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

FEMA’s belated flood response in Texas

It wasn’t all bad

Arms for Ukraine and an ultimatum for Russia

Trump stokes renewed global trade war

Epstein: Why MAGA won’t move on

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Bono’s battered altruism

Growing up Starkey

Brinkley’s search for love

In the news

The all-seeing tech giant

A president protected by God

SCOTUS’s partisan hypocrisy

Why Congress is too scared to govern

Viewpoint

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

Why can’t we insult the military?

Where every big shot can part traffic

How they see us: Trump tries to strong-arm Brazil

U.K.: The ongoing injustice of the Post Office scandal

The euro will make us poorer

Making it a crime to help ‘illegals’

Noted

Loyalty tests: The purge at the FBI

Citizenship: Trump order blocked again

Deportations: The growing backlash

Musk’s third party: Could it work?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Social media: Why Yaccarino made her X-it

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

New weed killer more toxic than glyphosate

The secret to being cool

Why dairy gives you nightmares

Oldest pterosaur found in Arizona

How cowbirds learn their species

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck • Book of the week

Vera, or Faith • Novel of the week

Is the straight white male novelist endangered?

Best books…chosen by Geoff Dyer

Also of interest…in political intrigue everywhere

Kate Marvel • Author of the week

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers • Exhibit of the week

Justin Bieber • Swag

Wet Leg • Moisturizer

Clipse • Let God Sort Em Out

Eddington

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips • Love triangles past and present

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Happy Gilmore 2 • Show of the week

Eggplant with fava beans: A hearty weekend anytime meal • Recipe of the week

Carolina barbecue: In search of a region’s standard-bearers

Sparkling water: The three best

This week’s dream: Summering the Madrid way

Forestis Dolomites • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Reasons to pack an extra bag

This week: Homes for town house living

The bottom line

The Fed: Trump raises pressure on Powell

Consumer prices: Inflation jumps to 2.7%

A Pacific dash to beat copper tariffs

Social Security: Insolvency date keeps getting closer

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Star salaries: For top AI engineers, there is no limit

BYD could make U.S. autos obsolete

A gambling tax that we will all pay for

The D.C. operative who served four presidents • David Gergen 1942–2025

The weight-loss king who peddled SlimFast • S. Daniel Abraham 1924–2025

The former oboist who composed the haunting X-Files theme • Mark Snow 1946–2025

American bloodlust

The Week Contest