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The Week - Top Stories

In the Spotlight - Kristi Noem might not be long for Trumpland - For nearly a year, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been President Donald Trump's point person to carry out the mass deportation efforts that have descended on cities across the country. But while Noem's tenure atop the nation's centralized security services has made her one...

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Morning Report -- Trump's Hoosier fumble

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Evening Review -- Patel's political retribution?

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Morning Report -- US confiscates an oil tanker, aiming for Venezuela

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11 EXTRA-SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFTS FOR EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST

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December's books feature otherworldly tales, a literary icon's life story and an adult royal romp

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Will Trump's $12 billion bailout solve the farm crisis? Today's Big Question - Agriculture sector says it wants trade, not aid - Today's Big Question

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What's next for US interest rates? -- The Explainer -- Another cut makes three - but will there be more?

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A TikTok trend has Gen Z men leaving streetwear behind for more preppy attire -- The Explainer -- More than a zipper: Young Black men embrace the 'quarter-zip movement'

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'Stakeknife': MI5's man inside the IRA -- The Explainer -- Freddie Scappaticci, implicated in 14 murders and 15 abductions during the Troubles, 'probably cost more lives than he saved', investigation claims

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The longevity economy is booming as people live longer -- The Explainer -- The sector is projected to reach $27 trillion by 2030

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Nnela Kalu's historic Turner Prize win -- Talking Point -- Glasgow-born artist is first person with a learning disability to win Britain's biggest art prize

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Who is The Liz Truss Show for? -- Talking Point -- Former PM's new weekly programme is like watching her 'commit a drive-by on herself'

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Trump's poll collapse: can he stop the slide? -- Talking Point -- President who promised to ease cost-of-living has found that US economic woes can't be solved 'via executive fiat'

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10 UPCOMING ALBUMS TO STREAM DURING THE WINTER CHILL

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One great cookbook: 'More Than Cake'

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Denmark scraps letters and its iconic red postboxes -- Under the Radar -- Danish posties say 'farvel' to 400 years of tradition but can Royal Mail weather the storm?

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The curious history of hanging coffins -- Under The Radar -- Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune

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In Suriname, the spectre of Dutch slave trade lingers -- Under the Radar -- Dutch royal family visit, the first to the South American former colony in nearly 50 years, spotlights role of the Netherlands in transatlantic trade

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Senate votes down ACA subsidies, GOP alternative -- Speed Read -- The Senate rejected the extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits, guaranteeing a steep rise in health care costs for millions of Americans

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Abrego Garcia freed from jail on judge's order -- Speed Read -- The wrongfully deported man has been released from an ICE detention center

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Indiana Senate rejects Trump's gerrymander push -- Speed Read -- The proposed gerrymander would have likely flipped the state's two Democratic-held US House seats

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Democrat files to impeach RFK Jr. -- Speed Read -- Rep. Haley Stevens filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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A running list of RFK Jr.'s controversies -- In Depth -- The man atop the Department of Health and Human Services has had no shortage of scandals over the years -- Brigid Kennedy -- Last updated

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The Week Unwrapped: what's scuppering Bulgaria's Euro dream? -- Podcast -- Plus has Syria changed, a year on from its revolution? And why are humans (mostly) monogamous? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The Illuminati: what is it, how did it develop and who are its members? -- In Depth -- Belief that a 'corrupt elite is secretly running the world' is one of the longest-running and most widespread conspiracy theories of our time -- The Week UK -- Last updated

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The Black Death: what was it, how did it start and what is its legacy? -- In Depth -- New research suggests genes that helped people survive in 1300s are linked to arthritis today -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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Are we heading for World War Three? -- In Depth -- European leaders fear appeasing Russia in Ukraine will embolden Putin and encourage China's ambitions over Taiwan -- The Week UK -- Last updated

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'Backlash brews' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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