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The Week - US News

TODAY'S BIG QUESTION - Are Big Tech firms the new tobacco companies? Doomscrollers are familiar with the addictive properties of social media. Should Big Tech companies be legally liable for the way their products affect users' mental health? A trial underway in California could set an important precedent.A now-20-year-old plaintiff known in court documents as KGM sa...

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Morning Report -- El Paso airspace closure clouded in mystery

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Evening Review -- Cuba's fuel crisis

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Morning Report -- Another grand jury rebuffs Trump

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ICE's facial scanning is the tip of the surveillance iceberg

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Minnesota's legal system buckles under Trump's ICE surge

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Are Big Tech firms the new tobacco companies? Today's Big Question - A trial will determine whether Meta and YouTube designed addictive products - Today's Big Question

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'Zero trimester' influencers believe a healthy pregnancy is a choice -- The Explainer -- Is prepping during the preconception period the answer for hopeful couples?

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The environmental cost of GLP-1s -- The explainer -- Producing the drugs is a dirty process

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How corrupt is the UK? -- The Explainer -- Decline in standards 'risks becoming a defining feature of our political culture' as Britain falls to lowest ever score on global index

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The UK expands its Hong Kong visa scheme -- The Explainer -- Around 26,000 additional arrivals expected in the UK as government widens eligibility in response to crackdown on rights in former colony

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Wuthering Heights: 'wildly fun' reinvention of the classic novel lacks depth -- Talking Point -- Emerald Fennell splits the critics with her sizzling spin on Emily Bront 's gothic tale

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Elon Musk's starry mega-merger -- Talking Point -- SpaceX founder is promising investors a rocket trip to the future - and a sprawling conglomerate to boot

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Big-time money squabbles: the conflict over California's proposed billionaire tax -- Talking Points -- Californians worth more than $1.1 billion would pay a one-time 5% tax

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9 PRODUCTS TO JAZZ UP YOUR LETTERS AND CARDS

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Arcadia: Tom Stoppard's 'masterpiece' makes a 'triumphant' return

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AI surgical tools might be injuring patients -- Under the Radar -- More than 1,300 AI-assisted medical devices have FDA approval

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The plan to wall off the 'Doomsday' glacier -- Under the Radar -- Massive barrier could 'slow the rate of ice loss' from Thwaites Glacier, whose total collapse would have devastating consequences

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Scientists are worried about amoebas -- Under the radar -- Small and very mighty

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House votes to end Trump's Canada tariffs -- Speed Read -- Six Republicans joined with Democrats to repeal the president's tariffs

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Bondi, Democrats clash over Epstein in hearing -- Speed Read -- Attorney General Pam Bondi ignored survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and demanded that Democrats apologize to Trump

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El Paso airspace closure tied to FAA-Pentagon standoff -- Speed Read -- The closure in the Texas border city stemmed from disagreements between the Federal Aviation Administration and Pentagon officials over drone-related tests

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Judge blocks Trump suit for Michigan voter rolls -- Speed Read -- A Trump-appointed federal judge rejected the administration's demand for voters' personal data

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The Week Unwrapped: Have televised confessions quelled protests in Iran? -- Podcast -- Plus, why has Elon Musk turned from Mars to the Moon? And will the BBC prove to be a puzzles champ? -- The Week UK -- Published

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The week's best photos -- In Pictures -- An Andean god, a rogue squirrel, and more -- The Week Staff -- Published

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

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Currencies: Why Trump wants a weak dollar -- Feature -- The dollar has fallen 12% since Trump took office -- The Week US -- Published

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Book reviews: 'Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind' and 'Football' -- Feature -- A right-wing pundit's transformations and a closer look at one of America's favorite sports -- The Week US -- Published

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Growing a brain in the lab -- Feature -- It's a tiny version of a developing human cerebral cortex -- The Week US -- Published

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