The Week Magazine

The Week makes sense of the news by curating the best of the U.S. and international media into a succinct, lively digest.

Editor’s letter

Pomp but little progress at Trump’s Ukraine talks

What next?

Red states join in Trump’s D.C. crackdown

It wasn’t all bad

America: Are we now living in an autocracy?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Kelce’s relentless joy

An L.A. jazz icon plays on

Stone’s generational trauma

In the news

The Hermit Kingdom’s laptop warriors

A president in obvious decline

Hegseth’s patriarchal purge

The lethal impact of polluted air

Viewpoint

It must be true… • I read it in the tabloids

Put those elbows up, snowbirds

Hunters are part of our ecosystem

Lebanon: The risky mission to take Hezbollah’s weapons

Italy: Would a bridge to Sicily be safe?

A ban aimed only at Muslims

What we learned under dictatorship

Noted

ICE: A nationalist pitch to new recruits

Smithsonian: Ordered to whitewash history?

California redistricting: Newsom’s big gamble

‘Mankeeping’: Why women are fed up

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Broken brains: The social price of digital life

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

The science of determining the GOAT

A planet in the Goldilocks zone

How AI conquers superbugs

Genes’ role in chronic fatigue

Better sleep with conchs

The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction—and a Search for Relief • Book of the week

An Oral History of Atlantis

Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born to Run

Best books…chosen by Keith McNally

Also of interest…in the ways of writers

Brandy Schillace • Author of the week

Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom • Exhibit of the week

Chance the Rapper • Star Line

Cass McCombs • Interior Live Oak

Molly Tuttle • So Long Little Miss Sunshine

Kennedy Center honorees: The president’s A-list

Eden

Honey Don’t!

Streaming tips • Recent Westerns

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Thursday Murder Club • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Three chefs fulfilling their ambitions

Carnivores’ revenge: Eleven Madison Park quits its vegan push

Drinks: The Hugo spritz

The 2026 Toyota bZ: What the critics say

The best of…space savers

How to teach a kid to ride a bike • Tip of the week…

Reasons to lay your phone face down • Tech support…

This week: Homes for surfers

The bottom line

Bailouts: U.S. seeks 10% stake in Intel

Buffett effect: UnitedHealth rises with Berkshire stake

Selling your face to TikTok, for a song

Hey, big spenders: The fragile AI frenzy

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Tariffs: Consumers start to feel the pain

Corporate suites come to HS football

Tying up AI progress in red tape

The British actor who made audiences swoon • Terence Stamp 1938–2025

The swashbuckling lawyer who rarely lost • Gerry Spence 1929–2025

The pianist bandleader who revolutionized Latin jazz and salsa • Eddie Palmieri 1936–2025

A second exile • Reza Zavvar fled Iran for America at age 12, said Erin Cox in The Washington Post. Forty years later, the U.S. wants to deport him—it just doesn’t know where.

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