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Storyteller: a 'fitting tribute' to Robert Louis Stevenson

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TODAY'S POLITICS story - Trump pardons Texas Democratic congressman - What happenedPresident Donald Trump yesterday unexpectedly pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), who was charged last year with accepting nearly $600,000 in foreign bribes tied to Azerbaijan and Mexico. The Biden administration weaponized the Justice System against Political Opponents like Cuel...

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Evening Review -- War crime in the water?

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Morning Report -- Hegseth hides in 'fog of war'

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Evening Review -- Powell's potential successor

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Gen Alpha is worried about the future

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Overlooked home maintenance tasks that could cost you later

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How your household budget could look in 2026 -- The Explainer -- The government is trying to balance the nation's books but energy bills and the cost of food could impact your finances

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Employees are branching out rather than moving up with career minimalism -- The explainer -- From career ladder to lily pad

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West Africa's 'coup cascade' -- The Explainer -- Guinea-Bissau takeover is the latest in the Sahel region, which has quietly become global epicentre of terrorism

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Labour's dilemma on workers' rights -- The Explainer -- TUC says Employment Rights Bill is 'essential to better quality, more secure jobs' but critics warn of impact on economic growth

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How coupling up became cringe -- Talking Point -- For some younger women, going out with a man - or worse, marrying one - is distinctly uncool

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Daddy Pig: an unlikely flashpoint in the gender wars -- Talking Point -- David Gandy calls out Peppa Pig's dad as an example of how TV portrays men as 'useless' fools

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Is it time to rethink the US presidential pardon? -- Talking Point -- Donald Trump has taken advantage of his pardon power to reward political allies and protect business associates, say critics

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Jane Austen lives on at these timeless hotels

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Inside a Black community's fight against Elon Musk's supercomputer -- Under the radar -- Pollution from Colossal looms over a small Southern town, potentially exacerbating health concerns

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China's single mothers are teaming up -- Under the Radar -- To cope with money pressures and work commitments, single mums are sharing homes, bills and childcare

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Homo Floresiensis: Earth's real life 'hobbits' -- Under the Radar -- New research suggests that 'early human pioneers' in Australia interbred with archaic species of hobbits at least 60,000 years ago

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GOP wins tight House race in red Tennessee district -- Speed Read -- Republicans maintained their advantage in the House

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Trump targets 'garbage' Somalis ahead of ICE raids -- Speed Read -- The Department of Homeland Security will launch an immigration operation targeting Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area

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Hegseth blames 'fog of war' for potential war crime -- speed read -- 'I did not personally see survivors,' Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting

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Canada joins EU's $170B SAFE defense fund -- speed read -- This makes it the first non-European Union country in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative

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'Signs of peril flashing for GOP' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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'Mexico: A 500-Year History' by Paul Gillingham and 'When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American Comedy' by David Margolick -- feature -- A chronicle of Mexico's shifts in power and how Sid Caesar shaped the early days of television -- The Week US -- Published

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Homes by renowned architects -- Feature -- Featuring a Leonard Willeke Tudor Revival in Detroit and modern John Storyk design in Woodstock -- The Week US -- Published

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The origins of marriage -- In Depth -- The institution of marriage has become something of a political battlefield. How did marriage begin and why? -- Peter Weber, The Week US -- Last updated

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Blackouts: Why the internet keeps breaking -- feature -- Cloudflare was the latest in a string of outages -- The Week US -- Published

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Pros and cons of geothermal energy -- Pros and Cons -- Renewable source is environmentally friendly but it is location-specific -- Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK -- Published

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