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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.

Uncle Sam.

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Mandatory vaccinations?

There's 1 obvious policy solution to the Delta variant

Ted Lasso.

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Ted Lasso does it again?

The show that keeps proving the cynics wrong

President Biden.

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W. James Antle III

An incoherent approach to governance?

Speed Reads

July 23, 2021

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Andie MacDowell embraced her gray hair against her managers' wishes

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Pitt and Jolie custody battle 'could be starting over'

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41 percent of American elder-care workers aren't fully vaccinated

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Batali and partner to pay $600,000 after harassment probe

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How the far-right's call to remove Pelosi could affect McCarthy

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How the U.S. could potentially win the first gold medal of the Olympic games

Politics

An elephant.

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The remarkable Republican reversal on vaccines

Nancy Pelosi.

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Pelosi's savvy Jan. 6 outreach

A syringe.

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The end of the common good

The Statue of Liberty.

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America's shared smoke blanket

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

Nicholas Kristof.

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Bonnie Kristian

The pitfalls of the journalist-politician

Simone Biles.

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 23, 2021

Andie MacDowell

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power move

Andie MacDowell embraced her gray hair against her managers' wishes

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

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Pitt v. Jolie

Pitt and Jolie custody battle 'could be starting over'

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

Simone Biles

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deserves it

Simone Biles gets her own Olympics emoji: a goat in a leotard

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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

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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

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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

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The myth of 'woke capital'

6.Quotables

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

7.Last Night on Late Night

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

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America's shared smoke blanket

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A short history of The Week

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20 years of history through The Week's covers

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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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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 23, 2021

Andie MacDowell

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power move

Andie MacDowell embraced her gray hair against her managers' wishes

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

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Pitt v. Jolie

Pitt and Jolie custody battle 'could be starting over'

Health-care workers.

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'sound the alarm'

41 percent of American elder-care workers aren't fully vaccinated