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May 23rd
- Experts are split on the findings in RFK Jr.'s 'MAHA' report
- Jony Ive's iPhone design changed the world. Can he do it again with OpenAI?
- Elon Musk says he's 'done enough' political spending. What does that really mean?
- 4 ways to brush up on your personal finance knowledge
- Vladimir Putin ignores NATO's call to end the war | May 23 editorial cartoons
- The week's best photos
- Tied Supreme Court blocks church charter school
- 'Organ donation is kindness'
- GOP megabill would limit judicial oversight of Trump
- OZEN Reserve Bolifushi: Maldives glamour reaches new heights
- OZEN Life Maadhoo: a culinary gem in the Maldives
- Can Trump ban overseas students from US universities?
- Quiz of The Week: 17 – 23 May
- North Korea's army of fake IT workers
- The Week Unwrapped: Will the Enhanced Games change how we see doping?
- Your inner romper is going to wild out at these 7 adult summer camps
- Crossword: May 23, 2025
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- Codeword: May 23, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 23, 2025
May 22nd
- The Week contest: Fight rule
- Magazine solutions - May 30, 2025
- Magazine printables - May 30, 2025
- 6 lounge-ready homes with conversation pits
- Home energy: Bills are up, efficiency is out
- 5 of the best shows currently playing on Broadway
- Hurricane season is here. How will Trump's FEMA respond?
- Judge scolds DOJ over Newark mayor arrest
- Ozempic and its brethren are running headlong into American dining and dieting culture
- How the AI takeover might affect women more than men
- 2 Israel Embassy staff shot dead at DC Jewish museum
- Trump lectures South Africa president on 'white genocide'
- 'These businesses have appealed to generations'
- Kristi Noem fails a habeas corpus test | May 22 editorial cartoons
- The Japanese salarymen with a side hustle as cheerleaders
- Is a River Alive?: a 'powerful synthesis of literature, activism and ethics'
- Good One: an 'intensely compelling' coming-of-age tale
- The politics of punctuation
- Parsifal: Glyndebourne's 'startling' take on Wagner's final opera
- Starlink: what Elon Musk's satellite soft power means for the world
- Lilo & Stitch: is Disney's latest live-action remake its worst yet?
- A manga predicting a natural disaster is affecting tourism to Japan
- Crossword: May 22, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 22, 2025
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- Codeword: May 22, 2025
- China's soaring dementia rates
May 21st
- Should you buy before tariffs hit?
- Democrats are on the hunt for their own Joe Rogan
- The best lemon pepper wings in Atlanta
- Film reviews: Friendship and Fight or Flight
- Art review: Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei
- Podcast reviews: 'Final Thoughts: Jerry Springer' and 'Scam Inc.'
- Did you get a call from a government official? It might be an AI scam.
- What is the dollar's future after Moody's downgrade?
- Bring the great outdoors inside with these 8 sublime cabins deep in nature
- Israel's Western allies pull back amid Gaza escalation
- 'The national appetite has been waning'
- Trump twists House GOP arms on megabill
- New FDA chiefs limit Covid-19 shots to elderly, sick
- Book reviews: 'Second Life: Having a Child in the Digital Age' and 'Mark Twain'
- Richard Bausch's 6 favorite books that are worth rereading
- MAGA clutches its pearls over James Comey's seashells | May 21 editorial cartoons
- What are the impartiality rules for BBC presenters?
- The Phoenician Scheme: Wes Anderson's 'madcap treat'
- Reform UK's councillors are off to a rocky start
- Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King: rivalry that supercharged the Civil Rights movement
- Crossword: May 21, 2025
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- French town divided over horse-drawn bin lorries
May 20th
- Why is the NFL considering banning the 'tush push' play?
- Pirro: Trump turns to another loyalist
- Hate pays: Making $770K from a racist rant
- Medicaid: Will millions lose coverage?
- The military: Hegseth's escalating culture war
- A running list of Trump's conflicts of interest
- The ins and outs of experiencing the best of travel by Amtrak
- Leo XIV: What an American pope can teach America
- U.S. hits brakes on trade war with China
- Trump defends $400M jet gift on Mideast tour
- Democrats grapple with Biden cover-up fallout ahead of 2028
- 'The more complex question of why remains'
- Trump DOJ said to pay $5M to family of Jan. 6 rioter
- Trump drops ceasefire demand after Putin call
- Trump DOJ charging House Democrat in ICE fracas
- The Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin phone call | May 20 editorial cartoons
- How the care industry came to rely on migrant workers
- Saint Lucia: a haven for chocoholics
- Are we entering the post-Brexit era?
