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

U.S. low on missiles as Trump seeks exit from Iran

It wasn’t all bad

El-Sayed squeaks out Michigan primary win

Blanche tells Senate he’ll rescind Jan. 6 fund

The Left: Should Democrats embrace ‘democratic socialists’?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

McBride’s religious education

A coffee hunter’s search for wild beans

How Astin avoided the child-star trap

In the news

Defunding America’s ‘best idea’

The Big Lie about the pool fiasco

Intact families help students succeed

Trump’s denial of his unpopularity

Viewpoint

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

Insulting our biggest neighbor

Are we now an Islamist state?

FIFA: The end of soccer’s Trump-friendly overlord?

European fires: A failure to adapt

China’s secret door into Europe

Our people are at risk in Poland

Noted

Corruption: A very profitable presidency

The GOP: Rise of the ‘Never Vancers’

Fauci: The GOP’s Covid scapegoat

Sex education: Bringing back teen pregnancy?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Robot ban: Why the FCC fears your Roomba

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

When every tribe had its own tongue

A contagious cancer among fish

Ditch your fallopian tubes?

Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse

How whales sleep

The Frenchmen: Or, My Life in Theory • Book of the week

Famous Men • Novel of the week

Catch the Devil: A True Story of Murder, Deception, and Injustice on the Gulf Coast

Best books…chosen by David Thomson

Also of interest…in double vision

Leila Slimani • Author of the week

Fairfield Porter: What Everyone Knows • Exhibit of the week

Ariana Grande • Petal

Shaboozey • The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales

Nick Hakim • I Can See

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

The Samurai and the Prisoner

A Spider-Man surprise: Hollywood roars back

Streaming tips • American Odysseys

The week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Lanterns • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: New England seafood, both at home and afar

Egg bhurji (spiced Indian scrambled eggs) • Recipe of the week

Wine: The celebrity aisle

The 2026 Fiat Topolino: What the critics say

The best of…cat habitats

Four plants that’ll glow up any garden • Tip of the week…

Four ways to optimize CarPlay • Tech support…

This week: Homes in Utah

The bottom line

Currency: U.S. rushes to support Japan’s yen

Uber: A victim-blaming legal strategy?

‘Preloved’ is in, just ask Banana Republic

Medicare Part D: The cost of ending drug subsidies

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Hedge funds: Downfall of an AI ‘wunderkind’

Warsh keeps the market guessing

Puerto Rico’s Clemente error

The anatomist who made art out of corpses • Gunther von Hagens 1945–2026

The Texas Republican who boosted the F-35 • Kay Granger 1943–2026

The horse whisperer who replaced coercion with trust • Monty Roberts 1935–2026

Turning protest into a crime

The Week Contest