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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT story - Trump's EPA kills legal basis for federal climate policy - What happenedThe Environmental Protection Agency yesterday revoked its 2009 endangerment finding that carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and the environment. The move ends the federal government's legal authority to regulate those planet-warming p...

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Evening Review -- Big Tech gets the Big Tobacco treatment

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Morning Report -- El Paso airspace closure clouded in mystery

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Evening Review -- Cuba's fuel crisis

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ICE's facial scanning is the tip of the surveillance iceberg

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Minnesota's legal system buckles under Trump's ICE surge

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Munich Security Conference: a showdown between Europe and Trump? Today's Big Question - Report suggests European leaders believe they can no longer rely on the US for military support - but decoupling is easier said than done - Today's Big Question

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'Zero trimester' influencers believe a healthy pregnancy is a choice -- The Explainer -- Is prepping during the preconception period the answer for hopeful couples?

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The environmental cost of GLP-1s -- The explainer -- Producing the drugs is a dirty process

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How corrupt is the UK? -- The Explainer -- Decline in standards 'risks becoming a defining feature of our political culture' as Britain falls to lowest ever score on global index

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The UK expands its Hong Kong visa scheme -- The Explainer -- Around 26,000 additional arrivals expected in the UK as government widens eligibility in response to crackdown on rights in former colony

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Wuthering Heights: 'wildly fun' reinvention of the classic novel lacks depth -- Talking Point -- Emerald Fennell splits the critics with her sizzling spin on Emily Bront 's gothic tale

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Elon Musk's starry mega-merger -- Talking Point -- SpaceX founder is promising investors a rocket trip to the future - and a sprawling conglomerate to boot

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Big-time money squabbles: the conflict over California's proposed billionaire tax -- Talking Points -- Californians worth more than $1.1 billion would pay a one-time 5% tax

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Samurai: a 'blockbuster' display of Japanese heritage

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BMW iX3: a 'revolution' for the German car brand

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AI surgical tools might be injuring patients -- Under the Radar -- More than 1,300 AI-assisted medical devices have FDA approval

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The plan to wall off the 'Doomsday' glacier -- Under the Radar -- Massive barrier could 'slow the rate of ice loss' from Thwaites Glacier, whose total collapse would have devastating consequences

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Scientists are worried about amoebas -- Under the radar -- Small and very mighty

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House votes to end Trump's Canada tariffs -- Speed Read -- Six Republicans joined with Democrats to repeal the president's tariffs

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Bondi, Democrats clash over Epstein in hearing -- Speed Read -- Attorney General Pam Bondi ignored survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and demanded that Democrats apologize to Trump

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El Paso airspace closure tied to FAA-Pentagon standoff -- Speed Read -- The closure in the Texas border city stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests

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Judge blocks Trump suit for Michigan voter rolls -- Speed Read -- A Trump-appointed federal judge rejected the administration's demand for voters' personal data

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'End in sight' -- 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: Have televised confessions quelled protests in Iran? -- Podcast -- Plus, why has Elon Musk turned from Mars to the Moon? And will the BBC prove to be a puzzles champ? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- An Andean god, a rogue squirrel, and more -- The Week Staff -- Published

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Currencies: Why Trump wants a weak dollar -- Feature -- The dollar has fallen 12% since Trump took office -- The Week US -- Published

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Book reviews: 'Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind' and 'Football' -- Feature -- A right-wing pundit's transformations and a closer look at one of America's favorite sports -- The Week US -- Published

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Growing a brain in the lab -- Feature -- It's a tiny version of a developing human cerebral cortex -- The Week US -- Published

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