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

House GOP pushes ahead on deficit-boosting tax bill

It wasn’t all bad

Courts try to check administration on deportations

Trump backs off call for Ukraine cease-fire

Biden: Was there a cover-up?

Only in America

Good week for:

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Kind’s life with Clooney

Nantz’s subliminal sportscasting education

A Pussy Rioter’s faded dreams

In the news

The threat to the NIH

Why Trump’s corruption is so brazen

The U.S.’s wealth gap with Europe

Is this Georgia or Gilead?

Viewpoint

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

A guerrilla who became a president

Trump hands Syria over to Turkey

How they see us: The myth of ‘white genocide’

Romania: Holding off the far right, for now

Ukrainians, not Russians, freed us

#MeToo in a land of pure misogyny

Noted

Foreign policy: Unveiling the Trump Doctrine

Law: The battle over birthright citizenship

Asylum: Only white Afrikaners need apply

Deportations: Miller’s threat to the courts

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Partnerships: Silicon Valley’s military ambitions

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Eureka! CERN turns lead into gold

Your face reveals your health

Obesity begins in childhood

Volcanoes shaped the moon

Starlings tend each other’s nests

Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land • Book of the week

The Emperor of Gladness • Novel of the week

No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson

Best books…chosen by Tash Aw

Also of interest…in the American experience

Carl Hiaasen • Author of the week

Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers • Exhibit of the week

Morgan Wallen • I’m the Problem

Kali Uchis • Sincerely

Kanye’s new Hitler tribute

Mission: Impossible—The Final Reckoning

Lilo & Stitch

Final Destination: Bloodlines

Streaming tips • On the Western front

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Mountainhead • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Steak houses that break from tradition

Tuna and broccoli fried rice • Recipe of the week

Rosé: Three for the season

2025 Kia K4: What the critics say

The best of…outdoor bar furnishings

Tip of the week… • What even snobs buy at Costco

And for those who have everything…

Tech support • How to steer social media’s algorithms

This week: Homes built in the 1930s

The bottom line

Inflation watch: Walmart’s tariff troubles

Telecom: FCC approves Verizon deal after DEI cuts

No name is innocent in a polarized era

Pharma: Trump’s ‘most favored nation’ drug plan

What the experts say

Charity of the week

UnitedHealth: An insurance juggernaut hits a wall

While the U.S. creates, Europe regulates

Florida real estate feels a Trump chill

The Broadway composer who wrote Annie • Charles Strouse 1928–2025

The child star who walked out on Hollywood • Cora Sue Collins 1927–2025

The ingenious NASA engineer who saved Apollo 13’s astronauts • Ed Smylie 1929–2025

No bad questions

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