Ben Frumin

Former editor-in-chief

Ben Frumin is the former editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com.

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Friday night news dump

Hillary Clinton picks Tim Kaine as her running mate

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What a night

After night of chaos and violence, Turkish coup appears to unravel

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Chaos in Turkey

Obama backs 'democratically elected government of Turkey'

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this is horrible

20 hostages dead in brutal Bangladesh attack

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Feature

Introducing 3 new podcasts from The Week

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Historic feats

Warriors win 70th game of season, close in on Bulls' all-time record

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The death of Scalia

GOP and Dems clash over who should pick Scalia's replacement

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The death of Scalia

Conservatives argue that the next president — and not Obama — should pick Scalia's replacement

Justices Antonin Scalia and John Roberts

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The death of Scalia

John Roberts mourns Antonin Scalia: 'An extraordinary individual and jurist, admired and treasured by his colleagues'

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Zing!

Lindsey Graham zings Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at GOP undercard debate

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a walk down memory lane

Watch John Boehner's greatest, most fiery congressional speech

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demands

Zimbabwe to U.S.: Give us the dentist who killed Cecil the lion

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Back to Beijing

Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics

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Crime and punishment

Ex-Rep. Michael Grimm sentenced to 8 months in prison for tax fraud

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We're sensing some sarcasm...

The Clinton campaign is turning its snark up to 11 in Hillary's feud with the press

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tragedies

Obama on deadly Chattanooga shooting: A 'heartbreaking circumstance'

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Tell us how you really feel

This is how unions feel about Scott Walker, in 6 devastating words

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Bernmentum

Nate Silver thinks Bernie Sanders could beat Hillary Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire

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Bernmentum

Hillary Clinton is worried about Bernie Sanders

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Greek crisis

How bad would a Grexit be for America?

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Charleston Church Murders

President Obama will eulogize the pastor killed in the Charleston church massacre

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Oh, Congress!

House cripples Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership in landslide vote

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Single people are people too

Is America ready for a single president?

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Mind's made up

Jon Stewart says not even crazy, racist, fringe 2016 candidates can get him to change his mind about retiring

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The subtlety of politics

Rand Paul is a shirtless muscleman in this insane new pro-Rand super PAC ad

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2016 Watch

Is Karl Rove doomed to irrelevance?

Kim Jong-Un visits a military unit on an island southwest of Pyongyang on in August 2012.

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I spy

This former North Korean operative claims Kim Jong Un has hundreds of spies in America

30,000 Holocaust survivors are living in poverty in and around New York City

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This is terrible

30,000 Holocaust survivors are living in poverty in and around New York City

Let's all watch Carly Fiorina's demon sheep ad again — the best bad campaign video of 2010

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Memory Lane

The best bad campaign ad ever? Relive Carly Fiorina's glowing-eyed demon sheep video.

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Reality Check

Don't expect 'huge accomplishments' from this Congress. Mitch McConnell sure doesn't.

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$$$$$

The company that runs the Kentucky Derby will make $83 million off the two-minute race

Former Arkansas governor and potential 2016 presidential candidate Mike Huckabee

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On supremacy

Mike Huckabee: The Supreme Court 'cannot overrule God'

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$$$$

Mitt Romney: Clinton Foundation donations sure 'looks like bribery'

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Going to extremes

Mike Huckabee: America is 'moving rapidly toward the criminalization of Christianity'

Will the latest WikiLeaks dump bring down Hillary Clinton?

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Clintonia

Clinton Cash: New book claims the Clintons had shady dealings with foreign governments

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$$$$$

Meet the conservative Miami billionaire who loves Marco Rubio and loathes Jeb Bush