- Canal-boat trips around the UK
- The horse racing industry is caught up in the migrant debate
- Crossword: May 20, 2025
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May 19th
- What Elon Musk's Grok AI controversy reveals about chatbots
- Get a taste of place at these regional US restaurant chains
- Bombing of fertility clinic blamed on 'antinatalist'
- Grocery stores under fire for overcharging during cost-of-living crisis
- Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
- Pro-EU centrist beats Trump acolyte in Romania vote
- Is Trump trying to take over Congress?
- 'Cracks are beginning to appear in the wall'
- Bruce Springsteen has a 'gift' for Donald Trump | May 19 editorial cartoons
- Is Israel finally feeling the heat on Gaza?
- 'Conscious unbossing': Gen Z's aversion to management roles
- A tick-borne illness is making its rounds in new parts of America
- Crossword: May 19, 2025
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- Argentina lifts veil on its past as a refuge for Nazis
May 18th
- The Pope hears Donald Trump's confession | May 18 editorial cartoons
- 5 hilariously heavenly editorial cartoons about the newly elected pope
- Celebrating 60 years of the Pennine Way
- To ban or not to ban AfD? German democracy at a crossroads
- How did Kashmir end up largely under Indian control?
- Sudoku medium: May 18, 2025
- Crossword: May 18, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 18, 2025
- Codeword: May 18, 2025
May 17th
- Another name for the Gulf of Mexico | May 17 editorial cartoons
- 5 jumbo-sized political cartoons about Qatar's 'gift' to Trump
- Broccoli and cashew stir-fry recipe
- The UK-US trade deal: what was agreed?
- The Sycamore Gap: justice but no answers
- Sudoku medium: May 17, 2025
- Crossword: May 17, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 17, 2025
- Codeword: May 17, 2025
May 16th
- Tariffs were supposed to drive inflation. Why hasn't that happened?
- How can you find a financial adviser you trust?
- 8 gifts for the host who does the most
- Trump touts ambiguous 'deals' as Middle East trip wraps up
- Have the Rockies reached a breaking point?
- Breakthrough gene-editing treatment saves baby
- Crypto firm Coinbase hacked, faces SEC scrutiny
- 'We're seeing that global conversation play out in real time'
- Supreme Court weighs court limits amid birthright ban
- The week's best photos
- Sesame Street has a blunt message for Donald Trump | May 16 editorial cartoons
- A cool Canadian city break in Toronto
- Is Starmer's plan to send migrants overseas Rwanda 2.0?
- The history of animal metaphors in propaganda
- How do new stadiums affect football clubs?
- Quiz of The Week: 10 – 16 May
- The Week Unwrapped: Why is cheese so bad for the environment?
- Sudoku medium: May 16, 2025
- Crossword: May 16, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 16, 2025
- Codeword: May 16, 2025
May 15th
- Magazine solutions - May 23, 2025
- Magazine printables - May 23, 2025
- The Week contest: Moneyless Muppets
- Shaky starts: A jobs drought for new grads
- 'Forever': Judy Blume's controversial novel gets a modern adaptation
- Why do GOP lawmakers want to ban state-level AI regulation?
- 6 elegant Queen Anne Victorian homes
- Starbucks baristas strike over dress code
- US overdose deaths plunged 27% last year
- 'Despite all past efforts, system failures occur'
- Gabbard fires intelligence chiefs after Venezuela report
- Critics' choice: Reimagined Mexican-American fare
- Here We Are: Stephen Sondheim's 'utterly absorbing' final musical
- The Trial: 'sharp' legal drama with a 'clever' script
- Riefenstahl: a 'gripping and incrementally nauseating' documentary
- Dianaworld: the 'cultural phenomenon' behind the People's Princess
- Earth roasts on 'Hot Ones: Climate Edition' | May 15 editorial cartoons
- Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning: an 'awe-inspiringly bananas' conclusion
- Could medics' misgivings spell the end of the assisted dying bill?
- The Chelsea Townhouse: London luxury feels right at home
- What are the different types of nuclear weapons?
