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The Week - Top Stories

in the spotlight - Vance makes his post-midterms move - Just 24 hours after his party's midterm drubbing, Vice President JD Vance offered a pointed diagnosis of why MAGA lost: frustration over the Iran war. Despite couching his critique with brief genuflections toward President Donald Trump, Vance's lengthy missive on X yesterday about why Republicans lo...

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Morning Report -- Hegseth in the political crosshairs after GOP rout

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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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The movies that define the quintessential romantic comedy

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Will Trump lose congressional Republicans over Russia? Today's Big Question - President wants defense funding passed in lame-duck session - Today's Big Question

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What's the couch economy, and how is it affecting your spending? -- The explainer -- Hanging at home can cost you

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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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Is the Catholic Church's just-war theory obsolete? -- Talking Points -- Pope Leo drives a rethinking of just war doctrine

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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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The most thrilling of thriller books

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

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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

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

'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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