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

Iran vows retaliation after U.S. blockades ports

What next?

MAGA takes a hit as Hungary’s Orban voted out

It wasn’t all bad

Trump vs. Leo: Why the president took on the pope

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Muniz’s life in the fast lane

Watching Trump all day, every day

Lane’s unwanted outing

In the news

Cuba goes dark

Democrats knew about Swalwell

Why Israel is losing U.S. support

You can be both Muslim and American

Viewpoint

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

Hungary: The end of Orban’s ‘illiberal democracy’

Our greatest masterwork will stay put

The land where marriage equality began

How we became a police state

‘Auntie’ is patronizing, not polite

How they see us: Nobody trusts America now

Trump: Why even old allies are questioning his sanity

Noted

Artemis II: Bringing awe to Earth

Melania: Resurrecting the Epstein files

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Claude Mythos: An AI tool too powerful for the public

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Satellites that rob the night of darkness

The drought threatening crops

Hope for arthritis sufferers

A plastics threat to babies

How octopuses have sex

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth • Book of the week

The Witch • Novel of the week

Western Star: The Life and Legends of Larry McMurtry

Best books…chosen by Jimmy McDonough

Also of interest…in fact meets fiction

Caro Claire Burke • Author of the week

New Humans: Memories of the Future • Exhibit of the week

Ella Langley • Dandelion

My New Band Believe • My New Band Believe

Trump’s revised victory arch

Death of a Salesman

Cats: The Jellicle Ball

The Christophers

Streaming tips • New comedy specials

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Half Man • Show of the week

Crispy rice salad: Lao party food • Recipe of the week

Craft breweries: A coast-to-coast view of the new wave

Taste test: Best cheddars

This week’s dream: The slow life in seaside Croatia

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

How to pack like a pro

This week: Studio apartment homes

The bottom line

Airlines: A blockbuster merger proposal

Powell: Trump again vows to fire Fed chair

That Bravo star is an expensive date

Medicare Advantage: Insurers get a pay bump

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Sticker shock: Why prices are on the rise again

Bring back the cheap ‘econobox’

Tech layoffs aren’t all AI’s fault

The DJ who was a godfather of hip-hop • Afrika Bambaataa 1957–2026

The Everest summiteer who built up REI • Jim Whittaker 1929–2026

The poker player who brought math to a bluffing game • David Sklansky 1947–2026

The robotics revolution

The Week Contest