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

Scandal-hit Platner sails to primary win in Maine

What next?

U.S.-Iran ceasefire falters as war heats up

It wasn’t all bad

Media: A plot to ‘murder’ 60 Minutes?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

A Spice Girl’s body-image battles

The fake sexy priest

What TV means to Cage

In the news

A murder mystery

Election fraud has become GOP dogma

Does Bolton deserve to be imprisoned?

A devastating debt crash is coming

Viewpoint

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

A dissident killed by the dictatorship

Erdogan is aiming for one-man rule

How they see us: A World Cup of exclusion

U.K.: Are the police biased against whites?

Act fast or end up like America

The slow recovery from autocracy-lite

Noted

World Cup: An own goal for the U.S.?

GOP: Why Trump’s grip is slipping

Talarico: The GOP’s masculinity attack

Pulte: Another unfit Trump loyalist

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Blue Origin: A setback in the space race

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Cracking pancreatic cancer

Pavlov’s mosquitoes

A blow to ocean monitoring

Tiny bots that repair spines

The compass in a pigeon

Whistler • Book of the week

Alan Opts Out • Other fiction

View From the East Wing: A Memoir

Best books…chosen by James Lasdun

Also of interest…in technology’s growing reach

Zayd Ayers Dohrn • Author of the week

The Obama Center: A ‘Janus-faced’ presidential monument

Vince Staples • Cry Baby

Kurt Vile • Philadelphia’s Been Good to Me

Jalen Ngonda • Doctrine of Love

Disclosure Day

Carolina Caroline

The 2026 Tonys: Almost everyone’s a winner

Streaming tips • Family movie night

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

House of the Dragon • Show of the week

Hot dogs across America: Three not-so-local classics

Road trip: Dining on Oklahoma’s Route 66

Lime seltzer: A top three

This week’s dream: A whirlwind London weekend

Villa San Michele • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

How to enjoy an airport bar

This week: Homes built in the 1960s

The bottom line

Economy: Jobs rise, along with inflation

Crypto: SBF seeks presidential pardon

Where everybody knows your vacuum

SpaceX: The IPO you can’t escape

What the experts say

Charity of the week

AI: Corporate America starts to question spending

Trump’s AI order still falls short

Short selling shouldn’t be a crime

The soul singer who elevated Disney songs • Peabo Bryson 1951–2026

The dissident artist who created Persepolis • Marjane Satrapi 1969–2026

The feminist senator who groped his female staff • Bob Packwood 1932–2026

A lonely fight against Big Tech

The Week Contest