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Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

How the insane housing market is a product of our policy choices

Masks on a fence

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: June 15, 2021

The U.S. reaches 600,000 coronavirus deaths, NATO focuses on China as Biden reassures allies, and more

Mitch McConnell and Stephen Breyer.

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McConnell's memo to Breyer

The Republican leader all but confirmed what will happen if the liberal justice waits to retire

Donald Trump.

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Briefing

The return of the Trump rally

The former president has big plans this summer

Speed Reads

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Gone Girl actor Lisa Banes dies after hit-and-run

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Late night hosts joke about Biden's meeting with Queen Elizabeth

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COVID-19 vaccines effective against Delta variant, U.K. studies find

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Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert playfully spar over Wuhan lab-leak theory

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Rising COVID-19 cases in low-vaccine areas, Delta variant spark concerns

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Ghana fights deforestation by planting 5 million trees in 1 day

Politics

The Supreme Court.

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Bonnie Kristian

SCOTUS deals blow to sentencing reform

The Capitol.

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Why a 55-vote filibuster won't work

Donald Trump.

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Why is the DOJ still defending Trump?

The Capitol.

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Infrastructure deal breaker?

President Biden.

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden's war on the press

Not much has changed from the days of Trump

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Culture

Stephen Colbert

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Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert gleefully returns to a live studio audience

Annie Murphy.

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The revenge of the sitcom wife

In the Heights.

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Trump lyric cut from In the Heights

Raven Leilani.

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Feature

6 book recommendations from Raven Leilani

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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?

Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton.

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Analysis

Dakota Johnson, queen of sighs

Robert Pattinson.

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Feature

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

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The Supreme Court.

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Bonnie Kristian

SCOTUS deals blow to sentencing reform

In the Heights

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2.summer box office

In the Heights has a disappointing box office debut

Political Cartoon.

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7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

Merrick Garland.

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4.department over party?

Why Garland's DOJ is occasionally siding with Trump

5.Sounds dope

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

6.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

7.breaking

Danish soccer star reportedly awake after on-field collapse

8.that'll do for now

Biden says he's 'satisfied' with G7's final stance on China

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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The past 20 years, in 20 striking photos

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