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The Week - US News

In the Spotlight - Grok under fire as EU launches deepfake porn probe - While Elon Musk lauds his proprietary Grok AI bot as a vital tool in the search for deeper truth and appreciation of beauty, as he said on X, European regulators are decidedly less optimistic about the tech billionaire's latest offering. This week, the European Commission opened an official invest...

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Morning Report -- Trump changes tack in Minneapolis

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Evening Review -- The end of the American era

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Morning Report -- Trump's ICE campaign hits a tipping point

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Climate change could lead to a reptile 'sexpocalypse'

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Trump's 'Board of Peace' comes into confounding focus

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Why have homicide rates reportedly plummeted in the last year? Today's Big Question - There could be more to the story than politics - Today's Big Question

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How the 'British FBI' will work -- The Explainer -- New National Police Service to focus on fighting terrorism, fraud and organised crime, freeing up local forces to tackle everyday offences

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Claude Code: the viral AI coding app making a splash in tech -- The Explainer -- Engineers and noncoders alike are helping the app go viral

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What would a credit card rate cap mean for you? -- the explainer -- President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of a one-year rate cap

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The world is entering an era of 'water bankruptcy' -- The explainer -- Water might soon be more valuable than gold

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Is the American era officially over? -- Talking Points -- Trump's trade wars and Greenland push are alienating old allies

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Will Nigella be the secret ingredient to revive GBBO? -- Talking Point -- Lawson will bring yet more 'eye-twinkling double entendres' to a show that some say has 'lost its way'

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Ryanair/SpaceX: could Musk really buy the airline? -- Talking Point -- Irish budget carrier has become embroiled in unlikely feud with the world's wealthiest man

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The best true crime documentaries to watch now

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The 8 best animated family movies of all time

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Moon dust has earthly elements thanks to a magnetic bridge -- Under the radar -- The substances could help supply a lunar base

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The ocean is getting more acidic - and harming sharks' teeth -- Under the Radar -- 'There is a corrosion effect on sharks' teeth,' the study's author said

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Mar-a-Lago face: has Maga plastic surgery trend peaked? -- Under the Radar -- The must-have look for Trump's inner circle does not come easy - or cheap - but it may be starting to fall out of favour

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Judge tosses DOJ petition for Oregon voter data -- Speed Read -- The decision was made following a letter sent by the DOJ to Minnesota

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Israel retrieves final hostage's body from Gaza -- Speed Read -- The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack

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Trump inches back ICE deployment in Minnesota -- Speed Read -- The decision comes following the shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents

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Winter storm lashes much of US South, East Coast -- Speed Read -- The storm spread across 2,000 miles of the country

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Scott Adams: The cartoonist who mocked corporate life -- Feature -- His popular comic strip 'Dilbert' was dropped following anti-Black remarks -- The Week US -- Published

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ICE: Now a lawless agency? -- Feature -- Polls show Americans do not approve of ICE tactics -- The Week US -- Published

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Dominating the Americas -- Feature -- President Trump has revived the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine to justify his aggressive foreign policy. -- The Week US -- Published

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Trump: A Nobel shakedown -- Feature -- The president accepts gold medal he did not earn -- The Week US -- Published

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'Retreat in Minnesota' -- 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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