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 declares peace as Gaza ceasefire takes hold

What next?

Judge halts firings during government shutdown

It wasn’t all bad

Trump: Can he shape reality in Portland and Chicago?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Dane’s ALS struggle

A refugee’s resilience

The Boss and his dad

In the news

Ready for the apocalypse

A Homan bribery cover-up?

Equating protest with terrorism

How e-bikes became so dangerous

Viewpoint

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

Our mission to Haiti was doomed

Why we don’t help victims of accidents

Venezuela: Will the Peace Prize speed regime change?

Greece: Suspected cover-up in deadly train crash

The far right copies MAGA’s racism

Standing up for the right to get drunk

Noted

Religion: Thiel’s ‘Antichrist’ obsession

Bailouts: Why Trump is rescuing Argentina

James indictment: Trump’s retribution

Conversion therapy: Free speech or quackery?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Wikipedia: Is ‘neutrality’ still possible?

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

The physics behind quantum computing

Possible solution for global warming

A giant, insatiable planet

Why we peak in our 50s

Making yogurt with live ants

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife • Book of the week

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny • Novel of the week

Make Me Commissioner: I Know What’s Wrong With Baseball and How to Fix It

Best books…chosen by Gilbert King

Also of interest…in creative types

Sam Sussman • Author of the week

Rachel Ruysch: Nature Into Art • Exhibit of the week

Olivia Dean • The Art of Loving

Madi Diaz • Fatal Optimist

Hannah Frances • Nested in Tangles

A House of Dynamite

After the Hunt

It Was Just an Accident

Streaming tips • The art of the interview

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Nobody Wants This • Show of the week

Khmer-style batter-fried fish: A tangy sauce seals the deal

The best pho in Houston: A noodle roundup

Wine: New England’s crazies

This week’s dream: Barranquilla’s global feast

The Dunlin • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

How to fly commercial, but ‘private’

This week: Log homes

The bottom line

Finance: Boom times for Wall Street banks

Economy: Powell says Fed still on track to lower rates

Government is shut, but bars are open

All that glitters: An epic surge for gold

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Trade war: China raises the stakes

The right to earn an honest living

Waymo is AI safety done right

The screen icon who ignored conventions • Diane Keaton 1946–2025

The philosopher who said machines can’t think • John Searle 1932–2025

The basketball-mad nun who was a fixture of March Madness • Jean Dolores Schmidt 1919–2025

Ophelia’s descent

The Week Contest