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President Biden.

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Biden's popularity freeze

Has presidential approval become largely unresponsive to events?

Gun rights and sanctuary cities.

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Sanctuary cities, but for guns

President Biden.

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Biden's poverty programs stumble

The American Rescue Plan is showing why bureaucracy matters

A model.

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Victoria's Secret pivots to feminism

The lingerie brand has a new fantasy to sell women

Speed Reads

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Republicans against Juneteenth holiday think it will 'create confusion' alongside July 4

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Biden called out for hiring of senior aides' children

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HBO Max sends bizarre email, blames 'the intern'

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Biden's silence on capital punishment tests fellow opponents

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Great Britain has its 1st Catholic prime minister. Surprise!

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Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert cheer Juneteenth

Politics

America on fire.

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America's backward climate politics

Stacey Abrams and Joe Manchin.

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Stacey Abrams, pragmatist

The Supreme Court.

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SCOTUS sides with liberalism in Fulton v. Philadelphia

The passage of the Juneteenth holiday.

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W. James Antle III

Why conservatives shouldn't oppose Juneteenth

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The Nord pipeline.

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Briefing

Russia's controversial new pipeline

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

Business

Houses.

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Rethinking real estate

An elephant.

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Pennsylvania GOP kills outdoor dining

Brain scan

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Mind Blown

Millionaire weeks away from selling helmets that can read your mind

Scotch

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Slàinte mhath

Biden suspends Trump's 25 percent tariff on Scotch whisky

Culture

A time clock.

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Getting holidays right

Naomi Osaka.

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taking a break

Naomi Osaka withdraws from Wimbledon, but is 'excited' for the Olympics

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

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back to the future

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom star in voting rights ad

Juneteenth no votes

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Last Night on Late Night

Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert cheer Juneteenth

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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?

Kate Winslet.

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Opinion

The culmination of Kate Winslet

Robert Pattinson.

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

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Political Cartoon.

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7 toons about the Dems' Joe Manchin problem

The Emancipation Proclamation.

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2.time to celebrate

House overwhelmingly votes to make Juneteenth a federal holiday

Nashville.

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Bonnie Kristian

The Southern Baptist Convention is still cracking

Enrique Tarrio.

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4.womp womp

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

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W. James Antle III

Biden's PR stunt with Putin

6.Sounds dope

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

7.The big lie

Georgia election workers reportedly received a 'torrent' of threats

8.Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts recap Biden and Putin's 'Boniva in Geneva'

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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Andy Biggs.

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There can be two summer holidays

Republicans against Juneteenth holiday think it will 'create confusion' alongside July 4

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Gun rights and sanctuary cities.

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Sanctuary cities, but for guns

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Joe Biden

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'disgusted'

Biden called out for hiring of senior aides' children

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HBO Max

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whoops

HBO Max sends bizarre email, blames 'the intern'

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