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August 2026
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- August 31st
- National debt: How did it reach $40 trillion?
- Islamophobia: A spreading hate on the Right
- Afghanistan under the Taliban
- How much does it cost to freeze your eggs?
- ‘It’s rare to meet a moment when the risks of a scientific breakthrough are so clear’
- Affordable housing law could open door to boom in manufactured homes
- Trump’s South Carolina playbook has the GOP excited — and anxious
- NASA launches Roman telescope to probe cosmos
- Political cartoons for August 31
- Questions mount on Trump’s Venezuela oil deal
- US strikes Iran as generals warn of prolonging war
- 200K barrels of radioactive waste are leaking in the Atlantic
- 6 stately homes built in the 1920s
- Film reviews: ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ and ‘Buddy’
- August 30th
- August 29th
- August 28th
- Lifestyle creep: what it is and why to watch out for it
- ‘There are several reasons why we’re in this precarious situation’
- The 10 best romance movies of all time
- Overheated classrooms reach a boiling point
- The week’s best photos
- Letters ‘refute’ RFK Jr’s Samoa vaccine testimony
- Political cartoons for August 28
- Trump renames Lake Ontario amid Canada feud
- Trump set back on voting, Kennedy Center, Anthropic
- Operation Blue Skies: how AI is cleaning up contrails
- Meta ruling: the changes coming to our social media
- The rise of GB News
- Quiz of The Week: 22 - 28 August
- Natalie Harp: Trump’s doting aide and ‘human printer’
- The Ebola outbreak: a ‘perfect storm’
- The return of the Sussexes: a ‘metaphorical hand grenade’
- The Week Unwrapped: Why is it so hard to find somewhere to give birth?
- Good and soon-to-be gone: Vegetables are rapidly disappearing
- Singles turn to ‘infladating’ amid ‘dateflation’
- Up in smoke: why the Cuban cigar is under threat
- August 27th
- Retirement: Rise of the $10 million 401(k)
- ‘Growing the pool of applicants alone does little to address such long-term staffing needs’
- Shrinking rivers force tough decisions in the US and Europe
- Will Trump’s trade war crush Canada?
- FDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug
- Political cartoons for August 27
- Nepal-Tibet flash floods kill over 350, more than 1,000 missing
- Meta to pay $18B, make teen safety changes in states deal
- Abigail’s Party: a ‘resonant’ show ‘you won’t want to miss’
- Ludwig: the ‘almost irresistible’ cosy crime saga returns
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: a ‘sexy’ and ‘slaughterous’ spectacle
- Conversations with an Executioner: a ‘masterpiece’ of unique perspective
- What the Autumn Budget could mean for your finances
- Will Andy Burnham’s tougher stance on Israel help or hinder him?
- Lockerbie bombing and the long wait for justice
- UK literary festivals to visit this autumn
- Queuing on Snowdon: making a mountain out of a molehill?
- Florida economy faces a workforce reckoning as TPS for Haitians ends
- August 26th
- Music reviews: Carly Simon, The Womack Sisters, and L’Rain
- Cal Flyn’s 6 favorite books
- Book reviews: ‘On the Mark: From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World’ and ‘They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live With Its Legacy’
- 4 tips to make budgeting with an irregular income easier
- The 9 best scripted sports dramas of all time
- ‘It’s easy to get injured doing what we love’
- The Trump family is poised to own a crypto bank as regulators sound the alarm
- How could Panama Canal shipping cuts affect the global economy?
- The Week contest: Woodhenge epitaph
- Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP runoff
- Political cartoons for August 26
- Dolly Parton, music and cultural icon, dies at 80
- Canada details retaliatory US tariffs with political bite
- The enduring legacy of Dolly Parton’s ‘Jolene’
- CIA director’s secret flight to Moscow
- The best chef memoirs
- ‘Object with no comparison’: first black hole star discovered
- No. 10: Full Confidence – could you last longer than the PM?
- August 25th
- Meta: Zuckerberg’s plea to liberate AI
- What’s a debt management plan, and how could one help you?
