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

Trump sends ICE into Chicago and Boston

It wasn’t all bad

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine crusade comes under fire

What next?

Venezuela: Was Trump’s air strike legal?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Jordan’s assist to Lee

An evangelical influencer’s life after divorce

Mirren’s embrace of aging

In the news

Pregnancy in America

The case for a government shutdown

What AI is doing to education

Our complicity in football’s horrific toll

Viewpoint

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

A shameful suicide epidemic

Is this how the U.S. rewards its allies?

How they see us: An imperial show of force in Venezuela

United Kingdom: Arresting a writer for anti-trans tweets

It’s not racist to treasure Pippi and IKEA

A diminished Europe tries compromise

Noted

Rebrands: Bringing back the War Department

Supreme Court: Will it allow Trump’s tariffs?

Epstein: Trump’s damning birthday card

China: Xi seeks to fill America’s void

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Google: A monopoly past its prime?

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

A black hole at the birth of the universe

Air pollution’s link to dementia

Transplanting a pig’s lung

The joys of company

The croc that feasted on dinosaurs

The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze That Captured Turn-of-the-Century America • Book of the week

A New New Me • Novel of the week

A Truce That Is Not Peace

Best books…chosen by Fannie Flagg

Also of interest…in dynamic duos

Rebecca F. Kuang • Author of the week

Sabrina Carpenter: Pop’s clown princess

Dijon • Baby!

Big Thief • Double Infinity

New and notable podcasts

The Long Walk

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

The Baltimorons

Streaming tips • Strange occupations

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Black Rabbit • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Three small yet magical Korean restaurants

Tallarines verde (Peruvian green noodles) • Recipe of the week

Prosecco: The crowd favorite

The 2026 Cadillac Lyriq-V: What the critics say

The best of…coffee upgrades

Three tells that you didn’t hire a designer • Tip of the week…

For cutting down on doomscrolling • Best apps…

This week: Homes in San Francisco

The bottom line

Media: Murdoch siblings reach a deal

Tesla: A new moon-shot pay deal for Musk

A bachelorette bash worthy of Bridezilla

Labor: Federal unions struggle to survive Trump

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Economy: Grim jobs numbers point to coming pain

AI spits out information, kills discovery

How Russia is killing its golden goose

The Italian designer who dressed Hollywood • Giorgio Armani 1934–2025

The iconoclast who led the Mets to victory • Davey Johnson 1943–2025

The Hemingway son who tended to his father’s legacy • Patrick Hemingway 1928–2025

Keeper of a secret

The Week Contest