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Drew Angerer / Getty Why the GOP Extremists Oppose Ukraine
The budget fight was about vice signaling, not spending.
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Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo A ’90s Blockbuster That Holds Up
Entertainment musts from Olga Khazan
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Ethan Miller / Getty It’s Okay to Like Barry Manilow
Besides, you probably know all the words.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty America’s Eyes Are on Unions
The UAW strike could energize labor activity in the U.S., but the stakes are high for union leaders.
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Scott Olson / Getty A Court Ruling That Targets Trump’s Persona
A New York judge’s decision undermines the former president’s image as a “deals guy.”
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post / Getty American Democracy Requires a Conservative Party
But so far none is in sight.
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Drew Angerer / Getty What It Would Take to Avoid a Shutdown
How we arrived at the brink of a government shutdown—and how the power to avert it lies with Kevin McCarthy
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Bettmann / Getty A Dark and Paranoid American Fable
Entertainment musts from Ross Andersen
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MirageC / Getty How Corporate Jargon Can Obscure Reality
Buzzwords are ways to make the banal sound thrilling, but they can also gloss over real issues such as layoffs.
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Ashley Gilbertson / VII for The Atlantic A President’s Derangement, a General’s Duty
How Mark Milley worked to avert catastrophe
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Mark Makela / Getty Why Hunter Biden Is a Potent Target
David A. Graham discusses Hunter’s messy month—and how Donald Trump and House Republicans are seeking to use his troubles against his father
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Bill Pugliano / Getty The Economic Stakes of the UAW Strike
The strike isn’t likely to reshape the national economy, but its effects will still be acutely felt.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Americans Are Sleepwalking Through a National Emergency
Serious times require serious citizens.
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Bettman / Getty Mozart’s Most Metal Moment
Entertainment musts from Annie Lowrey
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Hakan Nural / Anadolu Agency / Getty Every App Wants to Be a Shopping App
TikTok is the latest social-media platform to break into commerce—even though users aren’t exactly clamoring for it.
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Charles Ommanney / Getty When Americans Abandon the Constitution
Mitt Romney foresees a disaster.
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Luis Alvarez / Getty What to Know About Fall COVID Vaccines
Katherine J. Wu explains how to think about the shots being rolled out this fall.
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Erik McGregor / LightRocket / Getty The Only Way to Stop Trump
The Fourteenth Amendment versus the 45th president
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Matthew Russell Lee / Alamy An FTX Executive Who Broke With the Others
Ryan Salame, who pleaded guilty to two charges last week, was known as a “budding Republican mega-donor.”
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Justin K. Aller / Getty The Joy and the Shame of Loving Football
Entertainment musts from Mark Leibovich
