Politics
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What does occupying Gaza accomplish for Israel?
Talking Points Risking a 'strategic dead-end' in the fight against Hamas
By Joel Mathis, The Week US Published
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Trump officials reinstating 2 Confederate monuments
Speed Read The administration has plans to 'restore Confederate names and symbols' discarded in the wake of George Floyd's 2020 murder
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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'This is a coordinated campaign of harassment'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Trump nominates Powell critic for vacant Fed seat
speed read Stephen Miran, the chair of Trump's Council of Economic Advisers and a fellow critic of Fed chair Jerome Powell, has been nominated to fill a seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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What are grooming gangs? UK scandal explained
The Explainer Government makes an about-turn on a national inquiry into child sexual abuse carried out by gangs
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Who owns Gaza? Israel's occupation plans
The Explainer Egypt, Israel and Britain have ruled the beleaguered territory
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Who will win the battle for the soul of the Green Party?
An ideological divide is taking root among the environmentalists
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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JD Vance steps into the spotlight as MAGA heir apparent
IN THE SPOTLIGHT The vice president is taking an increasingly proactive role in a MAGA movement roiled by scandal and anxious about a post-Trump future
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Congress should 'step in' to block Trump's White House ballroom makeover
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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ICE scraps age limits amid hiring push
Speed Read Anyone 18 or older can now apply to be an ICE agent
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Trump's global tariffs take effect, with new additions
Speed Read Tariffs on more than 90 US trading partners went into effect, escalating the global trade war
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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House committee subpoenas Epstein files
Speed Read The House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to the Justice Department for its Jeffrey Epstein files with an Aug. 19 deadline
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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'America is becoming a nation of homebodies'
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Eighty years after Hiroshima: how close is nuclear conflict?
Today's Big Question Eight decades on from the first atomic bomb 'we have blundered into a new age of nuclear perils'
By The Week UK Published
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