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The Week - Top Stories

FILM REVIEW - Animal Farm - Woe to the student who tries watching this toon instead of doing the reading, said Peter Debruge in Variety. George Orwell's 1945 anti-totalitarian parable has been turned into a bright, antic computer-animated movie, and the original story's message gets largely lost amid all the pratfalls and f...

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Saturday Wrap -- A stalemate in the Gulf

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Evening Review -- The DOJ's crumbling credibility

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Morning Report -- Congress ends record-long DHS shutdown

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The 8 most prescient movies about the real world

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JD Vance: the vice president of diminishing returns

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What's next for US interest rates? -- The Explainer -- Rates are holding steady despite economic challenges and Fed divides

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Why 'troubled' Ajax tanks are making a comeback -- The Explainer -- After concerns over soldiers' health last autumn, controversial programme will resume a 'phased' approach to service

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Pensions vs. savings: which is best for your money? -- The Explainer -- Saving for retirement or shorter-term goals can often be a coin toss

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How much do you really save skipping gas with an EV? -- the explainer -- While you will circumvent high gas prices, you'll pay more for the car itself

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Is Palantir fit for UK consumption? -- Talking Point -- Supervillain or scapegoat? Controversial software firm's inroads into British state systems are alarming to some

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The Department of Justice might be the big loser in the Comey charges -- Talking Points -- Trump's revenge prosecutions are impairing its credibility

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Should the federal government save Spirit Airlines? -- Talking Points -- Trump is considering a bailout for the troubled airline

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A trip on England's most glorious railway

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Amlou cinnamon knots recipe

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'Freedom Trucks' deliver AI-washed history to the Lower 48 -- Under the Radar -- The mobile museums are the product of conservative PragerU

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Mah-jong: old Chinese tile game finds new life -- Under The Radar -- Young people click with game's community and sensory pleasures

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Thunderstorm asthma: Warming temperatures are supercharging pollen allergies -- Under the radar -- April showers bring pollen power

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Trump pulls surgeon general pick, vexing MAHA -- Speed Read -- Trump's latest pick will be his third attempt to get someone installed in the job

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White House claims Iran war 'terminated' -- Speed Read -- Our understanding means the 60-day clock pauses or stops, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said

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DHS shutdown ends after 76 days, GOP climbdown -- Speed Read -- Further delays could've shuttered the agency until mid-May

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LIV Golf future in doubt after Saudis pull funding -- Speed Read -- Golfers who left the PGA Tour are now stuck in a certain limbo

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6 pristine Craftsman homes -- Feature -- Featuring a renovated 1930 bungalow in Nashville and updated 1908 home in Denver -- The Week US -- Published

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A timeline of JK Rowling's anti-trans shift -- In Depth -- The 'Harry Potter' author's comments about the trans community are ongoing -- Theara Coleman, The Week US -- Last updated

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The high-ranking officials Trump has fired, forced to resign or moved elsewhere in his second term -- IN-DEPTH -- Administrative turnover is nothing new for this notoriously fickle president -- Rafi Schwartz, The Week US -- Published

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

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The Week Unwrapped: Will we run out of helium? -- Podcast -- Plus, are soaring stock markets about to plummet? And should we replace tips with a compulsory service charge? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- A warm embrace, a record-breaking shoe, and more -- Stephen Kelly -- Published

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