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The Week - Top Stories

TODAY'S TRUMP ADMINISTRATION story - FDA head Marty Makary resigns under pressure - What happenedFood and Drug Administration chief Dr. Marty Makary (pictured above) resigned yesterday after a tumultuous 13 months leading the agency charged with regulating drugs, medical devices, vaccines and much of the U.S. food supply. The White House and Health and Human Services Department a...

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Evening Review -- The strongest El Ni o on record

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Morning Report -- Trump seeks a gas price offramp

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Evening Review -- Putin's weakening grip on power

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Why Israel has fallen out of favor with Americans

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What to know if you are facing foreclosure -- the explainer -- It can damage your credit score and result in the loss of your home

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'Blue dot fever' is leading to canceled concerts -- The explainer -- Empty seats could be a sign of economic turmoil

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Five scams impacting older people and how to fight back -- The Explainer -- Fraudsters are evolving and older people are becoming increasingly vulnerable

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Five moments it all went wrong for Starmer -- The Explainer -- Winter fuel and welfare U-turns, national insurance hikes, Peter Mandelson's appointment and disastrous local elections have brought PM to the brink

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Germany learns the cost of provoking Trump -- Talking Point -- Friedrich Merz's comments on 'humiliated' US have unleashed the president's wrath

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The White House projects billions in drug pricing deals. Democrats are skeptical. -- Talking Point -- The Trump administration claims its deals could save over $500 billion

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What can Trump accomplish at the China summit? -- Talking Points -- Iran war will overshadow the meeting with Xi

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Reviewed: ten of the best hotels and resorts in the Maldives

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Brightening clouds with salt could reduce global warming -- Under the radar -- The process would reflect more light away from Earth

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Could a dam be built between the US and Russia? -- Under the Radar -- 'Audacious' intercontinental plan to maintain vital ocean currents faces political and environmental obstacles

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China's assault on the Tibetan language -- Under the Radar -- Tighter policies in schools reflect the 'narrowed' tolerance towards Tibet from the Chinese state

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Engaging with art can slow aging, study finds -- Speed Read -- In some cases, the results were comparable to physical exercise

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US inflation hits highest level in 3 years -- Speed Read -- Consumer prices are up 3.8% year-over-year

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FDA head Marty Makary resigns under pressure -- Speed Read -- Makary had drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle

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EU sanctions Israeli settlers after Hungary flip -- Speed Read -- Sanctions will be imposed on Israeli settlers over increasing violence against West Bank Palestinians

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Music reviews: Kacey Musgraves, Tori Amos, and Gabrielle Cavassa -- Feature -- 'Middle of Nowhere,' 'In Times of Dragons,' and 'Diavola' -- The Week US -- Published

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Ayelet Waldman's 6 favorite books about missed chances -- Feature -- The author recommends works by Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Jane Austen -- The Week US -- Published

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Book reviews: 'The Rolling Stones: The Biography' and 'Project Maven: A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare' -- Feature -- A dazzling telling of The Rolling Stones' story and a revealing look at the Pentagon's major AI initiative -- The Week US -- Published

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

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Platner: Riding a wave of Democratic anger -- Feature -- A progressive and a populist -- The Week US -- Published

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SCOTUS: Ending the South's majority-Black districts -- Feature -- Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act has been gutted -- The Week US -- Published

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