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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S DEFENSE story - Trump says he won't fire Hegseth amid election fallout - What happenedPresident Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other Republicans yesterday identified the Iran war as one of the main reasons for the party's disastrous nationwide losses in Tuesday's midterm elections. Although Trump made the decision to launch the war that dealt the GOP its mi...

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Evening Review -- Singing the blues

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Morning Report -- Blue tsunami

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Northeast Spain becomes a hotbed for US tech giants

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Supermarket freezer hacks: how vulnerable is the UK? Cyberattacks have targeted supermarket fridges and freezers across Europe. Could the UK be next?

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How will the 'Made in Europe' scheme work? -- The Explainer -- UK seeks access to EU's protectionist industrial programme aimed at reducing reliance on China and US

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The races to watch in US midterms -- The Explainer -- Four 'toss-up' Senate seats could decide who wields power in Washington

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Understanding the average credit score by age -- The Explainer -- Boomers have had more time to build a credit history than Gen Zers

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Democrats must decide if they will play nice with the GOP -- talking point -- The party is in strategizing mode following a massive midterm victory

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King Charles and the slavery reparations row -- Talking Point -- Monarch and PM both stop short of apologising for Britain's role in slave trade, and sidestep growing calls in Commonwealth for financial redress

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Libertarians may throw a wrench in the GOP's midterm hopes -- Talking Point -- Some believe the party could spoil Republicans' bids to hold power

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Hotel Motto Vienna: Parisian chic meets Viennese grandeur at this stylish boutique

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Best heated lidos in the UK

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Authors are being bombarded by literary scammers -- Under the Radar -- Fake reading communities and AI scams are a few of the nefarious methods

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The row over Hitler's Eagle's Nest -- Under the Radar -- Arson attack on mountainside retreat exposes difficulty in dealing with the physical legacy of Germany's Nazi past

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Give a dog a clone: A startup wants to engineer military canines -- Under the radar -- The process could be helpful or harmful

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Macklemore launching 'Free Palestine' concert tour -- Speed Read -- It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran's tour

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Trump administration runs taxpayer-funded 'love me' ad -- Speed Read -- Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad

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Trump hosts Xi for lavish visit with few public gains -- Speed Read -- The two leaders have never gotten along better, Trump claimed

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China reportedly holds F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong -- Speed Read -- The parts were inexplicably diverted to the city, Bloomberg reported

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'New blue era' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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6 HOMES WITH GLASS WALLS -- feature -- Featuring an award-winning house looking out over the Green Mountains of Vermont and a New York City brownstone with a private garden -- The Week US -- Published

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Investing: Revenge of the 60-40 portfolio -- Feature -- Diversification of assets could be key -- The Week US -- Published

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Feature -- Terrence Holt's 6 favorite books -- The author recommends works by Sylvia Waugh, Anton Chekhov, and Homer -- The Week US -- Published

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Music reviews: Bernie Taupin, Fontaines D.C., Michael Kiwanuka -- Feature -- A personal collection of songs from a longtime Elton John lyricist, a rock album from Dublin, and new work from a singer-songwriter who recently suffered a stroke -- The Week US -- Published

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Book reviews: 'The American Way of Killing' and 'Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up' -- Feature -- Malcolm Gladwell examines why gun violence is so prevalent in the U.S., and David Byrne highlights major breakthroughs that were overlooked -- The Week US -- Published

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