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Covid.

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Delta vs. the vaccines

The U.S. is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the Delta variant. Just how dangerous is it? Here's everything you need to know.

Times Square.

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How much fuel is still in the economy's tank?

Investors are wondering how quickly the global economy can keep growing

Nancy Pelosi.

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Pelosi's savvy Jan. 6 outreach

An elephant.

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The GOP's sunny future

Conservatives are feeling gloomy about California. But there's an alternative in the East.

Speed Reads

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Why it may be a 'grave mistake' for FDA to wait for full vaccine approval

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Republicans accuse Pelosi of holding bipartisan infrastructure package 'hostage'

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Is Biden 'baiting' Trump into Virginia gubernatorial race?

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Former FDA commissioner: CDC 'doesn't know how to model' latest COVID-19 wave

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Biden PAC warns swing state supporters know little about accomplishments

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How Russia is skirting ban on nationality markers at Olympics

Politics

Uncle Sam.

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Mandatory vaccinations?

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

An incoherent approach to governance?

Nicholas Kristof.

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Bonnie Kristian

The pitfalls of the journalist-politician

Bill Cassidy.

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infrastructure

Republicans accuse Pelosi of holding bipartisan infrastructure package 'hostage'

Simone Biles.

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Tokyo's must-watch events

How to see what you actually want to see from the 2020 Games

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Culture

Ted Lasso.

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Ted Lasso does it again?

Cars after a flood.

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Photos

The week's best photojournalism

Editorial Cartoon.

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5 toons about Fox News' vaccine confusion

Simone Biles.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 23, 2021

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Portland.

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Briefing

How will cities adapt to extreme heat?

Social media logos.

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W. James Antle III

A bipartisan backlash to Big Tech?

Disappearing store.

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Addison Del Mastro

The decline of medium-box stores

Times Square.

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How much fuel is still in the economy's tank?

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Damon Linker

Trump walks to White House.

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Opinion

Trump's path back to the presidency

Donald Rumsfeld.

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Opinion

The war Donald Rumsfeld won

A lonely person.

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Opinion

The politics of loneliness

A flag.

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Opinion

The civil war of 2024?

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Ronny Jackson.

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1.swing and a miss

GOP lawmaker breaks 'first rule of whataboutism' with vaccine complaint

Megan Rapinoe

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2.'dumb stuff'

Rapinoe addresses resounding Olympic loss to Sweden

Stephen Colbert

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3.better know a stephen

Daily Show creators recount stealing Colbert from GMA

Tom Hanks.

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4.T Hanks for the memories

Tom Hanks customized his Airstream with a fireplace

5.Quotables

Tom Brady's 'gentle' roast of Trump at Biden's White House: 'Deeply vicious'?

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The myth of 'woke capital'

7.Last Night on Late Night

Late night host say the Olympics have other worries than COVID's Delta variant

8.planes, trains, automobiles

Where Democrats and Republicans diverge on infrastructure

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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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

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the coronavirus crisis

Why it may be a 'grave mistake' for FDA to wait for full vaccine approval

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Bill Cassidy.

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infrastructure

Republicans accuse Pelosi of holding bipartisan infrastructure package 'hostage'

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Joe Biden, Terry McAuffile.

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the baiting game

Is Biden 'baiting' Trump into Virginia gubernatorial race?

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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the coronavirus crisis

Former FDA commissioner: CDC 'doesn't know how to model' latest COVID-19 wave

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