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., Iran return to war over Strait of Hormuz

What next?

ICE killings spark protests, fear, and anger

It wasn’t all bad

Platner: Anatomy of a Democratic disaster

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Hoffman’s ‘offensive’ childhood

A plastic surgeon to the stars

How Wilde became a villain

In the news

The peptide craze

A president who wallows in corruption

How America became a ‘zombie’

Vance warned us what to expect

Viewpoint

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

The roots of this raging xenophobia

The slow but steady eclipse of the West

Venezuela: Earthquakes expose a useless government

France: Marine Le Pen, presidential front-runner

Why is a gang rapist out of jail?

A challenge to papal leadership

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Noted

Republicans: Rebooting the Red Scare

Smithsonian: Is Trump rewriting history?

Graham’s legacy: Power over principles

Elections: Will Trump hijack the midterms?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Gaming: Xbox hits the reset button

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Creating almost-life in the lab

How to deflect a wonky asteroid

Drink coffee for your liver

Why men are losing testosterone

A spider that lays a trap

Gerontocracy in America: How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth… • Book of the week

Country People • Novel of the week

The Face: A Cultural History

Best books… chosen by Anthony Horowitz

Also of interest…in the birth of America

Joyce Carol Oates • Author of the week

Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery • Exhibit of the week

Madonna • Confessions II

Sienna Spiro • Visitor

Jack White • Frozen Charlotte

The Odyssey: Homer vs. the haters

Remake

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

Streaming tips • The daredevil life

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Stuart Fails to Save the Universe • Show of the week

Chile shrimp burgers: A riff on an iconic Singapore treat • Recipes of the week

Beachside in La La Land: Summer dining as it should be

Wine: Discovering Mexico

This week’s dream: French Polynesia’s day-trip island

Kilchoan Estate • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

An app that combats jet lag

This week: Homes on the New England coast

The bottom line

Data centers: New York’s first-of-its-kind ban

Paramount: States sue to stop Warner megamerger

Workplace drug tests go up in smoke

Housing: Congress tells America to start building

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Apple vs. OpenAI: An ugly battle over hardware

How AI helps us learn how to be human

Our universal happy place: Costco

The Senate hawk who embraced Trump • Lindsey Graham 1955–2026

The prolific actor who grounded Jurassic Park • Sam Neill 1947–2026

Passing the smell test

The Week Contest