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# July 9, 2018 | Vol. 192 No. 2 July 9, 2018 |  

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Vol. 192 No. 2

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Issue name

July 9th, 2018 | Vol. 192, No. 2 | U.S.

Issue date

July 9, 2018

Location

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## Table of Contents

PoliticsU.S.World

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### With Justice Kennedy Gone, It's Trump's Court Now

The unpredictable Anthony Kennedy's retirement presages a more conservative era on the Supreme Court

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### What Does the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Travel Ban Really Say?

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Melania Trump Is Redefining One of the World’s Weirdest Jobs

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### Remembering Conservative Thinker Charles Krauthammer, 68

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### 21 Americans With Opposing Views on Guns Sat Down to Talk to Each Other. Here's What They Discovered (28 Jun 2018)

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Doctor Who Discovered Lead in Flint's Water on What Went Wrong and How to Fix It

The pediatrician who revealed that Flint had lead in its water has a new book about what went wrong and how to fix it

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Land Conflict Has Long Been a Problem in Nigeria. Here’s How Climate Change Is Making It Worse

[World](/section/world/)

### Why Turkish President Erdogan Is Not as All-Powerful as He Seems

[World](/section/world/)

### Is the End of Saudi Arabia's Driving Ban a Rebrand or a Revolution? (28 Jun 2018)

[World](/section/world/)

### Life in the Most Polluted Capital in the World (28 Jun 2018)


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