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Your selective summary of the top news from the previous week, plus a look ahead to coming events. And more.

That Was The Week That Was

While the nation roasted last week, frustrating Donald Trump’s big birthday bash on the National Mall, the Supreme Court handed down a batch of rulings that also made him hot under the collar.

Among them, the court refused to hear his appeal in the E. Jean Carroll case. She’s the writer who successfully sued Trump for sexual abu…