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4 |Conversation
6 |For the Record
The Brief
News from the U.S.
and around the world
7 |At theU. S.-
Mexico border,
families remain
in limbo
10 |A resurgence
ofmeaslesin the
U.S. and Europe
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Aretha Franklin
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defending U.S.
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Sloane Stephens
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in Vermont
The View
Ideas, opinion,
innovations
25 |Pope Francis,
sexual abuse and
the future of the
Catholic Church
27 |Ian Bremmer
on the state of the
United Nations
30 |Susanna
Schrobsdorf on
older familyand
hard choices
31 |How to
raiseoptimistic
children
32 |Jon Meacham
on the parallels
betweenTrump,
Nixon and
McCarthy
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read, see and do
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apop icon for the
digital generation
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parentingbooks
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summer of the
documentary
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romantic
comedies satisfy
a craving
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for actorJason
Bateman
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All the President’s Men
After two top allies are found guilty in
court, Trump’s presidency enters its most
treacherous phase yetBy Brian Bennett 34
Trade Warrior
Former Hillary Clinton ally Peter Navarro
is now Trump’s most inluential trade
adviserBy Molly Ball 42
On Afghanistan’s Front Line
A irsthand account of a Taliban onslaught
and the U.S. military’s response
By W.J. Hennigan 48
Firebrand of Brazil
Far-right presidential hopeful Jair
Bolsonaro wants to take his country back
By Matt Sandy 58
The Real Power of Fake Pills
A new method of placebo treatments gains
legitimacyBy Alexandra Siferlin 64
The World’s Greatest Places
100 destinations to experience now 71
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On Aug. 16,
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Ghazni view
buildings
damaged
during a recent
Taliban siege
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