- Floral afternoon teas to enjoy during the Chelsea Flower Show
- How to plan a (road) trip along the Mississippi River where the water isn't the only star
- Sudoku medium: May 15, 2025
- Crossword: May 15, 2025
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- Codeword: May 15, 2025
- Brazil has a scorpion problem
May 14th
- Why Rikers Island will no longer be under New York City's control
- California may pull health care from eligible undocumented migrants
- Is Apple breaking up with Google?
- Music reviews: Eric Church, Blondshell, and Model/Actriz
- What is the Federal Reserve and what does it do?
- 'Natural disasters don't happen only in the movies'
- Trump vs. the arts: Fresh strikes against PBS and the NEA
- MLB lifts ban on Pete Rose, other dead players
- Trump vows to lift Syria sanctions
- Senate rejects Trump's Library of Congress takeover
- Marya E. Gates' 6 favorite books about women filmmakers
- Donald Trump's jumbo-sized corruption | May 14 editorial cartoons
- Israel-US 'rift': is Trump losing patience with Netanyahu?
- Zack Polanski: the 'eco-populist' running for Green Party leader
- Do smartphone bans in schools work?
- Doom: The Dark Ages – an 'exhilarating' prequel
- 7 US cities to explore on a microtrip
- Sudoku medium: May 14, 2025
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- Crossword: May 14, 2025
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May 13th
- Why Turkey's Kurdish insurgents are laying down their arms
- Book reviews: 'Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves' and 'Notes to John'
- Inside the FDA's plans to embrace AI agencywide
- Digital consent: Law targets deepfake and revenge porn
- Will Republicans tax the rich?
- Slovenia is ready for its moment in the travel spotlight
- Trump seeks to cut drug prices via executive order
- 'Haiti's crisis is a complex problem that defies solution'
- Hamas frees US hostage in deal sidelining Israel
- White Afrikaners land in US as Trump-declared refugees
- RFK Jr.: A new plan for sabotaging vaccines
- Education: Can public schools be religious?
- Ruth Buzzi: The comic actress who packed a wallop
- Donald Trump takes a cognitive test | May 13 editorial cartoons
- Why are white South Africans emigrating?
- Why the weather keeps getting 'stuck'
- Can Starmer sell himself as the 'tough on immigration' PM?
- UK-India trade deal: how the social security arrangements will work
- Man arrested after 'suspicious' fires at properties linked to Keir Starmer
- Elon Musk's SpaceX has created a new city in Texas
- Codeword: May 13, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 13, 2025
- Crossword: May 13, 2025
- The genetic secrets of South Korea's female free-divers
May 12th
- Democrats: How to rebuild a damaged brand
- Unraveling autism: RFK Jr.'s vow to find a root cause
- 'Two dolls': Can Trump sell Americans on austerity?
- China looms large over India and Pakistan's latest violence
- Where the new Pope Leo XIV stands on social issues
- What's wrong with America's air traffic control systems?
- Splish, splash is just the beginning when you have everything you need for a rollicking pool party
- What to know as student loan collections resume
- 'We already have the tools to do better'
- Kurdish PKK militia to disband for Turkey talks
- US, China agree to lower tariffs for 90 days
- Qatar luxury jet gift clouds Trump trip to Mideast
- Does ketchup belong on a hot dog and more May 12 editorial cartoons
- Soju: where to start with South Korea's national spirit
- Full moon calendar: dates and times for every full moon this year
- The end of WeightWatchers?
- Trump vs. China: another tariff U-turn?
- Syria's Druze sect: caught in the middle of Israeli tensions
- Athens city and beach: The Dolli at Acropolis and Cape Sounio
- Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia Hotel: a foodie haven in Portugal's Douro Valley
- A zombie volcano is coming back to life, but there is no need to worry just yet
- Codeword: May 12, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 12, 2025
- Crossword: May 12, 2025
- Spain's love of sunflower seeds is wrecking its football stadiums
May 11th
- Happy Mother's Day and more May 11 political cartoons
- 5 fundamentally funny cartoons about the US Constitution
- In search of paradise in Thailand's western isles
- The fertility crisis: can Trump make America breed again?
- The fall of Saigon
- Codeword: May 11, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 11, 2025
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May 10th
- Donald Trump dives into a pile of foreign crypto and more May 10 political cartoons
- 5 streetwise cartoons about defunding PBS
- Dark chocolate macadamia cookies recipe
- Israel's plan to occupy Gaza
- Prince Harry's 'bombshell' BBC interview
- Codeword: May 10, 2025
- Sudoku medium: May 10, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 10, 2025
- Crossword: May 10, 2025
May 9th
- What does 'conquering' Gaza mean to Israel?
