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 defies courts over migrant’s deportation

What next?

Trade war with China threatens U.S. economy

It wasn’t all bad

Retribution: Trump calls for prosecution of critics

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

The zoo life of a Monkee

Tom Hanks’ deprived daughter

Chapman’s grounding in resistance

In the news

China Shock 2.0

Trump’s ‘peace’ plan is dead

The GOP’s latest attempt to limit voting

Reviving a nuclear deal with Iran

Viewpoint

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

Israel can’t bomb its way to acceptance

Lurching the wrong way on gay rights

How they see us: Seeking a new Iran nuclear deal

United Kingdom: Rats rule Birmingham as trash piles up

Can a doctor cure Vucic’s political ills?

Pretending to be a Nazi isn’t funny

Noted

Corruption: The road to crony capitalism

Budget: Gutting Medicaid to pass tax cuts?

Climate: Trump’s attempt to bring back coal

RFK Jr.: A public-health wrecking ball

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Climate tech: Can geoengineering cool the globe?

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Bringing back the dire wolf—sort of

How to fix a tiny heart

A shot to cut dementia risk

Watch out for strep

Books of sealskin

The Thinking Machine: Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World’s Most Coveted Microchip • Book of the week

Audition • Novel of the week

Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service

Best books…chosen by Susan Page

Also of interest…in fluid states

Daniel Breyer • Author of the week

Ruth Asawa: A Retrospective • Exhibit of the week

Bon Iver • Sable, Fable

Valerie June • Owls, Omens, and Oracles

The Waterboys • Life, Death and Dennis Hopper

Sinners

The King of Kings

Smash • Imperial Theatre, New York City

Streaming tips • The joy of cooking shows

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Andor • Show of the week

Lingcod ceviche: A bracing blast of spice and sea • Recipe of the week

Tastemakers’ favorites: America’s best restaurants

Wine: New York’s cab francs

This week’s dream: The modern pulse of historic Vienna

Nekajui • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Time to get a Real ID

This week: Homes in farm country

The bottom line

Antitrust: Meta defends Instagram purchase

Wall Street: Trading desks prosper in market turmoil

Is it 4:20? You may need a Twinkie

Safe havens: Tariff wars shake Treasury market

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Decoupling: The U.S.-China trade divorce

No, America doesn’t need ‘little screws’

Neoliberalism is ready for its comeback

The novelist who lectured Latin America • Mario Vargas Llosa 1936–2025

The producer who was a master of live events • Don Mischer 1940–2025

The actress who showed us the inner lives of servants • Jean Marsh 1934–2025

Building a thousand-year-old tree

The Week Contest