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

Anger in U.S. as war crimes court targets Netanyahu

It wasn’t all bad

Defense spars with Cohen as Trump trial nears end

Ukraine seeks to take the fight into Russia

Debates: Will a head-to-head clash lift Trump or Biden?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Cardi B’s family balancing act

Growing up in a hit factory

Powell’s fantasy love life

In the news

Fear of flying

Why liberals are losing to autocrats

Proving their loyalty to their leader

Time to end beauty pageants

Viewpoint

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

Iran: President’s death leaves a vacuum at the top

Want a house? Try a life of crime

An abuser finally held to account

Why Dublin mooned New York

The end of Catalan separatism?

Slovakia: Attack on leader reveals a divided nation

Noted

Football: A kicker’s culture war

Texas: Why Abbott pardoned a murderer

Supreme Court: Alito’s upside-down ethics

Brown v. Board of Ed: A tarnished legacy

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Power play: The energy costs of the AI revolution

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

The beauty and threat from solar storms

What a liberal looks like

Implant for the blind

Hottest in 2,000 years

Mice that make good dads

Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing) • Book of the week

The Ministry of Time • Novel of the week

Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk

Best books…chosen by Jasper Fforde

Also of interest…in our animals, ourselves

LaDarrion Williams • Author of the week

Jenny Holzer: Light Line • Exhibit of the week

Billie Eilish • Hit Me Hard and Soft

Yaya Bey • Ten Fold

Beth Gibbons • Lives Outgrown

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Coppola’s Megalopolis: A movie legend’s crowning boondoggle?

All of Me

Streaming tips • The best of ‘Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Godzilla’

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

We Are Lady Parts • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Tiny spaces, big flavors

Recipe of the week

Cocktail hour: THC spritzers

The 2025 Toyota Camry: What the critics say

The best of…car accessories

How to flatten a vinyl record • Tip of the week…

For free garden planning • Best apps and websites…

This week: Homes with a ranch-style layout

The bottom line

Global: China aims at a property bailout

Regulation: CFPB survives Supreme Court review

‘Endless Shrimp’ comes to an end

Home insurance: A coastal crisis spreads nationwide

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Search shock: Google shows its AI ambitions

OpenAI drops the noble mask

Fast-casual takes over the suburbs

The Emmy winner who was deliciously hateable • Dabney Coleman 1932–2024

The writer who found depth in the ordinary • Alice Munro 1931–2024

The WWII ace who became a top test pilot • Bud Anderson 1922–2024

Which disaster are you prepping for?

The Week Contest