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Briefing

The game plan for Omicron

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: December 4, 2021

Biden weighs options as Russia masses troops on Ukrainian border, Michigan school shooting suspect's parents charged and arrested, and more

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Democrats' role in the looming loss of abortion rights

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Feature

7 cartoons about Omicron's rapid spread

Artists take on the variant's imminent arrival, the seemingly endless pandemic, and more

Speed Reads

December 4, 2021

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Orthodox priest heckles Pope Francis in Greece

December 4, 2021

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Cawthorn's anti-abortion comments spark outrage

December 4, 2021

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Polls close in first Gambian presidential election since dictator's exile

December 4, 2021

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1 dead, dozens injured after volcano erupts in Indonesia

December 4, 2021

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Le Pen, Orban, and other European populist leaders meet in Warsaw

December 4, 2021

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Parents of Michigan school shooting suspect plead not guilty

Politics

Karen McDonald.

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The political risk in prosecuting an alleged shooter's parents

Earth.

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A Catch-22 in Taiwan and Ukraine

President Biden.

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The drone war's quiet decline

Mace and Greene.

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W. James Antle III

Mace vs. Greene is the fight for the future of the GOP

The Omicron Variant

Earth.

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Briefing

The game plan for Omicron

The Late Show

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts tackle the end of Roe, rise of Omicron

Vaccines.

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The time to build a giant vaccine factory is now

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Culture

An elephant.

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

Dr. Oz.

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The hidden danger of woo woo cranks

The White House.

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The history and gravity of Hanukkah in the White House

Trauma.

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What if 'trauma' isn't real?

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Fusion.

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James Pethokoukis

Is nuclear fusion finally for real?

Vaccines.

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The time to build a giant vaccine factory is now

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Gen Z's fast fashion hypocrisy

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Briefing

How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

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Jeva Lange

A brain.

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The lost art of memorization

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Opinion

The taboo topic of menstruation

Jeva and her dad.

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The absolute joy of being miserable with my dad

Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Memento mori, Donald Trump

Most Popular

The Supreme Court.

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W. James Antle III

What a Roe reversal would mean for Trump

Karen McDonald.

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The political risk in prosecuting an alleged shooter's parents

Mace and Greene.

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W. James Antle III

Mace vs. Greene is the fight for the future of the GOP

Kathy Griffin

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4.'I loved that gig'

Kathy Griffin slams CNN for firing her but not Jeffrey Toobin

5.the doctor is in

Trump's apparently a fan of Dr. Oz's Senate candidacy

6.Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts joke about Trump's secret COVID test

7.meghan vs. tabloids

Meghan Markle handed win in court battle with U.K. tabloid

8.the kindness of strangers

Father and daughter duo deliver RVs to people who lost their homes in wildfires

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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