Tim O'Donnell
Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
Latest articles by Tim O'Donnell
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Biden makes 'genuinely new commitment' to global council to detect emerging pandemics
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Why Gavin Newsom will likely have to wait for a White House bid
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COVID-19's estimated death toll surpasses the Spanish flu pandemic
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The 3 U.S. negotiating errors that paved the way for the Taliban's return to power
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DHS officials suggest Haitian migrants being fed 'false information' by smugglers
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Xi may be moving China to economic system 'that doesn't exist anywhere in the world'
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Teleworking Americans tend to greatly overestimate how many people are doing the same
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Biden lifts travel ban for vaccinated foreign nationals
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Fauci not disappointed by FDA advisory panel's COVID-19 booster recommendation
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Former FDA commissioner questions whether researchers should continue to publish sequences of novel viruses
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Largest evacuation flight since Aug. 31 takes off from Kabul
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CNN's Jake Tapper presses Mississippi governor on COVID-19 policies in contentious interview
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GOP senators reportedly aren't on board with Trump's push to end McConnell's leadership run
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McConaughey leads Abbott in Texas poll as O'Rourke inches closer
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10 things you need to know today: September 19, 2021
Daily Briefing Australia PM: France would've been aware about submarine concerns, Rally in support of Jan. 6 rioters draws sparse crowd in D.C., and more
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Why doctors don't think vaccine skeptics' acceptance of a helpful COVID-19 treatment is sufficient
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CIA reportedly warned military about civilian presence just seconds before missile hit in Kabul
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GOP's Kinzinger tells 'silent' colleagues 'the time for hiding is over' in fight against Trump
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Rally in support of Jan. 6 rioters draws sparse crowd in D.C.
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France's anger at U.S., U.K., Australia over defense deal may not die down quickly
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'No reason' for optimism that Taliban's ban on girls' education will end, human rights analyst warns
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10 things you need to know today: September 18, 2021
Daily Briefing FDA panel recommends Pfizer boosters for people 65 and older, Pentagon admits August drone strike killed 10 Afghans, and more
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Republicans and Democrats vastly overestimate how much the other side supports political violence, paper finds
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Lindsey Graham boosts Afghanistan's anti-Taliban resistance behind the scenes
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