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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - Why are young people so pessimistic about jobs? It has generally been the case that younger Americans are more optimistic than their older counterparts about the job market. But that tune has changed in a major way, according to a recent survey. Perceptions have gotten so bad that the gap between how young Americans and older Americans view their...

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Morning Report -- FDA chief runs out of allies and time

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Evening Review -- The strongest El Ni o on record

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Morning Report -- Trump seeks a gas price offramp

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Why Israel has fallen out of favor with Americans

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Where to experience some of the real history of the US

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What to know if you are facing foreclosure -- the explainer -- It can damage your credit score and result in the loss of your home

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'Blue dot fever' is leading to canceled concerts -- The explainer -- Empty seats could be a sign of economic turmoil

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Five scams impacting older people and how to fight back -- The Explainer -- Fraudsters are evolving and older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable

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Five moments it all went wrong for Starmer -- The Explainer -- Winter fuel and welfare U-turns, national insurance hikes, Peter Mandelson's appointment and disastrous local elections have brought PM to the brink

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Germany learns the cost of provoking Trump -- Talking Point -- Friedrich Merz's comments on 'humiliated' US have unleashed the president's wrath

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The White House projects billions in drug pricing deals. Democrats are skeptical. -- Talking Point -- The Trump administration claims its deals could save over $500 billion

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What can Trump accomplish at the China summit? -- Talking Points -- Iran war will overshadow the meeting with Xi

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7 LESSER-KNOWN CULTURALLY RICH CITIES

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Reviewed: ten of the best hotels and resorts in the Maldives

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The battle for Pluto's planetary status continues -- Under The Radar -- Nasa may revisit one of outer space's thorniest questions

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Brightening clouds with salt could reduce global warming -- Under the radar -- The process would reflect more light away from Earth

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Could a dam be built between the US and Russia? -- Under the Radar -- 'Audacious' intercontinental plan to maintain vital ocean currents faces political and environmental obstacles

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Engaging with art can slow aging, study finds -- Speed Read -- In some cases, the results were comparable to physical exercise

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US inflation hits highest level in 3 years -- Speed Read -- Consumer prices are up 3.8% year-over-year

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FDA head Marty Makary resigns under pressure -- Speed Read -- Makary had drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle

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EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary flip -- Speed Read -- Sanctions will be imposed on Israeli settlers over increasing violence against West Bank Palestinians

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Music reviews: Kacey Musgraves, Tori Amos, and Gabrielle Cavassa -- Feature -- 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'In Times of Dragons,' and 'Diavola' -- The Week US -- Published

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Ayelet Waldman's 6 favorite books about missed chances -- Feature -- The author recommends works by Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Jane Austen -- The Week US -- Published

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Book reviews: 'The Rolling Stones: The Biography' and 'Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare' -- Feature -- A dazzling telling of The Rolling Stones' story and a revealing look at the Pentagon's major AI initiative -- The Week US -- Published

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'Summit of reduced ambitions' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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Platner: Riding a wave of Democratic anger -- Feature -- A progressive and a populist -- The Week US -- Published

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SCOTUS: Ending the South's majority-Black districts -- Feature -- Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has been gutted -- The Week US -- Published

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