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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - Will data center backlash decide the midterms? New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) just signed off on the nation's first state-level moratorium on data center construction, and other governors may follow, as the pushback against data centers grows. But the issue doesn't easily map onto party-line divisions, and both Democrats and Republicans are tryi...

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Morning Report -- Trump hits Canada with new class of tariff

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Evening Review -- Cancel culture for cancer research?

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Morning Report -- US deaths mount in renewed Iran war

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Japan to create first post-war intelligence agency

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Another Arctic island is caught in geopolitical crosshairs

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Will data center backlash decide the midterms? Today's Big Question - Democrats, Republicans both divided over AI concerns - Today's Big Question

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5 TIPS TO SAVE MONEY ON A CAR PURCHASE -- The Explainer -- From research to negotiation tactics

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Who's who in Andy Burnham's cabinet? -- The Explainer -- Appointments show new PM has a 'much stronger theory of power' than his recent predecessors

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Should you pay off your mortgage before retiring? -- The Explainer -- Even if the peace of mind a paid-off mortgage offers sounds appealing, it is not necessarily the right move financially

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Why Cuba is under siege -- The Explainer -- Cubans have endured decades of mismanagement from their own communist government, along with economic warfare from the US

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Middle East re-escalation: worrying implications for investors - and Andy Burnham -- Talking Point -- Rising oil prices are spooking investors on both sides of the Atlantic

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The Platner affair: 'vibes', sexting and a Nazi tattoo -- Talking Point -- Graham Platner is a 'cautionary tale' for Democrats, and highlights the party's problems with the selection of their candidates

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Are politics stunting the WNBA's growing popularity? -- Talking Points -- House Republicans wade into Caitlin Clark controversies

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8 PRACTICAL PRODUCTS TO KEEP YOU COOL INDOORS THIS SUMMER

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New views and fine dining in historic Prague

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Gray whales are dying in the Pacific -- Under the radar -- Reduced food is the likely cause

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Why AI behaves differently in different languages -- Under The Radar -- Study finds Claude in Arabic uses more 'polite phrasing' and showed 'greater warmth' than other language models

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The 'gruff' outsider threatening Benjamin Netanyahu -- Under The Radar -- Gadi Eisenkot is the latest challenger hoping to unseat the Israeli veteran

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Burnham takes over as UK prime minister -- Speed Read -- The former Manchester mayor becomes the country's seventh prime minister in 10 years

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Court pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. merger -- Speed Read -- Paramount is attempting to acquire Warner Bros. for $111 billion

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Trump orders 50% tariff on most Canadian goods -- Speed Read -- The tariffs are set to take effect in 30 days

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US arrests Tate brothers on UK rape charges -- Speed Read -- British prosecutors said they had filed 38 new charges against the pair

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Sam Neill: The prolific actor who grounded Jurassic Park -- Feature -- 'Critics praised him for nuanced performances even in forgettable projects' -- The Week US -- Published

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Xbox hits the reset button -- Feature -- A new CEO wants to win back console customers -- The Week US -- Published

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'Trump traps GOP' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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Smithsonian: Is Trump rewriting history? -- Feature -- If Trump gets his way, the Smithsonian will become a temple of 'shallow patriotism' -- The Week US -- Published

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Platner: Anatomy of a Democratic disaster -- Feature -- As Democrats scramble to find a new nominee, what lessons can they learn? -- The Week US -- Published

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The peptide craze -- Feature -- Americans are injecting themselves with unregulated chemicals to boost their health. Is that safe? -- The Week US -- Published

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