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The Week - Top Stories

The Miami Showband massacre, 50 years on -- The Explainer -- Unanswered questions remain over Troubles terror attack that killed three members of one of Ireland's most popular music acts

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Today's EPSTEIN story - Maxwell offers congressional testimony for immunity - What happenedConvicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell offered yesterday to testify to Congress about her relationship with her late boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein as the White House struggles to contain the fallout from its handling of the Epstein case.President Donald Trump, who is widely believed to ...

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Evening Review -- Catastrophic fertility rates?

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Morning Report -- Trump breaks with Netanyahu on Gaza plight

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Evening Review -- Bondi's MAGA battle

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Is China's giant new hydropower dam a 'water bomb' aimed at India? Today's Big Question - River is a 'lifeline for millions' across Asia - Today's Big Question

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New White House guidance means federal employees could be hearing more religious talk at work -- The Explainer -- Employees can now try to persuade co-workers of why their religion is 'correct'

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What to expect for student loan repayment under Trump's budget bill -- The Explainer -- Millions of borrowers may soon be forced to alter their plans

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How will the new tax deductions on auto loans work? -- the explainer -- Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act introduced a tax deduction on auto loan interest - but eligibility for the tax break is limited

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Does depopulation threaten humanity? -- Talking Points -- Falling birth rates could create a 'smaller, sadder, poorer future'

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Sydney Sweeney's 'great jeans': why American Eagle ad is so controversial -- Talking Point -- Series of adverts featuring American actress Sydney Sweeney cause storm around race and eugenics

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The Macrons v. Candace Owens: consequences for conspiracy theorists? -- Talking Point -- French president and his wife are suing the right-wing influencer over bizarre claims Brigitte Macron was born a man

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The Assassin: action-packed caper is 'terrific fun'

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Real-life couples creating real-deal sparks in the best movies to star IRL partners

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The EPA wants to green-light approval for a twice-banned herbicide -- Under the radar -- Dicamba has been found to harm ecosystems

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Food may contribute more to obesity than exercise -- Under the radar -- The devil's in the diet

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Answers to how life on Earth began could be stuck on Mars -- Under the Radar -- Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission - stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially valuable information to China

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Thailand, Cambodia agree to ceasefire in border fight -- Speed Read -- At least 38 people were killed and more than 300,000 displaced in the recent violence

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Judge halts GOP defunding of Planned Parenthood -- Speed Read -- The Trump administration can't withhold Medicaid funds from Planned Parenthood, said the ruling

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Trump contradicts Israel, says 'starvation' in Gaza -- Speed Read -- The president suggests Israel could be doing more to alleviate the suffering of Palestinians

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Samsung to make Tesla chips in $16.5B deal -- Speed Read -- Tesla has signed a deal to get its next-generation chips from Samsung

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EPA to 'kill key weapon on climate' -- Today's Newspapers -- A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages -- The Week Staff -- Last updated

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Will George RR Martin ever finish 'The Winds of Winter'? -- In Depth -- Westeros fans have been waiting for well over a decade, and they are going to have to keep waiting -- Brendan Morrow -- Last updated

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Aysegul Savas' 6 favorite books for readers who love immersive settings -- Feature -- The Paris-based Turkish author recommends works by Hiromi Kawakami, Virginia Woolf, and more -- The Week US -- Published

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Book reviews: 'The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century' by Tim Weiner and 'The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made an American Icon' by Laurie Gwen Shapiro - feature - By - The Week US - Published - 29 July 25

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Democrats: The 2028 race has begun -- Feature -- Democratic primaries have already kicked off in South Carolina -- The Week US -- Published

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The Pentagon's missing missiles -- Feature -- The U.S. military is low on weapons. Can it restock before a major conflict breaks out? -- The Week US -- Published

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