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 steps back from brink on Greenland

What next?

DOJ investigates Democratic leaders in Minnesota

It wasn’t all bad

ICE: Now a lawless agency?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Harris’ life of harmony

An Iranian pop star in exile

Foster’s French connection

In the news

Dominating the Americas

The GOP’s health-care fallacy

How Trump is muzzling journalists

MAGA’s fury at uppity white women

Viewpoint

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

How they see us: Is this the end of NATO?

Hoist with his own petard

London slips into crime and decay

Phase 2? Make Israel do Phase 1

Infected by American diseases

Iran: An uprising without a leader

Noted

Trump: A Nobel shakedown

Renee Good: The DOJ’s refusal to investigate

ICE: Blatant neo-Nazi messaging

Trans athletes: Should they be banned?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

AI: The reason your energy bills are rising

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Should we correct the ocean’s pH?

A galaxy without stars

More Americans survive cancer

Men are randiest at 40

Dogs that eavesdrop

The Mattering Instinct: How Our Deepest Longing Drives and Divides Us • Book of the week

Lost Lambs • Novel of the week

Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor

Best books…chosen by Jenna Blum

Also of interest…in pop-culture dispatches

Julian Barnes • Author of the week

Robert Therrien: This Is a Story • Exhibit of the week

Zach Bryan • With Heaven on Top

Dry Cleaning • Secret Love

Madison Beer • Locket

The Testament of Ann Lee

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Young Mothers

Streaming tips • Creative lives and creative acts

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Bridgerton • Show of the week

Sheet-pan döner kebab: A home route to the Levant • Recipe of the week

Winter’s tiki bars: The best temporary tropical escapes

Spirits: The best rye whiskeys

This week’s dream: Alone in Kazakhstan’s glorious moonscape

Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Planning ahead for 2028’s Olympics

This week: Homes for skiers

The bottom line

Supreme Court: Weighing Fed independence

Netflix: Offering cash for Warner Bros. Discovery

Alt-meat enters the beverage aisle

Credit cards: Trump’s plan to set rates

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Leadership: A conspicuous silence from CEOs

Trump’s EV war has cost Detroit billions

Good CEOs embrace the weirdos

The cartoonist who mocked corporate life • Scott Adams 1957–2026

The unsung activist who challenged segregation • Claudette Colvin 1939–2026

The New Age icon who claimed aliens visited ancient Earth • Erich von Däniken 1935–2026

Tunnel vision

The Week Contest