- Pentagon wants colleges to examine their ties to foreign institutions
- ‘Gary has borne the brunt of extreme deindustrialization and disinvestment’
- The best Mexican cookbooks of all time
- Magazine printables - Sept. 4, 2026
- Magazine solutions - Sept. 4, 2026
- Democrats and progressives wrestle with the ‘Woke 1.0’ era
- 49ers owner arrested in Ohio prostitution sting
- Political cartoons for August 25
- World’s oceans hit highest temperature on record
- Supreme Court eases block of Trump’s mail ballot order
- Has the anti-AfD firewall failed in Germany?
- Ancient ruins and stunning scenery in County Tipperary
- Is North Korea’s economic miracle sustainable?
- Antarctica’s melting ice is leaking mercury
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- August 24th
- Democrats: Backing away from ‘Woke 1’
- Leavitt: Why she’s irreplaceable
- Air Force One: Was decoy ruse fair game?
- The big stall
- WNBA: Can the league survive the culture wars?
- Have we reached the AI singularity?
- ‘Nixon demonstrated his commitment to constitutional order’
- Robots top human records at China’s humanoid games
- Jeffries, Kushner meet as Trump eyes loss of House
- Get your thrills at these 7 adventure-centric hotels
- Trump’s Canada tariffs take force, firing up trade war
- Political cartoons for August 24
- Baros Maldives: the grande dame of private island resorts
- What does Russian threat to UK look like?
- The dangerous driving videos flooding TikTok
- Why so many wildfires are started deliberately
- Inventive ways to cook with watermelon
- Pass the butter churn: Teen girls are picking up the tradwife life
- August 23rd
- Morocco’s attempt to rebrand Western Sahara
- 6 tranquil homes with a screened porch
- Film reviews: ‘The End of Oak Street’ and ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’
- Political cartoons for August 23
- A family beach holiday in Lithuania
- Riding in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan
- ‘Year zero’: how punk erupted onto Britain’s streets and stages
- Anthropic: the largest IPO ever?
- 5 electrifying cartoons about ICE shock gloves
- August 22nd
- August 21st
- ‘Boomerang kids’: Why adult children are moving home
- What’s cash-out refinancing, and when is it a good idea?
- The 8 best Westerns of all time
- Is the US abandoning Asia?
- ‘The two sides aren’t equal as a general thing’
- DEI clashes lead to funding cuts for Alzheimer’s research
- GOP senator blocks Trump nominees over wetlands
- Political cartoons for August 21
- Wahab wins race to replace Swalwell in House
- US deports TPS holders to Haiti, non-Africans to Liberia
- Rolls-Royce Spectre II: update ‘ticks pretty much every box’
- A ‘pivotal moment’ for personalised cancer vaccines
- What is behind the return of Harry and Meghan to the UK?
- What your out-of-office email says about you
- Quiz of The Week: 15 – 21 August
- The Week Unwrapped: What can we learn from the case of Louai Abu Ridi?
- The week’s best photos
- August 20th
- 6 seaside towns to visit before summer is over
- ‘Accidents happen, of course, sometimes in strikingly close proximity’
- The Lakers sale reveals the changing nature of team ownership
- Why are bond markets getting hammered?
- Mario Vargas Llosa by Gerald Martin: a ‘gossipy, erudite and deeply researched’ book
- What to know if you are considering state-backed student loans
- Music reviews: Phoebe Bridgers, Karol G, and Ravyn Lenae
- The 2027 Met Gala: A storm in the making
- 6 books that inspired Sarah Pekkanen while writing
- Moderna says skin cancer vaccine trial a success
- Political cartoons for August 20
- UAE cuts Iran trade amid threats by Tehran, Trump
- US national debt tops $40T after doubling in a decade
- My Brilliant Career: Australia’s answer to Pride and Prejudice
- Lady: Sian Clifford dazzles in ‘barnstorming’ comedy
- Orexins: the brain’s Ozempic moment?
- Is the clock ticking on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s premiership?
- Free family-friendly days out in London
- August 19th
- Book reviews: ‘Biological War: A Scenario’ and ‘The Only Cure: Fraud and the Neuroscience of Mental Healing’
- The 9 best movies of the 1980s
- The FCC’s abandonment of TV owner caps could reshape national media
- ‘The grief of loss and our own mortality are always closer than we think’
- How is COP17 taking on the desertification fight?
