Newsweek Magazine

July 29, 2016 Issue

Periscope

Cover story U.S.

The White House, Pentagon and State Department had no idea what they were doing during the 2003 invasion of Iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction.

U.S.

Donald Trump Can Win. Really

The country's Hispanic population is growing, and he's behind in the polls, but the Republican nominee has a path to the presidency. Here's how.

World

Flogging for Blogging

The Saudi thought police won't tolerate heresies, such as suggesting that women be allowed to drive.

U.S.

U.S. Probes Chinese Ownership of CIA-Linked Company

A Chinese billionaire with high-level Communist Party connections now heads an insurance company that has long catered to senior CIA officers.

Science

Technology Is Good for You

AI, solar, blockchain, personal medicine, online education—all these technologies will pile on top of mobile, social and cloud tech to prove the doomsayers wrong.

In Focus

Portsmouth, New Hampshire—Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders appear at a July 12 rally where he endorsed her for president. After 14 grueling months battling her during the Democratic primaries, the Vermont senator asked his supporters to unite behind his former rival to defeat presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. Clinton told Sanders’s backers, “You will always have a seat at the table when I am in the White House,” but some of his supporters in the crowd jeered her. Polls indicate that most Democrats who supported Sanders in the primaries will support Clinton in the general election, but many seem to be doing so begrudgingly.

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Horizons

Science

Why Cancer Clusters Are Impossible to Prove

Despite their best efforts, scientists can't prove the connection between industrial plants emitting noxious chemicals and geographical outliers in cancer numbers.