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Tuesday, October 20, 2026 2:38 PM ET

The Week - Top Stories

Music reviews: Cameron Winter, Troye Sivan, Branford Marsalis Quartet & Dianne Reeves -- Three albums to give a listen -- The Week US

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'Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous' -- The exhibit is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art through Jan. 31 -- The Week US

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Best books ... chosen by Kate Atkinson -- The celebrated author shares her picks -- The Week US

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'The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society' -- James Marriott writes about the future of literacy -- The Week US

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Airfares: Why prices keep soaring higher -- Fuel costs are a driving factor in skyrocketing plane tickets -- The Week US

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'You Can See Everything,' 'Sense and Sensibility,' 'Misty Green' -- Three big films to wet your beak on, including a major new documentary -- The Week US

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TODAY'S UKRAINE WAR story - Trump dismisses Russian strikes, Kyiv awaits defenses - What happenedUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy yesterday told U.S. lawmakers that his military was still facing unexplained restrictions on SpaceX's Starshield, had again not received advance warning of deadly Russian ballistic missile strikes and had almost no Patriot interceptors left from ...

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Evening Review -- Did Musk restrict Ukraine's satellite system?

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Morning Report -- Trump faces bipartisan revolt over Russia waiver

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Sunday Shortlist -- Elizabeth Holmes is ready for her close-up

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ICE's treatment of detained pregnant women

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The UN warns about 'mind-reading' technology

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What should Ukraine do next? Today's Big Question - The US is turning the screws against Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the run-up to winter - Today's Big Question

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How internet domain addresses are controlled and why AI has shaken it up -- The Explainer -- Soon, .com will seem old school, and .fart and .agi could take over

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How the West Bank olive harvest became a flashpoint for violence -- The Explainer -- Picking this traditional crop has become connected to larger questions about territory and identity

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What to know about the latest Social Security cost-of-living adjustment -- The Explainer -- A bigger-than-usual boost amid persistently high inflation

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Andy Burnham's 'everyday fixes' blitz -- The Explainer -- The government wants to ease financial pressures and frustrations for people with a series of small interventions

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A leadership power vacuum could await Republicans if they lose the House -- Talking Point -- Top GOP members may vie for Mike Johnson's role

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Sally Rooney's UK 'book ban' -- Talking Point -- Publisher halts sales of Irish author's work after she pledged royalties to proscribed group Palestine Action

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Who benefits from Trump's Russia diesel deal? -- Talking Points -- Prices remain high, but Putin gets a cash infusion

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The 4 scariest movies of all time

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Why the 'skillcation' is on the rise

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The great offshore gamble: online casinos bet on a tiny African island -- Under the Radar -- Anjouan, a speck in the Indian Ocean, seems to have traded vanilla for virtual roulette

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Now you see them, now you don't: the new photosensitive tattoos -- Under the radar -- PhotoTat ink is only visible under UV light

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Ghost forests are becoming more real -- Under the radar -- Decaying trees spread along the coast

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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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