- The Week contest: Spam bill
- Andaz Lisbon: quirky hotel is a must-visit for style-conscious travellers
- Ethiopians in US to lose TPS status after ruling
- The Patriot missile supply shortage
- Political cartoons for August 19
- Trump pauses 50% Canadian tariffs for 3 days
- GOP voters reject Florida’s Mills, other Trump picks
- Is Andy Burnham’s rough sleeping plan feasible?
- Tony: ‘rollicking, surprisingly sunny’ Anthony Bourdain biopic
- Moroccans are wary of France’s new anti-telemarketing law
- August 18th
- Bangladesh’s long battle against yaba pills
- Where to eat the best Detroit-style pizza in the Motor City
- Google: An exodus of AI talent
- The sculptor who turned caricature into art
- What’s moneymaxxing and why might the viral trend be worth trying?
- ‘The adjustments no longer reflect a change in responsibility’
- Will Paramount leave Hollywood to save the Warner Bros. merger?
- Magazine printables - Aug. 28, 2026
- Magazine solutions - Aug. 28 2026
- Court denies Trump bid to claw back $5M verdict
- Political cartoons for August 18
- Judge bars Trump from keeping FBI HQ in DC
- CBP pauses bulldozers in Big Bend National Park
- Brazil election: left and right battle it out for nation’s future
- Are welfare cuts Reform’s stumbling block?
- The ‘vibrant’ reinvention of Rotterdam’s Katendrecht district
- Cami Clark: the Anthropic CEO’s wife and ‘first lady’ of AI
- August 17th
- El-Sayed: Will he move toward the center?
- Grande: Should we talk about her thinness?
- RFK Jr.: Let them eat fish cakes
- When bots write books
- Administration aims to limit childhood vaccines
- Blanche officially takes over at DOJ
- The K-shaped economy might be over
- 4 tips to stay on budget amid rising costs
- The best Italian cookbooks of all time
- ‘Water policy should embrace these principles’
- A record-breaking deployment leads to dire conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln
- Kushner meets Hamas chief to revive Gaza plan
- Political cartoons for August 17
- Indiana, Hawaii reel after heavy storms
- Trump curtails joint South Korea military drills
- Break point: why tennis needs to change
- Why is Donald Trump punishing South Korea?
- Hard sudoku: August 2026
- Easy sudoku: August 2026
- Best seaside fish and chip shops around the UK
- Stuck ships in the Strait of Hormuz could be a marine superspreader threat
- 6 regal Victorian homes
- Film reviews: ‘Tony’ and ‘Late Fame’
- ‘Breakthrough’ in ‘brutal’ case of Mexican students who disappeared
- August 16th
- August 15th
- August 14th
- ‘A further irony is that we live in an analytical, financialized age’
- How has a year of National Guard deployment affected Washington, DC?
- Kennedy Center votes to restore Trump’s name
- DHS spied on ICE protest groups in Minnesota surge
- Political cartoons for August 14
- US to swap out aircraft carrier strained by Iran war
- Was Nigel Farage’s by-election ploy a success?
- Quiz of The Week: 8 – 14 August
- Notting Hill Carnival at 60: a uniquely British-Caribbean celebration
- How are Iranian people affected by the war?
- The Week Unwrapped: How have Syrians reacted to the trial of Bashar al-Assad?
- The week’s best photos
- The 8 best anime movies of all time
- Trump and Brazil have a plenipotentiary problem bigger than a single diplomat
- August 13th
- Medicare Part D: The cost of ending drug subsidies
- Music reviews: Ariana Grande, Shaboozey, and Nick Hakim
- David Thomson’s 6 favorite books about Hollywood
- Book reviews: ‘The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory’ and ‘Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast’
- Robot ban: Why the FCC fears your Roomba
- Stronger, faster, better: the new mRNA flu vaccine
- Where to find the best barbecue in Houston
- Is Trump coming for oil industry profits?
- ‘These are more than isolated examples of intolerance’
- Political cartoons for August 13
- Trump sued over paid access to Truth Social posts
- Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt to step down
- ICE to spend up to $20M on shock gloves for agents
- Could we ever run out of water in the UK?
