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

Ukraine reels as Trump strikes diesel deal with Putin

What next?

Federal agents raid home of Trump critic Ilhan Omar

Houthis ramp up attacks on Saudi Arabia

Midterms: Can the polls be trusted?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Smith’s pride in Charlie’s Angels

Finding a rock star dad

Affleck’s viral exasperation

In the news

Going pro on campus

If Trump tries to steal the election

Alito unmasks ‘originalism’ as activism

No sign of alien visitations

Viewpoint

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

Copying U.S. school killers

The economic boom that is poisoning us

How they see us: Trump’s tantrum over Nobel Peace Prize

Housing: Governments that can’t solve the crisis will fall

A competition to be the most oppressed

The Man City whistleblower is a target

Noted

Hegseth: Livestreaming an execution

Plague: What’s really going on in Russia?

Guilfoyle: Too sloppy to stay

Nixon: A MAGA rehabilitation project

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Data centers: A physical drag on the AI boom

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

What the melting Alps are revealing

A Nobel for illuminating the brain

Women’s world of pain

A planet born from a dead star

The butterfly’s deceptive talent

The New Dark Ages: The Death of Reading and the Dawn of the Post-Literate Society • Book of the week

Partita • Novel of the week

How to read Anne Carson

Best books…chosen by Kate Atkinson

Also of interest…in lives in the spotlight

Jodi Picoult • Author of the week

Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous • Exhibit of the week

Cameron Winter • Live at Carnegie Hall

Troye Sivan • She’s the Best

Branford Marsalis Quartet & Dianne Reeves • Dedicated to You

You Can See Everything

Sense and Sensibility

Misty Green

Streaming tips • Classic B-movie alien invasions

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Nobody Wants This • Show of the week

Autumn comfort: Slow-cooked lamb shanks with beans

Barbecue: The pitmasters leading the trade’s ‘third wave’

Bourbon: An underdog winner

This week’s dream: South Dakota by motorcycle

Amanvari • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

The best downtime on every cruise

This week: Single-story homes

The bottom line

Fed: Trump tries again to oust Cook

OpenAI: Saudi employee arrested for bugging office

Dropped insurance? Preach to the choir

Airfares: Why prices keep soaring higher

What the experts say

Charity of the week

AI firms: Playing the blame game

Vance takes aim at foreign tech workers

Now we know what DOGE was doing

The preacher who was felled by his many sins • Jim Bakker 1940–2026

The Oscar winner who put family first • Eva Marie Saint 1924–2026

The Bears coach who became a TV celebrity • Mike Ditka 1939–2026

Into the meat grinder

The Week Contest