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The Week - Top Stories

controversy of the week - Hegseth: Why is he purging the Pentagon? For the past month, the American military has been focused on the war in Iran, said Tom Nichols in The Atlantic. At no point, however, did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth let that distract him from his true passion: the culture war. Last week, after quashing an investigation of the two Army Apache ...

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Evening Review -- MAGA media turns on Trump

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Morning Report -- Hegseth loses press access battle

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Evening Review -- Will the US leave NATO?

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The major players in legacy media's rightward shift

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AI is giving people bad and dangerous advice to validate its users

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What to know as the SAVE plan officially shutters for student loan borrowers -- the explainer -- The repayment plan is being permanently eliminated, leaving over 7 million borrowers scrambling

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Trump probably can't quit NATO but he can wreck it -- THE EXPLAINER -- While an official withdrawal is unlikely, there's still plenty the US could do to cut the decades-old security compact off at the knees

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Pension 'death tax' changes loom -- The Explainer -- Major reforms to how pensions form part of an estate for inheritance tax are coming soon

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Satoshi Nakamoto: the mystery behind the creator of Bitcoin -- The Explainer -- New investigation sheds light on identity of cryptocurrency's shadowy founder

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The end of Nato? -- Talking Point -- Donald Trump's threats to pull the US out of the alliance would be almost impossible to put into action, but they draw attention to a 'staggering' imbalance

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Artemis II and the value of human space travel -- Talking Point -- Are new Moon missions worth the astronomical cost?

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California residents are split over a local lithium treasure trove -- Talking Point -- An estimated $500 billion worth of lithium lies beneath a California lake

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8 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC GARDENS IN THE WORLD

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How to find your personal style

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How darkening oceans could impact the entire marine food chain -- Under the radar -- Less light spells trouble for humans and animals

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Human sperm gets lost in space -- Under the radar -- Zero gravity, zero destination

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The rise of culturally specific dating apps -- Under the Radar -- Japan, Iceland and China take individual approaches to matchmaking

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Chimpanzee 'civil war' in Uganda baffles scientists -- Speed Read -- This war has been ongoing for eight years, scientists said

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Melania Trump denies Epstein ties -- Speed Read -- The first lady also called on Congress to hold a hearing with survivors

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Hegseth must open Pentagon to reporters, judge rules -- Speed Read -- The Defense Department cannot simply reinstate an unlawful policy, the judge wrote

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Gilgo Beach serial killer confesses to 8 murders -- Speed Read -- The murders occurred between 1993 and 2010

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'On shaky ground' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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The Week Unwrapped: Is Viktor Orban about to lose power? -- Podcast -- Plus, why are stalking offences on the rise? And would you choose to be dissolved after death? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- The blue marble, small but mighty, and more -- The Week US -- Published

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Retirement: A 'Six Figure Limit' to save Social Security -- Feature -- Hard choices need to be made -- The Week US -- Published

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Jet fuel: The other energy crisis hitting your wallet -- Feature -- Airfares are rising alongside gas prices -- The Week US -- Published

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A (semi-comprehensive) glossary of incel terminology -- in depth -- How to make sense of the insider jargon used by this sad, terrifying male subculture -- David Faris -- Published

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