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The Democrats' new cult of the popular

Why 'talk about popular issues' is not the magic answer the party is looking for

Andrew Cuomo

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: August 5, 2021

New York lawmakers threaten impeachment if Cuomo doesn't resign, WHO calls for moratorium on coronavirus booster shots, and more

Biden speaks to press

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W. James Antle III

COVID catches up to Biden

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Briefing

All you need to know about Afterpay

The buy-now-pay-later business is booming. But is it risky?

Speed Reads

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Mike Pompeo pleads ignorance on missing $5,800 bottle of whiskey gifted by Japan

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Biden moving toward reopening U.S. to fully vaccinated foreign visitors

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Mexico sues 10 U.S. gun manufacturers over alleged gun trafficking complicity

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Trump DOJ loyalists fought hard to help, and resist, his effort to steal 2020 election

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An amateur astronomer spotted a new moon orbiting Jupiter

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Even the vaccinated should 'maybe panic a bit' about the Delta variant

Controlling Delta

A child wearing a mask.

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Bonnie Kristian

How the pandemic scrambles parents' brains

A COVID patient.

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America's troubling pandemic reality

Ron DeSantis.

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GOP governors repeat Trump's COVID mistake

International arrivals

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Speed Reads

Biden moving toward reopening U.S. to fully vaccinated foreign visitors

Politics

Andrew Cuomo.

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How to oust Cuomo

President Biden.

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden sets a precedent for lawlessness

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The culture war goes global

Andrew Cuomo.

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Andrew Cuomo's smokescreen

A WASP.

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How the WASPs won by losing

Even though their accents and rituals have become punchlines, the WASPs' legacy is still with us

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Culture

Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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Where has Joseph Gordon-Levitt been hiding?

Tucker Carlson.

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Tucker Carlson's Budapest pilgrimage

Simone Biles.

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Simone Biles' storybook ending?

Medals.

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In praise of third place

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Wall Street.

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Top grads are avoiding Wall Street

The Capitol.

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James Pethokoukis

Lessons of the GDP report

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Lebanon crisis

Lebanese politician fears 'blind violence' as historic financial crisis worsens

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unemployment benefits

Jobs data suggest states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits did not boost rehiring

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Damon Linker

Julius Caesar.

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Opinion

Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

A lonely person.

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

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The coming death of just about every rock legend

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Opinion

When time stops

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Lindsey Graham, Joe Manchin.

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1.the coronavirus crisis

Graham reportedly on Manchin's houseboat before COVID-19 diagnosis

Tom Brady, Joe Biden

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2.Quotables

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

Mike Carey.

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Trump's little win in Ohio

Simone Biles

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4.GOAT

Simone Biles wins Olympic bronze in balance beam finals

5.the coronavirus crisis

How sociology shows 'policy makers have been looking at vaccine refusal all wrong'

6.fires

In the last 24 hours, 81 wildfires have broken out in Greece

7.hindsight is 20/20

Arkansas governor admits he regrets law banning mask mandates

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The culture war goes global

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

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Mike Pompeo

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Emoluments

Mike Pompeo pleads ignorance on missing $5,800 bottle of whiskey gifted by Japan

8:14 AM

International arrivals

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Speed Reads

Biden moving toward reopening U.S. to fully vaccinated foreign visitors

7:33 AM

A hiring sign

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: August 5, 2021

6:41 AM

U.S. guns seized in Mexico

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Turning the trafficking tables

Mexico sues 10 U.S. gun manufacturers over alleged gun trafficking complicity

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