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

Tech leaders, lawmakers call for AI slowdown

What next?

Iran war spreads, threatening Saudi oil exports

Trump fumes after mail-in ballot defeat

Midterms: Did ‘Trumpapalooza’ help the GOP?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

The making of Mr. T

Scaramucci’s brief stay in Trumpland

Kazan’s complicated inheritance

In the news

The problem with men

Putin isn’t interested in a ‘win-win’

Fetterman is embarrassing his state

Don’t defund working parents

Viewpoint

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

Our heritage could be lost to AI

One giant game park for hunters

Argentina: Embattled Milei plays the Falklands card

Germany: The xenophobic far right goes mainstream

The Bayeux Tapestry at last

Obeying the far right in advance

Sept. 11: How the war on terrorism changed America

Noted

Lindsay Clancy: Why the jury deadlocked

Football: Can the sport survive CTE?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

iPhone Duo: Apple’s first foldable arrives

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

A DNA database brimming with possibility

Living for months with a pig kidney

Can HRT prevent dementia?

Be polite to your doctor

Italy’s crustacean invader

The Disappearers • Book of the week

Taipei Story • Other fiction

American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey From Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump

Best books…chosen by Eriq La Salle

Also of interest…in Big Tech worries

Peter Grainger • Author of the week

Gustavo Dudamel: Can one man save classical music?

A Nation of Artists • Exhibit of the week

The 2026 Emmys: The night talent won out

The Weight

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

Streaming tips • The best staged musicals

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Brothers • Show of the week

Drunken noodles: Thailand’s good-times staple • Recipe of the week: Drunken noodles (Pad kee mao)

Nashville’s best: A hometown hot-chicken roundup

Cocktails: Canned transfusions

This week’s dream: Cruising the Nile at yesteryear’s pace

Sirena Resort Hvar • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

How to tip in any U.S. hotel

This week: Homes for readers

The bottom line

Fed: Hiking rates in defiance of Trump

EPA: Scrapping limits on climate pollution

Flying in style now includes a chauffeur

Tuition: Is higher ed entering a ‘death spiral’?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Trade war: An economic breakup with Canada

The ultrarich who live next door

A risky ‘last resort’ for insurance

The feminist icon who led the women’s movement • Gloria Steinem 1934–2026

The writer who told us to return to the land • Wendell Berry 1934–2026

The hostage negotiator

The Week Contest