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The Week - US News

TODAY'S eCONOMY story - Warsh confirmed Fed chair as inflation roils plans - What happenedThe Senate yesterday confirmed Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair in a 54-45 vote, with only one Democrat joining Republicans. President Donald Trump has aggressively pressured the central bank to slash interest rates and made that a condition for his chair pick. But hot inflation re...

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Evening Review -- Young Americans' pessimism about the job market

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Morning Report -- FDA chief runs out of allies and time

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Evening Review -- The strongest El Ni o on record

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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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Is Trump about to launch a war with Cuba? Today's Big Question - Washington is ramping up surveillance flights and sanctions on Havana - Today's Big Question

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The impact of renaming polycystic ovary syndrome -- The Explainer -- The change will hopefully clarify the way that doctors treat PCOS

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3 TIPS TO GET AHEAD OF SUMMER COOLING COSTS -- the explainer -- It will likely be a scorcher. Here's how to keep your AC bills down.

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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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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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The 8 best disaster TV series of all time

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Kokuho: 'masterfully sweeping' epic about a bitter rivalry

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The battle for Pluto's planetary status continues -- Under The Radar -- Nasa may revisit one of outer space's thorniest questions

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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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Neanderthal tooth suggests dentistry much older than thought -- Speed Read -- The discovery edges back the foundation of dentistry by at least 40,000 years

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Georgia, South Carolina edge into gerrymander war -- Speed Read -- They join a slew of other states that are also trying to gain election advantages

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Warsh confirmed for Fed chair as inflation roils plans -- Speed Read -- Only one Democrat joined Republicans in voting for Warsh

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

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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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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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