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Julius Caesar.

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Contemplating an 'American Caesar'

Jan. 6 was a badly planned rehearsal for the real deal

A mean stork.

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Why fertility is the real culture war

What the pandemic baby bust reveals about our fears

Simone Biles.

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The culture war comes for Simone Biles

A pulp novel cover.

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Bonnie Kristian

The right's new libertinism

How a porn star ends up at a conservative youth conference

Speed Reads

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AOC slams Sinema for potentially 'tanking' Democrats' reconciliation package

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Republican senators seem to be tuning out Trump's infrastructure criticism

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Dusty Hill, bassist for ZZ Top, dies

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Lawmakers are already fighting over reinstated House mask mandate

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Pelosi distances herself from Schumer's call for Biden to forgive student debt

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Democratic congressman makes 6 Fergie puns in 1 minute on House floor

Politics

An elephant.

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The GOP's 2022 candidate problem

Kamala Harris.

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The Democrats' Kamala Harris problem

Donald Trump.

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Much ado about a Texas runoff

President Biden.

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Michael Arceneaux

Biden's betrayal of Black voters

The Capitol.

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The people against the putsch

How Democrats should prepare for the next insurrection

Controlling Delta

A man wearing a mask.

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In support of the CDC's new mask guidance

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Bonnie Kristian

Careful with the CDC's vaccine data

Covid.

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Briefing

Delta vs. the vaccines

Joe Biden.

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the delta surge

White House considering a vaccine mandate for federal employees

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Culture

Simone Biles.

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Simone Biles' most impressive feat yet

A dress.

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Finding a better fit

Matt Damon.

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Jesse Hassenger

Matt Damon's American masculinity

Olympic rings.

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The nicest Olympics ever

Cartoons

Business & Tech

Xi Jinping.

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Is China going to fry the global climate?

Hong Kong stock market.

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stock stuff

Major China stock selloff likely a 'localized' issue that won't get in way of U.S. earnings

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PayPal's reckless foray into regulating speech

Airplane taking off.

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questionable reasoning

Biden administration criticized for keeping international travel restrictions in place: 'It makes no scientific sense'

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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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Tom Brady, Joe Biden

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1.Quotables

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

Rep. Clay Higgins.

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2.round two

Louisiana congressman says he has COVID-19 for the 2nd time

COVID-19 testing site.

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3.the coronavirus crisis

The 'potential silver lining' to a breakthrough COVID-19 infection

Martin Shkreli.

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4.something you don't hear every day

U.S. government sells one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album to cover Pharma Bro's debt

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Bonnie Kristian

Biden ends another war — sort of

6.ring the alarm

Democrats fear 'death by 1,000 cuts' in 2022 midterms

7.the coronavirus crisis

Why some critics think the CDC's messaging on masking is 'astonishingly bad'

8.#FreeBritney

Britney Spears' new lawyer files to remove and suspend her dad from conservatorship

Celebrating 20 years of The Week

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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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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

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mic drop

AOC slams Sinema for potentially 'tanking' Democrats' reconciliation package

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Donald Trump.

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infrastructure

Republican senators seem to be tuning out Trump's infrastructure criticism

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Daily gossip

The daily gossip: July 28, 2021

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Donald Trump.

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Much ado about a Texas runoff

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