- The UK’s quirkiest museums
- The rise of anti-LGBTQ+ laws across Africa
- Malta’s moment in the cinema spotlight
- August 12th
- Families wary of a Head Start rollback that could leave more kids behind
- How to choose the right realtor when selling your house
- The best fantasy books of all time
- ‘This state of perpetual shopping has been building for ages’
- Doug Burgum’s Interior Department is slowly coming apart
- Judge blocks Trump’s USPS mail-in voting limits
- Political cartoons for August 12
- Syria sentences Assad to death in absentia
- Left loses key Wisconsin race, wins in Minnesota
- Is Burnham’s prisoner release flip-flop his first mistake in office?
- Duane Davis and his disavowed memoir about Tupac Shakur’s murder
- Amanda Knox and real crime stand-up shows at Edinburgh Fringe
- Comfort watches: the best escapist TV to stream now
- The Week contest: Shrub cop
- Ann Widdecombe: the redoubtable Tory politician turned TV personality
- The total solar eclipse could reveal more about the sun
- August 11th
- Africa’s blueberry boom
- 6 up-and-coming wine regions far from the familiar
- Will the Flock backlash curtail the US surveillance state?
- ‘E15 fuels limit consumer choice’
- LIV Golf just got new life but uncertainty remains
- Magazine printables - Aug. 21, 2026
- Magazine solutions - Aug. 21, 2026
- Political cartoons for August 11
- Report: Trump left plane in cart to thwart Iran plot
- Miller locked in Ohio race after lapsed deadline
- Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccinations
- Wildberries attacks: why is Ukraine targeting ‘Russia’s Amazon’?
- Why actors and musicians are pivoting to OnlyFans
- Daniel Kinahan: the alleged crime boss behind bars in Ireland
- An eye implant that can restore vision has been approved
- August 10th
- What will the new Colombian president’s right-wing push mean for the country?
- The 8 best movies of the 1990s
- OpenAI’s summer camp for influencers backfires
- Sex education: Bringing back teen pregnancy?
- Fauci: The GOP’s Covid scapegoat
- The GOP: Rise of the ‘Never Vancers’
- Defunding America’s ‘best idea’
- The Left: Should Democrats embrace ‘democratic socialists’?
- El-Sayed squeaks out Michigan primary win
- 4 hidden costs retirees forget to budget for
- ‘It’s not just the powers that be surveilling us’
- Gene-edited dogs may prevent pet allergies
- Israel rejects Trump’s new Gaza peace plan
- Iran’s new demands for US complicate Hormuz deal
- Blanche narrowly confirmed as attorney general
- Political cartoons for August 10
- Five years of Taliban rule: has the world given up on Afghanistan?
- UK solar eclipse: how to watch and what will happen
- John Galliano’s controversial Met retrospective
- The trifle revival
- Archaeologists reveal ‘lost’ civilisation in the Amazon
- August 9th
- August 8th
- August 7th
- Are the allegations against Rep. Max Miller a catch-22 for majority-focused Republicans?
- 7 best bang-for-your-buck countries to visit right now
- ‘The Odyssey’ has kicked off a debate among authors
- Why underspending in retirement is not necessarily a good thing — and how to overcome it
- ‘Efficiency shouldn’t come at the expense of consumer choice’
- Scientists unveil first AI-designed virus
- Political cartoons for August 7
- GOP Senate panel votes to refer Fauci for contempt
- Trump-backed Ogles unseated in GOP primary
- Quieter neighbourhoods to escape the crowds during Edinburgh Fringe
- Leipzig drone explosives: is Germany centre of hybrid Russia-Nato war?
- Race to be the UN’s next secretary general
- Jason Arday: the bitter plagiarism row at Cambridge
- Quiz of The Week: 1 – 7 August
- The Week Unwrapped: Why is country music top of the pops?
- The week’s best photos
- 6 majestic homes in Utah
- Film reviews: ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ and ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
- AI companies are destroying rare books
- August 6th
- Iraq airstrikes expand Saudi Arabia’s wartime footprint in a volatile region
- Why is the Trump administration closing several overseas missions?
- Is Hollywood back?
