
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.
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Facebook tried to gauge whether they could encourage kids to use its products on playdates
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Largest U.S. police group appears to counter Sen. Tim Scott's argument that Democrats sought to defund police in reform negotiations
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Joint Chiefs Chair Milley explains why he didn't resign over Afghanistan withdrawal
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Germany's next governing coalition could be determined by 3rd- and 4th-place parties
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Public still 'hugely underestimating' how much more dangerous COVID-19 is for the elderly
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The case for treating Facebook as a 'hostile foreign power'
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The lurking Chinese and American challenges that could pose a risk to the global economy
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The not-so-terrible challenge for future trials of COVID-19 therapeutics
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Pfizer CEO expects to submit children's COVID-19 vaccine data to FDA in days
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Sen. Tim Scott says Democrats 'walked away' from police reform talks
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Initial German exit polls show startlingly close race
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The United States has a port problem
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COVID-19 booster discussions have led to a 'communications crisis' and 'nonstop' phone calls
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Taliban foot soldiers warned against taking selfies with leaders because of security concerns
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Why a COVID-19 origin task force is disbanding
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1 theory as to why Elon Musk hasn't gone to space yet
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Kabul's holdover mayor says he finds Taliban 'more tolerant'
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Sen. Tim Scott reportedly rejected Democrats' 'bare minimum' final offer on police reform
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How the quest for COVID-19 vaccine exemptions mirrors the Vietnam War draft
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Xi Jinping may have just signaled the end of international coal financing
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If Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling, the U.S. could lose up to 6 million jobs
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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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Xi may be moving China to economic system 'that doesn't exist anywhere in the world'
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