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 warns of imminent strikes on Venezuela

What next?

U.S. restricts legal immigration after D.C. shooting

It wasn’t all bad

‘Kill everybody’: Did Hegseth order a war crime?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Brosnan’s handsome problem

The historian inspiring the NBA’s best team

Obama’s careful Washington style

In the news

Texts from a scammer

How to purchase a president

The invisible sex-trafficking scandal

Bannon’s secret alliance with Epstein

Viewpoint

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

Why we must pay for our own defense

With heroes like this, who needs villains?

How they see us: Trump bullies the neighborhood

Spain: Reckoning with Franco’s legacy

Gen X has been radicalized

Ready to let our kids go to war?

Noted

Trump: Losing energy and support

Economics: Is $140,000 the real poverty line?

Ukraine deal: A Trump business opportunity

Education: Why students can’t do math

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Google: Now an AI chip company

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

One-size-fits-all gene editing

Mapping the flight of the monarch

Our ancient ancestors’ first kiss

Sleep apnea and Parkinson’s

The wolf in your chihuahua

Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right • Book of the week

Helm • Novel of the week

The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare

Best books…chosen by Scott Eyman

Also of interest…in short story collections

Mindy Seu • Author of the week

Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets • Exhibit of the week

The gift of music: Six noteworthy box sets

The Secret Agent

Zootopia 2

Rush Hour’s return: A triumph of Trumpian taste

Streaming tips • The year’s top offbeat comedy films

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Taylor Swift: The End of an Era • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: The latest in bistro-style dining

Recipe of the week

Cognac: A spirited gift

Holiday gift guide: Kids’ stuff

This week: Homes with great fireplaces

The bottom line

Tariffs: Costco joins the refund fight

Dell: Putting $6.25 billion into ‘Trump accounts’

Bread is in, forks are out

Education: More Americans say college isn’t worth it

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Economy: Stretched consumers keep on shopping

Don’t envy falling prices in China

The dirty business of patent trolling

The wordsmith who peppered plays with wit • Tom Stoppard 1937–2025

The architect who revived pre-war grandeur • Robert A.M. Stern 1939–2025

The reggae star who brought Jamaican rhythms to the world • Jimmy Cliff 1944–2025

That old-time religion

The Week Contest