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President Biden.

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America's Great Game with China

President Biden and Krysten Sinema.

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The only way to save Biden's agenda

Democratic moderate have made a mess of things. Time for progressives to take drastic action.

Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump.

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Trump turns on Mitch

The senator isn't a Trump loyalist, and it's coming back to haunt him

President Biden.

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Biden is repeating Bush and Obama's immigration mistake

Speed Reads

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Lindsey Graham recently told Trump 'you f---ed your presidency up,' book claims

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Late night hosts wryly compare Fox News' pro-vaccine polls, anti-vax punditry

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Feds charge 2 GOP operatives with funneling Russian's money to Trump campaign

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Minnesota woman is head chef of cooking program she attended as a child

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Attorney for ex-Trump Organization CFO says more indictments are expected

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DHS to investigate 'troubling' video of horse-mounted border agents chasing Haitian migrants

Politics

An elephant and a Bible.

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Does 'white evangelical' just mean 'conservative'?

Larry Elder.

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Why Democrats smell blood

Nicki Minaj and Tucker Carlson.

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W. James Antle III

The Nicki Minaj-Tucker Carlson connection

A donkey.

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A warning sign in a blowout

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The Supreme Court.

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Briefing

The end of Roe v. Wade?

With the Supreme Court poised to revisit the landmark ruling this fall, at least 22 states are readying to outlaw abortion

Culture

A tree.

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15 books to read this fall

An Emmy.

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The Emmys demonstrate their own irrelevance

Christopher Nolan.

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Tenet, round 2

Monica Byrne.

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6 book recommendations from Monica Byrne

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Business & Tech

The earth.

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Facebook's monstrous empire

A closed business.

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Delta sinks hopes for quick expansion

American Gothic.

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Is SpaceX's Inspiration4 really an inspiration?

Carbon capture.

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Briefing

Can carbon capture technology save the planet?

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Editorial Cartoon.

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7 cartoons about America's vaccine fights

Scott Gottlieb.

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Former FDA commissioner questions whether researchers should continue to publish sequences of novel viruses

Elizabeth Holmes and James Mattis.

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Did Theranos Lose Afghanistan?

Jean Smart

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4.legends

Hacks star Jean Smart pulls off an Emmys feat only Betty White has before

5.record-breaking

The Handmaid's Tale was the Emmys' biggest loser

6.an enigma

Don't try to predict Manchin's reconciliation vote, says former adviser

7.setting the stage

3 U.S. negotiating errors that previewed the Taliban's return

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How Newsom ran away with the recall

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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Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham

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Lindsey Graham recently told Trump 'you f---ed your presidency up,' book claims

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President Biden and Krysten Sinema.

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The only way to save Biden's agenda

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Monica Byrne.

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6 book recommendations from Monica Byrne

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President Biden.

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America's Great Game with China

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