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

Shutdown threatens food benefits for millions

What next?

Carrier group joins U.S. buildup against Venezuela

It wasn’t all bad

Trump: Why he demolished the East Wing

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Skarsgard’s big, expensive family

The brains behind Mantle’s side hustles

Yousafzai’s lesson in bravery

In the news

A most profitable presidency

Trump’s plan to pay himself $230 million

Reckoning with Gaza’s true horror

ICE’s lawless reign of terror

Viewpoint

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

U.S. lessons in how not to budget

Petro’s feud with Trump will cost us

Argentina: Milei’s surprise win is testament to Trump

Ireland: Why immigration foes are rioting

Now we get longer hours. Yay?

Why it’s so easy to loot the Louvre

Noted

Democrats: Falling for flawed outsiders

Tariffs: A TV ad upends trade policy

Sports betting: Ruining games—and lives

Women: Undermining American institutions?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Space race: A NASA power struggle

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Helping the blind to see again

Dramatic drop in peanut allergies

An atmosphere thick with CO2

Mosquitoes infest Iceland

How to move stone heads

Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity • Book of the week

A Guardian and a Thief • Novel of the week

Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice

Best books… chosen by Marisa Meltzer

Also of interest… in morbid concerns

Angela Buchdahl • Author of the week

Monuments • Exhibit of the week

Brandi Carlile • Returning to Myself

Lily Allen • West End Girl

Daniel Caesar • Son of Spergy

Bugonia

The Mastermind

Nouvelle Vague

Streaming tips • New comedy specials

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Pluribus • Show of the week

Bialys by the dozen: The bagel’s underrated cousin • Recipe of the week

California wine in decline: An industry in crisis

Vanilla extract: A top three

This week’s dream: Riding Vietnam’s luxury railway

Kona Village • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

How jet-setters shop for less

This week: Homes with fall foliage

The bottom line

Trade talks: A shaky Asian truce

Public goods: OpenAI drops nonprofit structure

The odd economics of online romance

The 996 economy: Overtime, Silicon Valley–style

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Favor bank: Trump’s biggest crypto pardon

China’s bright facade hides economic ills

‘Golden tickets’ won’t solve our housing woes

The Lassie actress who played beloved moms • June Lockhart 1925–2025

The physicist who confirmed the Big Bang theory • George Smoot 1945–2025

The artist who created posters for iconic films • Drew Struzan 1947–2025

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