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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - What happens if Democrats go to war with Musk? Buoyed by polls showing historic winds at their backs ahead of Tuesday's midterms, Democrats are wasting little time preparing for the day after capturing one, if not both, chambers of Congress. For all the speculation about how the party might use a congressional majority to rein in the Trump admin...

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Morning Report -- Israel votes, heads toward gridlock

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Evening Review -- A corporate reckoning

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Morning Report -- Trump's topsy-turvy Comey retribution campaign

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Why younger generations are investing in childhood hobbies

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Online sports betting leads to more emergency room visits for gambling disorders

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You missed a credit card payment. Now what? -- The Explainer -- Time is of the essence

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Dementia cases to double by 2050 amid aging populations -- The Explainer -- Researchers analyzed data from 22 studies across the world

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What is 'circadian depression'? -- The Explainer -- Scientists suggest one in four people with depression could fall into new subtype linked to a disrupted body clock

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The fight to save Jodrell Bank Observatory -- The Explainer -- Pulling funding from world's third largest telescope is 'act of national self-harm', with planned cuts 'just the tip of the iceberg', say scientists

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Can Manchester United stop the rot? -- Talking Point -- From serial champions to 'rotten institution', the club's priority now should be 'to think big again, and invest big'

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Will business leaders face a backlash after the midterms? -- Talking Points -- Democrats could investigate corporations close to the president

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Can the AI bubble avoid bursting? -- Talking Points -- Wall Street reassesses its tech exuberance

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The most entertaining audiobooks ever recorded

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The One About Matthew Perry: a 'thoughtful and genuinely intimate' portrait

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How extreme weather survivors are working for a better future -- Under The Radar -- 'Emotion' and 'humanity' are turning tears into power

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'Japanese chess' elite accepts first female player -- Under the Radar -- Tomoka Nishiyama breaks through male-dominated shogi ceiling

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Road to nowhere: Malawi's deepening fuel crisis -- Under the Radar -- The southeast African nation has been hit by a currency shortage - and the nation's drivers are paying the price

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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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

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6 homes in the Greek Revival style -- feature -- Featuring a sunny spot in NOLA's Garden District and a Cape Cod house with a wraparound porch -- The Week US -- Published

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Trump accounts: A nest egg with strings attached -- Feature -- Setting children up for success or a billionaire tax write-off? -- The Week US -- Published

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Roy Lichtenstein: Like New -- Feature -- An exhibit at New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art through May 10 -- The Week US -- Published

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Pangram: Can we trust AI detectors? -- Feature -- The tool can be helpful and harmful -- The Week US -- Published

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Naomi Alderman's 6 favorite books -- Feature -- The English novelist recommends works by Elizabeth Knox, John Wyndham, and Jorge Luis Borges -- The Week US -- Published

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