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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - Will Paramount leave Hollywood to save Warner Bros. merger? Tennessee could become the U.S.'s new movie capital. Paramount CEO David Ellison is threatening to move the studio's headquarters out of California in a bid to force the state and its partners to end their lawsuit challenging Paramount's planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.What did the commen...

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Morning Report -- Big Bend's border barrier reprieve

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Evening Review -- Is the K-shaped economy over?

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Morning Report -- Trump's new overture to North Korea's Kim

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What's moneymaxxing and why might the viral trend be worth trying? -- the explainer -- Gamify savings, and maximize funds

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Brazil election: left and right battle it out for nation's future -- The Explainer -- Incumbent Lula faces son of jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro, with Trump administration 'turning up the heat'

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4 TIPS TO STAY ON BUDGET AMID RISING COSTS -- The Explainer -- Inflation may necessitate changing your habits

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A record-breaking deployment leads to dire conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln -- The Explainer -- At least two sailors have reportedly tried to jump overboard. The Defense Department is denying all reports.

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Kemi Badenoch: backing a former neo-Nazi -- Talking Point -- The Tory leader's supporters have commended her for her approach to 'second chances', though, but critics are concerned her strategy is inching further rightwards

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What the easyJet takeover means for budget travel -- Talking Point -- The Apollo takeover also has implications for the London market

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Will the Flock backlash curtail the US surveillance state? -- Talking Points -- The debate pits civil liberties against public safety

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Where to eat the best Detroit-style pizza in the Motor City

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The 'vibrant' reinvention of Rotterdam's Katendrecht district

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Bangladesh's long battle against yaba pills -- Under The Radar -- Locals living in poverty use the drug to escape 'daily drudgery'

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Stuck ships in the Strait of Hormuz could be a marine superspreader threat -- Under the radar -- Idle ships are a microbes' playground

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'Breakthrough' in 'brutal' case of Mexican students who disappeared -- Under the Radar -- Former state governor charged with destruction of evidence in case of 43 students presumed to have been killed: atrocity that 'rocked the nation'

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Court denies Trump bid to claw back $5M verdict -- Speed Read -- Trump paid writer E. Jean Carroll the $5 million payment last month

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Judge bars Trump from keeping FBI HQ in DC -- Speed Read -- A congressionally approved 2023 plan would move the headquarters to Maryland

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CBP pauses bulldozers in Big Bend National Park -- Speed Read -- There will be a pause on all activity in that park, CBP officials said

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Kushner meets Hamas chief to revive Gaza plan -- Speed Read -- Officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar also attended the meeting

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Will George RR Martin ever finish 'The Winds of Winter'? -- In Depth -- Westeros fans have been waiting for well over a decade, and they are going to have to keep waiting -- Theara Coleman, The Week US -- Last updated

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Google: An exodus of AI talent -- Feature -- Changes are afoot at the tech giant -- The Week US -- Published

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The sculptor who turned caricature into art -- Feature -- Betye Saar, 1926-2026 -- The Week US -- Published

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

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El-Sayed: Will he move toward the center? -- Feature -- The left-wing populist barely beat moderate Haley Stevens -- The Week US -- Published

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Grande: Should we talk about her thinness? -- Feature -- The singer's thin physique is sparking discussions -- The Week US -- Published

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