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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - Is the world ready for a record-breaking El Ni o? El Ni os arrive every few years, inflicting climate destruction across the globe. And scientists predict the biggest El Ni o event since the 1870s in the coming months, said Paul Roundy, of the State University of New York at Albany, per The Washington Post. Rising temperatures in the equatorial P...

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Morning Report -- Trump seeks a gas price offramp

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Evening Review -- Putin's weakening grip on power

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Morning Report -- Republicans pull ahead in the gerrymander war

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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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Is the world ready for a record-breaking El Ni o? Today's Big Question - Drought and flooding could plague the world into 2027 - Today's Big Question

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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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Teen takeovers cause chaos nationwide -- The Explainer -- Looking for a way to connect has spiraled into violence at some teen gatherings

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Why the EU is rolling back AI restrictions -- The Explainer -- Bloc postpones new regulations after growing pressure from tech firms and industry groups

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Why Palantir is fast becoming one of the world's most notorious companies -- The Explainer -- CEO Alex Karp has recently called for universal conscription, encouraged the development of AI weapons, and condemned the West's 'vacant and hollow pluralism'

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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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Nature, culture and good vibes: why Brazil is having a moment

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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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China's assault on the Tibetan language -- Under the Radar -- Tighter policies in schools reflect the 'narrowed' tolerance towards Tibet from the Chinese state

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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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Trump's reflecting pool work hit by costs, lawsuit -- speed read -- The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs and paint job will cost $13.1 million, despite Trump's promises that his contractor would charge only $1.8 million

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Trump says Iran truce on 'life support,' seeks gas tax pause -- speed read -- The breakdown in negotiations sent oil prices higher

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Putin suggests Ukraine war 'coming to an end' -- Speed Read -- Ukraine and Russia have also agreed to a major prisoner swap, according to the US

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'Locked in gray zone' -- 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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The Mississippi miracle -- Feature -- The Magnolia State has leapfrogged ahead in youth literacy. Can it be a national model? -- The Week US -- Published

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GOP dissenters purged in Indiana primaries -- Feature -- Trump encouraged the ouster of Republicans who voted down a new congressional map -- The Week US -- Published

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Trump searches for an exit ramp in Iran -- Feature -- Mediators from both sides are working on a way to end the war -- The Week US -- Published

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