- One great cookbook: ‘Neighborhood’ by Hetty McKinnon
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day – ‘entertaining spectacle’
- ‘There can be kernels of truth in crude stereotypes’
- Surprise billing: The hidden cost of consumer protection
- Refunds for Trump’s 2025 tariffs hit $100B
- Political cartoons for August 6
- Senate confirms Schwartz to lead embattled CDC
- GOP’s Edwards drops bid for reelection, Miller stays in
- The Car Man: ‘lust-drenched’ thriller is perfect summer show
- How worried should we be about rogue AI agents?
- The case for a written constitution in the UK
- New guidance on single-sex spaces in the UK
- ‘Living plastic’ can break down in just 6 days
- August 5th
- Music reviews: Charli XCX, The Strokes, and Tyla
- Theater review: ‘The Whoopi Monologues’
- Isaac Butler’s 6 favorite books
- Book reviews: ‘Cool Machine: A Novel’ and ‘The Renoir Girls: A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal’
- Are college scholarships taxable?
- The DOJ escalates immigration proceedings with a long-dormant deportation court
- TV to watch in August: the return of ‘Ted Lasso’ and ‘Adults’ is just the exciting beginning
- School supplies are the newest burden for American families
- All you need to know about everything that matters
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- ‘Corrections teaches government to look away’
- Magazine printables - Aug. 14, 2026
- Magazine solutions - Aug. 14, 2026
- Why are Republicans undoing worker heat protections?
- Alleged Spokane arsonist linked to previous fires
- Political cartoons for August 5
- DC Guard deployment to cost estimated $1.4B extra
- All you need to know about everything that matters
- Democratic primaries hand wins to leftist, center factions
- All you need to know about everything that matters
- All you need to know about everything that matters
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- The Week contest: Paper amphitheater
- Can deadly escalation between Russia and Ukraine be stopped?
- The crisis of Europe’s disappearing rivers
- Rachel Cusk’s best books
- Watching too much TV may be linked to a smaller brain volume
- August 4th
- ‘Bra doping’ at the women’s Tour de France
- 8 delightful upcoming state fairs to put on your eating calendar
- Rogue AI: Have we lost control?
- Is the US running out of missiles?
- Kansans are up in arms over an underground nuclear site
- ‘People seem to still find a sense of stability’
- How is Kevin Warsh changing the Federal Reserve?
- Ariana Grande to quit public life amid ‘endless scrutiny’
- Political cartoons for August 4
- First 2 deaths reported in cyclosporiasis outbreak
- Trump and Pirro clash over Reflecting Pool
- England’s education reforms: global success story?
- Will Andy Burnham call an early election?
- Microplastics may be affecting cardiovascular health
- August 3rd
- All you need to know about everything that matters
- Dig in at these 10 delectable hotel breakfasts
- Could the Iran and Ukraine wars converge?
- The White House: Trump’s extreme makeover
- Peptides: The FDA opens a ‘Pandora’s box’
- Iran war: Are U.S. casualties being covered up?
- Cutting the food safety net
- Midterms: Will a summer of campaigning save Republicans?
- More countries pulled into spiraling Iran war
- Customers are embracing ‘friendly fraud’ to get free things
- The politics of archaeology: Israel digs in on control of ancient West Bank sites
- All you need to know about everything that matters
- ‘Screens are no longer occasional classroom tools’
- ‘Spider-Man’ nets almost $1B in opening weekend
- Political cartoons for August 3
- Washington wildfires force mass evacuations
- Blanche rescinds ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
- Magazine printables - Aug. 7, 2026
- Magazine solutions - Aug. 7, 2026
- Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar yen play
- How AI could change your trip to the doctors
- Will Rupert Lowe and Nigel Farage unite the right in British politics?
- Artificial sweeteners might make you lose your memory
- 6 inviting homes under $1 million
- Film reviews: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘I Want Your Sex’
- South Korea’s shrinking gender booze gap
- August 2nd
- August 1st
- Political cartoons for Aug 1
- The Bayeux Tapestry: more than a work of art
- Prisoner releases: a dilemma for Andy Burnham
- 5 playfully pointed cartoons about Fauci’s Senate hearing
- Sun, sea and sophistication on the Costa Brava
- Chain Word: August 2026
- Medium sudoku: August 2026
- Guess the Number: August 2026
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