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

Colleges crack down on Gaza war protests

It wasn’t all bad

Trump fined for contempt in hush money trial

Blinken pushes cease-fire as Israel vows to invade Rafah

Supreme Court: Will it give Trump ‘official’ immunity?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Lakshmi’s hunger for laughter

Cleese’s battle with time

Why Eilish hid from the world

In the news

Anti-vaxxer in chief

The party of the mean boss

Is Trump’s poll lead an illusion?

The myth of plastic recycling

Viewpoint

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

Meloni tries to censor criticism

Parents need help, not punishment

United Kingdom: Shipping migrants off to Rwanda

Argentina: Milei takes his ‘chainsaw’ to public education

A government of the rich, for the rich

The fascist that Putin loves to quote

Noted

Noem: Confessions of a dog killer

Health: The fight over emergency abortion care

Weinstein: Was MeToo all for nothing?

Ukraine: What the new military aid will mean

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

TikTok: Competitors circle as post-election ban looms

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Traces of bird flu found in pasteurized milk

Why fewer moths come to lights

Ultra-rare merged life forms

Pollution from fires is soaring

How bees survive floods

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War • Book of the week

Lucky • Novel of the week

The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters

Best books…chosen by Tom Crewe

Also of interest…in mothers’ stories

Amy Tan • Author of the week

Nicole Eisenman: What Happened • Exhibit of the week

St. Vincent • All Born Screaming

Yunchan Lim • Chopin Études

Pearl Jam • Dark Matter

The Fall Guy

Illinoise

Patriots

Streaming tips • Recent Westerns and neo-Westerns

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Dark Matter • Show of the week

Cauliflower enchiladas: A healthy supper backed by history

Coastal Maine’s gateway: Dining in Kennebunkport

Tannat: A rising solo act

This week’s dream: A new perspective on Athens’ ancient splendor

The Lafayette Hotel • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Tips for connecting with locals

This week: Homes in Portland, Ore.

The bottom line

Tesla: A Beijing deal and Supercharger layoffs

Nuclear power: Vogtle reactor goes online

Hotel chains start pitching tents

Free to go: FTC seeks to strike down noncompete clauses

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Power plays: Trump advisers may seek a more pliant Fed

The bricks fall from Apple’s wall

The strange psychology of inflation

The political operative who battled feminism • Beverly LaHaye 1929–2024

The governor who willingly got his hands dirty • Bob Graham 1936–2024

The doula who was mother to a movement • Penny Simkin 1938–2024

The final minutes

The Week Contest