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A COVID hole.

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Stuck in the pandemic

On the weird world of endless COVID

Haitian migrants.

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Briefing

The Haitian migrant surge, explained

Everything you need to know about the tense situation at the border

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

Biden's immigration bind

Chris Cuomo.

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What Chris Cuomo's quick apology means

Speed Reads

9:15 PM

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Jeopardy! champion becomes 3rd to win $1 million

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Medical examiner: Michael K. Williams died of accidental overdose

September 24, 2021

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Biden will not shield Trump's records from Jan. 6 probe

September 24, 2021

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Biden's comments avoid larger immigration issue, critics say

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PG&E charged with manslaughter over California wildfire

September 24, 2021

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Restaurant hosts recall horrors of working during COVID

Politics

Trump in Texas

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Trump's bizarre demand for a Texas election audit

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

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Democrats' mini-nuke option to stave off economic collapse

A donkey.

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Political suicide?

A broken gavel.

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Why the Supreme Court's popularity suddenly matters

Crisis at the border

A migrant and a Border Patrol agent.

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A viral photo and the dark echoes of history

Haitian migrants at southern border

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Haitian migrants

Why thousands of Haitians arrived in Texas on Mexican Independence Day

Migrants across Rio Grande.

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dispatches from the border

Migrants said they expected 'easier process' crossing border

Border Patrol agent

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'counterproductive'

U.S. special envoy for Haiti resigns over deportations

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America.

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Who are America's peers?

Why the U.S. has more in common with South America than Europe

Culture

Brown and Bob Jones logos.

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Bonnie Kristian

When the Ivy League acts like Bob Jones University

A man being burned at the stake.

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Is 'cancel culture' really so bad?

An Emmy.

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The Emmys demonstrate their own irrelevance

A tree.

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Feature

15 books to read this fall

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Pills.

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The case for medical price fixing

Carbon capture.

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Briefing

Can carbon capture technology save the planet?

The earth.

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Facebook's monstrous empire

A closed business.

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Feature

Delta sinks hopes for quick expansion

Most Popular

Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman

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1.Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Fallon and Nicole Kidman almost make it through interview without awkwardness

Footprints in sand.

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2.a big step

Scientists' 'bombshell' discovery in the 'peopling' of America

R. Kelly

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3.the R. Kelly trial

Prosecutors urge jury to make R. Kelly 'pay for his crimes'

Johnny Depp

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4.'out of hand'

Depp says 'no one is safe' from cancel culture

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W. James Antle III

Democrats are governing like Republicans

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Bonnie Kristian

When the Ivy League acts like Bob Jones University

7.Feature

7 cartoons about America's vaccine fights

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Did Theranos Lose Afghanistan?

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

A computer.

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The world that Google, Facebook, and Twitter built

Latest

Jeopardy!

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who is Matt Amodio?

Jeopardy! champion becomes 3rd to win $1 million

9:15 PM

Michael K. Williams

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R.I.P.

Medical examiner: Michael K. Williams died of accidental overdose

Joe Biden.

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privilege revoked

Biden will not shield Trump's records from Jan. 6 probe

Elon Musk and Grimes.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: September 24, 2021