- Casey Means: the controversial 'wellness influencer' nominated for surgeon general
- Trump taps Fox News' Pirro for DC attorney post
- Trump, UK's Starmer outline first post-tariff deal
- Prevost elected first US pope, becomes Leo XIV
- 'Art is one of humanity's great empathic mediums'
- A 'Despicable Me' pick for the national security advisor and more May 9 political cartoons
- The Week US terms and conditions
- Leo XIV vs. Trump: what will first American Pope mean for US Catholics?
- What's going on with the Beckhams?
- Quiz of The Week: 3 – 9 May
- The Week Unwrapped: Will robots benefit from a sense of touch?
- The week's best photos
- How to create your perfect bedscape
- Sudoku medium: May 9, 2025
- Sudoku hard: May 9, 2025
- Crossword: May 9, 2025
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- The secret lives of Russian saboteurs
May 8th
- The Week contest: Food film
- Magazine solutions - May 16, 2025
- Magazine printables - May 16, 2025
- 6 charming homes in Rhode Island
- Can Trump's team make the MAGA playbook work for Albania's elections?
- Narco subs are helping to fuel a global cocaine surge
- Fed leaves rates unchanged as Powell warns on tariffs
- 'The program long ago ceased to be temporary help'
- Denmark to grill US envoy on Greenland spying report
- Rust: Alec Baldwin's 'ghoulish' western haunted by real-life death
- How the Rust disaster unfolded
- Today's political cartoons - May 8, 2025
- Titus Andronicus: a 'beautiful, blood-soaked nightmare'
- The Alienation Effect: a 'compelling' study of the émigrés who reshaped postwar Britain
- On VE Day, is Europe alone once again?
- Kashmir: India and Pakistan's conflict explained
- David Attenborough at 99: a 'radical' voice for climate action
- The Four Seasons: 'moving and funny' show stars Steve Carell and Tina Fey
- Thunderbolts*: Florence Pugh stars in 'super-silly' yet 'terrific' film
- Five best ways to save money at the petrol pump
- Exurbs: America's biggest housing trend you haven't heard of
- How to enjoy the coolest of coolcations in Sweden
- Sudoku medium: May 8, 2025
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May 7th
- Nashville dining: Far more than barbecue and hot chicken
- Music Reviews: Coco Jones and Viagra Boys
- Visa wants to let AI make credit card purchases for you
- Carney and Trump come face-to-face as bilateral tensions mount
- What will be Warren Buffett's legacy?
- Art review: "Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes From Art"
- What are certificates of deposit and how do they work?
- EPA is reportedly killing Energy Star program
- Supreme Court allows transgender troop ban
- 'You might be surprised by how much you find yourself cheering for them'
- India strikes Pakistan as tensions mount in Kashmir
- Laurence Leamer's 6 favorite books that took courage to write
- Today's political cartoons - May 7, 2025
- Weer at Soho Theatre Walthamstow: a 'silly, seductive, slapstick joy'
- Can the world stop Israel from starving Gaza?
- The timely revival of watchmaking
- Alcatraz: America's most infamous prison
- The best historical fiction of 2025
- Taz Sarhane's mallard with pine nut sauce and boulangère potatoes
- Cambodian pork and rice recipe
- Zhao Xintong: China's controversial snooker champion
- The Y chromosome degrades over time. And men's health is paying for it
- One great cookbook: 'I Dream of Dinner (so you don't have to)'
- Sudoku medium: May 7, 2025
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- Pakistan's solar panel boom
May 6th
- Book reviews: 'America, América: A New History of the New World' and 'Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson'
- Another messaging app used by the White House is in hot water
- AI hallucinations are getting worse
- Social media: How 'content' replaced friendship
- How does the Alien Enemies Act work?
- Baby bonus: Can Trump boost the birth rate?
- Schools: When religious parents object
- Musk: What did he accomplish with DOGE?
- Crime alongside friendship, death as unrelenting force, and a music star's album companion piece all star in May's movies
- 'Beyond this damage lies something more insidious'
- Hollywood confounded by Trump's film tariff idea
- Israel approves plan to take over Gaza indefinitely
- Trump offers migrants $1,000 to 'self-deport'
- Could the next pope be an American?
