THE WEEK

07/11/2025

Director James Gunn's comments about the legendary superhero's origins and values have rankled conservatives. Why is 'Superman' piquing the right's ire, and what impact will it have on the movie's success?

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07/11/2025

Colossal Biosciences is working on bringing back a long-dormant animal, and it has found a partner to help. The genetics company is teaming up with director Peter Jackson to resurrect an animal resembling the giant moa, an extinct species native to New Zealand that died out about 600 years ago.

Colossal Biosciences was also the company behind the 'resurrected' dire wolves

07/11/2025

President Donald Trump has been known to embrace a conspiracy theory or two during his political career. So it is no small irony that his administration's attempt to debunk theories surrounding the 2019 jailhouse death of Jeffrey Epstein is producing a backlash from the president's biggest fans. What's next?

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07/10/2025

Nvidia Wednesday became the world's first public company to achieve a $4 trillion market value.

The success of the chipmaker has been buoyed by demand for artificial intelligence

07/10/2025

Elon Musk's handpicked choice to lead his X social media platform Wednesday announced her resignation after a two-year tenure as CEO.

Elon Musk hired Linda Yaccarino to run X in 2023

07/10/2025

President Donald Trump Wednesday announced plans to impose a 50% tariff on all Brazilian imports, in part due to the treatment of its far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro.

He accused Brazil's current president Lula of leading a 'witch hunt' against far-right former leader Jair Bolsonaro

07/10/2025

China is "exploiting U.S. reliance on rare earth and critical minerals by ordering restrictions on exports," says Frank Murkowski.

Read more of the day's top columns here.

Opinion, comment and editorials of the day

07/10/2025

Cytomegalovirus recently caused a 2-month-old girl in Pennsylvania to suffer severe hearing loss after it was passed to her in the womb.

While the virus can exist in a person for life without showing any symptoms, it can also cause permanent disability in infants. Here's what you need to know.

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07/10/2025

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07/10/2025

Trump's domestic policy law "extends federal tax cuts" and "slashes the social safety net," says The New York Times, and it will have a "seismic effect" on health care.

Read more of today's newspapers here.

A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages

07/10/2025

In today's Morning Report: Tariffs blow to Brazil, a departure at X, and Nvidia's milestone

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07/09/2025

Over four-fifths of Americans (83%) subscribe to streaming services, according to a Pew Research Center survey, with Netflix and Amazon Prime Video being the most popular. The poll of 9,397 adults found that far fewer, only 36%, currently subscribe to a cable provider or use satellite television.