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Category Archives: Politics
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE – SEPTEMBER 11-18, 2026
The Terror Threat No One Saw Coming After 9/11
New technologies have both increased the ability of militants to carry out attacks and expanded the number of potential targets.
AI Is Giving Physical Therapy a Robotic Makeover
AI-powered robots are transforming physical therapy, helping patients recover faster and reshaping the future of rehabilitation.
What Leavitt, AOC and Vance’s Decisions Reveal About Parenthood
It is women who need to make compromises if they want a career and children.
The Price America Pays for Trump’s Reliance on Kushner the Closer
Jared Kushner spent Sunday in a room that Washington had treated as off-limits for nearly three decades: sitting across the table from the leader of Hamas, Khalil al-Hayya.
It’s just one part of a tour of the Middle East for President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and roving negotiator, who meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today in an attempt to breathe life into stalled Gaza peace talks.
Morning News: America’s Infrastructure, Zambia Election, GErman Politics
The Senate has passed the first part of President Joe Biden’s mammoth plan, which is now tied to a far more ambitious part two. We examine their prospects for passage.
Zambia is undertaking a pivotal election—but it seems far from a fair fight to oust the incumbent. And our Germany-election tracker cuts through reams of data and tricky electoral politics.
Morning News: Fires In Greece, Taliban Advance On Kabul, Astrology
As Greece’s wildfires show no sign of abating, we speak to a correspondent on the ground. We also check in with Lynne O’Donnell in Kabul for the latest on the rapid Taliban advance. Plus: astrology in print.
Morning News: Vaccine Mandates, Auto Chips, Mumbai Snake Plague
Inoculation or testing requirements are spreading nearly as fast as the Delta variant. But it is not clear they will actually drive more people to get vaccinated.
A broad semiconductor shortage has hit plenty of industries; we examine supply-chain subtleties that have made it particularly bad for carmakers. And why Mumbai is suffering from a plague of snakes.
Political Analysis: Tamara Keith & Amy Walter On Infrastructure, Cuomo
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including the infrastructure deal, Congress’ packed summer agenda and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s political future after sexual harassment allegations.
Front Cover Preview: The New Yorker – Aug 16, 2021
Morning News: Climate Change Report, Business Of Trash, Olympics Review
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report on climate change this morning. It shows that warming is happening more quickly than we realized, and calls the connection between human activity and global warming “unequivocal.” It’s the strongest stance by global scientists on climate we’ve seen yet.
- Plus, the pandemic has changed our relationship with trash.
- And, Ina Fried’s big takeaways from covering the Olympic games.
Guests: Axios’ Andrew Freedman, Hope King, and Ina Fried.
Analysis: Open-Source Intelligence, Stablecoins, Predicting New Viruses
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, open-source intelligence comes of age, why regulators should treat stablecoins like banks (10:50) and how predicting viral evolution may let vaccines be prepared in advance (17:00).
Sunday Morning: News From Zurich, London, Dublin and Ljubljana
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé and the weekend’s most interesting news stories, with panellists Eemeli Isoaho and Katja Weber.
Plus: check-ins with our friends and contributors in London, Dublin and Ljubljana.
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