- Today's political cartoons - May 6, 2025
- What to know about Real IDs, America's new identification cards
- Where is the left-wing Reform?
- Scattered Spider: who are the hackers linked to M&S and Co-op cyberattacks?
- The best birdwatching spots in the UK
- 'Making memories': the scourge of modern parenting?
- Crossword: May 6, 2025
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- Holy mate-trimony: the rise of 'friendship marriages'
May 5th
- Deportations ensnare migrant families, U.S. citizens
- Trump shrugs off warnings over trade war costs
- A newly created gasoline giant in the Americas could change the industry landscape
- Harvard stares down Trump's tax threat as other schools take note
- What to know before cosigning a loan
- Fly like a breeze with these 5 tips to help cope with air travel anxiety
- 'Some progress is already underway'
- How could Tesla replace Elon Musk?
- Warren Buffet announces surprise retirement
- Today's political cartoons - May 5, 2025
- Putin talks nukes as Kyiv slated for US air defenses
- Trump is not sure he must follow the Constitution
- 'Bioelectric bacteria on steroids' could aid in pollutant cleanup and energy renewal
- Sudoku medium: May 5, 2025
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- Codeword: May 5, 2025
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May 4th
- Today's political cartoons - May 4, 2025
- 5 low approval cartoons about poll numbers
- Deepfakes and impostors: the brave new world of AI jobseeking
- Sudoku medium: May 4, 2025
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- Codeword: May 4, 2025
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May 3rd
- Today's political cartoons - May 3, 2025
- 5 shellshocked cartoons about Trump's first 100 days
- Kashmir: on the brink of a 'catastrophic' war
- A journey into Egypt's western desert
- Trump's first 100 days: the reshaping of America
- Sudoku medium: May 3, 2025
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- Codeword: May 3, 2025
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May 2nd
- How often should you check your credit report?
- Sick 9/11 responders are being left behind amid federal spending battle
- TV to watch in May, including 'The Four Seasons' and 'Duster'
- Why are Americans using 'buy now, pay later' apps to buy groceries?
- Trump moves to gut PBS and NPR in latest salvo against the media
- Sea lion proves animals can keep a beat
- Trump judge bars deportations under 1798 law
- Trump ousts Waltz as NSA, taps him for UN role
- 'The results speak for themselves'
- Calcot & Spa: a restorative family-friendly break in the Cotswolds
- Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style: full of 'revelations and surprises'
- The Ugly Stepsister: 'slyly funny' body-horror take on Cinderella
- John Boyne shares his favourite books
- The Brightening Air: a 'gripping' family drama
- Today's political cartoons - May 2, 2025
- The Week Junior celebrates its 10th anniversary
- The Week Unwrapped: How is professional sport dealing with dementia?
- The week's best photos
- Quiz of The Week: 26 April - 2 May
- Earth's oceans were once green and could one day turn purple
- Sudoku medium: May 2, 2025
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- Codeword: May 2, 2025
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- The Scattered Islands and France's 'triangle of power' in the Indian Ocean
May 1st
- 6 isolated homes for hermits
- Magazine solutions - May 9, 2025
- Magazine printables - May 9, 2025
- The Week contest: Drinking chimps
- How could Trump ending a VA mortgage program leave veterans on the streets?
- Kamala Harris steps back on center stage
- 5 refreshing books to read this May as you hop your way across spring
- Supreme Court may bless church-run charter schools
- US, Ukraine sign joint minerals deal
- Trump blames Biden for tariffs-linked contraction
- 'The measles virus in Texas keeps spreading like, well, measles'
- Today's political cartoons - May 1 2025
- Allies at War: a 'revelatory' account of the Second World War
- Ukraine-US minerals deal: is Trump turning away from Putin?
- The Friend: a 'graceful' but flawed dog movie
- 'Winds of Winter': A timeline of George RR Martin's progress
- Louis Theroux returns to the West Bank for new documentary
- Ed Miliband, Tony Blair and the climate 'credibility gap'
- The Week Junior to partner with Barnes Children's Literature Festival
- Celebrations to mark 80 years since VE Day
- Kim Kardashian takes the stand at the trial of the 'grandpa robbers'
- The Ritz-Carlton, Bangkok: a serene oasis in the heart of the Thai capital
- Sudoku medium: May 1, 2025
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