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America on fire.

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America's backward climate politics

Why the GOP's snub of climate investment is so short-sighted

Biden meets Putin

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: June 17, 2021

Biden and Putin discuss hacking and human rights in high-stakes summit, Congress makes Juneteenth a federal holiday, and more

The Nord pipeline.

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Briefing

Russia's controversial new pipeline

What the Nord Stream 2 means for Europe — and the world

The Supreme Court.

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SCOTUS sides with liberalism in Fulton v. Philadelphia

Speed Reads

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Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare for 3rd time but 'sidesteps' case’s larger questions

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in voting rights ad

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Stacey Abrams backs Joe Manchin's voting rights compromise

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Andrew Giuliani reportedly employs a TikTok-famous zookeeper on his campaign staff

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Officer who defended Capitol: GOP lawmaker refused to shake hands

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South Carolina court halts executions until firing squad is ready

Politics

President Biden and Vladimir Putin.

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W. James Antle III

Biden's PR stunt with Putin

Joe Manchin.

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The corrupt reality of bipartisanship

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

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The Democrats' accountability amnesia

World symbols.

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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

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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?

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

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back to the future

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in voting rights ad

Samatha Bee

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Critical Failure

Samantha Bee takes on the GOP's vilification of 'Critical Race Theory'

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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

Eric Adams.

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4.self criticism

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

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Bonnie Kristian

SCOTUS deals blow to sentencing reform

6.changing the subject

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

7.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

8.Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert gleefully returns to a live studio audience

Cartoons

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

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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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It's alive

Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare for 3rd time but 'sidesteps' case’s larger questions

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Stacey Abrams and Joe Manchin.

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Stacey Abrams, pragmatist

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

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back to the future

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in voting rights ad

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The Supreme Court.

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SCOTUS sides with liberalism in Fulton v. Philadelphia

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