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

House in turmoil as McCarthy voted out

What next?

Trump clashes with judge in fraud trial

It wasn’t all bad

Supreme Court: Will it dismantle the ‘administrative state?’

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Abramovic’s embrace of pain

A billionaire’s lucky breaks

Caine’s closing act

In the news

Crossing the Darién Gap

The challenge of covering Trump

The false promises of ‘anti-racism’

‘Medicines’ that waste your money

Viewpoint

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

Sometimes, police need to carry a gun

Loosening Corsica’s leash

Slovakia: Will the new populist leader abandon Ukraine?

Israel: How a Saudi deal with the U.S. could bring peace

Where doctors are driven like donkeys

Once-beloved sport is in a death spiral

Noted

GOP: Seeking a new Trump challenger

Feinstein: A trailblazer’s complicated legacy

Swift and Kelce: Rocking the NFL’s world

Impeachment: The GOP’s botched inquiry

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Workplace AI: The chatty new colleague

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

What NASA can learn from asteroid rubble

New hope for heart transplants

Does fast food make you sad?

Carbon on Europa

A new pangolin in Asia

American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15 • Book of the week

Wellness • Novel of the week

Enough

Best books…chosen by Ben Fountain

Also of interest…in the dramas of parenting

Caitlin Moran • Author of the week

Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick • Exhibit of the week

Falling or Flying • Jorja Smith

Cousin • Wilco

Softscars • Yeule

The Creator

The Royal Hotel

Purlie Victorious

Streaming tips • Erotic thrillers by the decade

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Fall of the House of Usher • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: New directions in Japanese cuisine

Cheese-crisped pinto bean quesadillas • Recipe of the week

Cocktails: Bottled negronis

Fall getaways: Six idyllic American towns

This week: Homes in apartments abroad

The bottom line

Crypto: Fraud trial starts for Bankman-Fried

Employment: Surprise jump in job openings

The AI future is being built by pod people

Kicking back: New calls for a four-day workweek

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Amazon: The ‘everything store’ goes to court

Ukraine’s vibrant Etsy economy

How much cash can this truck burn?

The steely centrist who was the longest-serving female senator • Dianne Feinstein 1933–2023

The Baltimore legend who set the standard at third base • Brooks Robinson 1937–2023

Anything but death

The Week Contest