lantern.

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October is Hollywood's new June

Brown and Bob Jones logos.

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Bonnie Kristian

When the Ivy League acts like Bob Jones University

A man being burned at the stake.

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Is 'cancel culture' really so bad?

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Mark Zuckerberg.

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Fighting questions from within at Facebook

A wildfire.

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Feature

Extreme weather hits insurance premiums

Pills.

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The case for medical price fixing

Facebook.

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future of facebook

Facebook tried to gauge whether they could encourage kids to use its products on playdates

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Political Cartoon.

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5 cartoons about Biden's mounting crises

Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman

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2.Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman almost make it through interview without awkwardness

Tim Scott.

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3.sunday shows

Sen. Tim Scott says Democrats 'walked away' from police reform talks

Editorial Cartoon.

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7 cartoons about America's vaccine fights

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W. James Antle III

Democrats are governing like Republicans

6.Brexit Blues

U.K. is experiencing panic-driven gas shortages tied to Brexit

7.a big step

Scientists' 'bombshell' discovery in the 'peopling' of America

8.Do it for the kids?

Study: Kids will see 3 times as many climate disasters as their grandparents

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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Cow.

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once again, you are not a cow

Ivermectin trend puts strain on animal world

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Mark Milley.

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W. James Antle III

Are the generals undercutting Biden like they undercut Trump?

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Albert Bourla.

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solving covid

Pfizer CEO: 99 percent chance Delta-specific vaccine won't be necessary

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Daniel Craig

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18 months later

No Time to Die, 1st movie delayed over COVID-19, premieres

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