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Biden's ultimatum to Europe

The president brought a much tougher message to NATO than what the happy talk about sacred obligations suggests

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

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The Democrats' accountability amnesia

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

Tensions at the evangelical meeting weren't resolved by a narrow upset in the presidential race

Kamala Harris.

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W. James Antle III

The White House's unconvincing offensive on immigration

Speed Reads

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Kim Jong Un admits North Korea's food situation is dire

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Colorado woman spends vacation picking up trash across the U.S.

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Texas governor spends $250 million to kickstart Texas border wall

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Nonprofit helps people around the world learn 'empowering' skill of sewing

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Proud Boys leader says the far-right group is 'hemorrhaging money'

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House overwhelmingly votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

Biden meets Putin

Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden.

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a little flatteery

Biden breaks with Obama to call Russia a 'great power'

Joe Biden.

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biden-putin summit

The Biden comment that likely got Putin's attention

Biden and Putin.

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'There is no happiness in life'

The 5 weirdest moments of the Biden-Putin summit

Joe Biden

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apologies

Biden apologizes for snapping at reporter

Politics

Joe Manchin.

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The corrupt reality of bipartisanship

Voting.

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The problem with ranked-choice voting

An elephant.

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Pennsylvania GOP kills outdoor dining

The Emancipation Proclamation.

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time to celebrate

House overwhelmingly votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

A laptop.

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The folly of a new constitution

A progressive experiment goes off the rails

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Business

Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

A time clock.

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Getting holidays right

Mackenzie Scott.

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philanthropy news

Mackenzie Scott gave away $6 billion in 2020 — and grew richer

An Uber.

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Feature

A surge in 'surge pricing'

Culture

A time clock.

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Getting holidays right

Baseball and rosin bag.

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take the spider tack, leave the sunscreen

Did MLB go too far with 'sticky stuff' crackdown?

Chris Rock

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woke up this morning

Chris Rock reveals he turned down The Sopranos

Rick Ross.

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grass and grass

Rick Ross finds peace mowing his lawn

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Jeva Lange

A brain.

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

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Vladimir Putin

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1.Geneva summit

RNC slams Biden for meeting with Putin

Political Cartoon.

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2.Feature

7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

Bernie Sanders.

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3.Sounds dope

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

The Supreme Court.

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Bonnie Kristian

SCOTUS deals blow to sentencing reform

5.self criticism

The bizarre reason Eric Adams refers to himself in the 3rd person

6.changing the subject

Post-meeting, Putin asks 'Who's the killer now?'

7.Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert gleefully returns to a live studio audience

8.Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts pan Marjorie Taylor Greene's Holocaust apology

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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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

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Kim Jong Un.

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crisis

Kim Jong Un admits North Korea's food situation is dire

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A person throws away garbage.

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keep it clean

Colorado woman spends vacation picking up trash across the U.S.

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Texas state police at the Mexico border

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Abbott's Wall

Texas governor spends $250 million to kickstart Texas border wall

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A sewing machine.

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it wasn't all bad

Nonprofit helps people around the world learn 'empowering' skill of sewing

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