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The Week - Top Stories

controversy of the week - Blanche: Targeting Comey to please Trump - When President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi last month, it was a chance for the Justice Department to end its serial courtroom embarrassments, said The Washington Post in an editorial. But that seems to not be in the cards. Todd Blanche, Bondi's former deputy and her interim replacemen...

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Evening Review -- JD Vance goes to Iowa

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Morning Report -- Tennessee splinters its Black vote

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Evening Review -- Rising U.S.-Canada tensions

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Why Israel has fallen out of favor with Americans

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Where to experience some of the real history of the US

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Was JD Vance's Iowa excursion a midterms jolt or a presidential test balloon? TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - The state where presidential dreams are born saw its first veep visit of this term - TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

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How to navigate and win a bidding war on a home -- The Explainer -- Offering up more money is not the only way

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Why the sun is setting on the cheap flights era -- The Explainer -- We might have seen the last of the 9.99 flight to Spain

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How the 'annoyance economy' is costing you -- the explainer -- Spam calls, customer service chatbots and uncancelable subscriptions

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The political controversy overshadowing the Venice Biennale -- The Explainer -- Protests, resignations and boycotts dominate opening of the 'Art Olympics'

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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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Griddled olive, tomato & basil flatbreads recipe

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How to engage in the 'fifth pillar of happiness' even if you're not creative

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Scientists have found another world with an atmosphere -- Under the Radar -- The finding comes with significant new suggestions about the solar system

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A plastic film could rip apart viruses -- Under the radar -- The new material kills viruses without harsh chemicals

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The rising separatist movement in Alberta -- Under the Radar -- Minority in resource-rich province support independence from Canada, blaming federal government for blocking oil production

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Patel reportedly probing aides over mortifying leaks -- Speed Read -- Patel reportedly ordered members of his staff to undergo polygraph tests

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Trade court says Trump's backup tariffs also illegal -- Speed Read -- The tariffs were implemented after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's initial taxes

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Tennessee lawmakers erase lone Democratic district -- Speed Read -- The NAACP is challenging the new map in state court

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CNN founder Ted Turner dies at 87 -- Speed Read -- Turner was also the owner of several Atlanta sports teams

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Jamie Lynn Sigler's 6 favorite books -- Feature -- The actress and podcaster recommends works by Viktor Frankl, Demi Moore and Michael A. Singer -- The Week US -- Last updated

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

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Are we on the brink of World War Three? -- In Depth -- Defence experts believe the world may be 'edging towards a form of conflict that is already under way, even if not yet fully recognised' -- The Week UK -- Last updated

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The Week Unwrapped: Has art fallen victim to politics in Venice? -- Podcast -- Plus, is Bucharest's left-right coalition a sign of things to come? And should female sterilisation be as easy to access as vasectomies? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- A dragon's egg, a soda pup, and more -- The Week US -- Published

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6 RECENT SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS AND DISCOVERIES -- In Depth -- From cancer cures to maps of the universe -- Devika Rao, The Week US -- Last updated

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