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
Biden visits Israel as rage grows over hospital blast
What next?
Jordan flails as lawmakers float McHenry for speaker
It wasn’t all bad
Israel at war: Is it violating international law in Gaza?
Only in America
Good week/bad week
In other news
The U.S. at a glance
The world at a glance
Scherzinger’s unstoppable ambition
The historian who hunts stolen art
Parton’s unlikely style icon
In the news
Hamas’ reign of terror
The issue Biden refuses to address
The dire need for more ammo
Why Trump now despises Netanyahu
Viewpoint
It must be true… • I read it in the tabloids
How they see us: Why is America on the side of ‘genocide’?
Israel: Something fundamental has been broken
Britain’s NHS is nothing to aspire to
The toffs’ sport that poisons our land
Poland: Illiberal populists ousted after eight years
The Left: Why some activists are cheering a massacre
Noted
Haley: The GOP’s best Trump alternative?
Gaza war: A foreboding glimpse of the future
Wit & Wisdom
Poll watch
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Social media: A flood of grisly and often deceptive video
Innovation of the week
Bytes: What’s new in tech
Designing a chicken that won’t get the flu
Will Pakistan become unlivable?
Long Covid, meet long colds
Exercise makes you lazy
How frogs say ‘not tonight’
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution • Book of the week
Family Meal • Novel of the week
Madonna: A Rebel Life
Best books…chosen by Elizabeth Hand
Also of interest… in new short fiction
Jon Fosse • Author of the week
Merrily We Roll Along
Gutenberg! The Musical!
New and notable podcasts
Killers of the Flower Moon
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Dicks: The Musical
Streaming tips • Journeys to outer space
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Gilded Age • Show of the week
Critics’ choice: A golden age of Filipino cuisine
Greek fava • Recipe of the week
Wine: The ‘smoke vintage’
This week’s dream: A singular dinner in the middle of a Norwegian fjord
Blind Tiger • Hotel of the week
Getting the flavor of…
The case for visiting ‘second cities’
This week: Homes in the desert
The bottom line
Lock-in: High rates keep homeowners stuck
Mergers: Microsoft closes Activision purchase
Bachelorette buses get VC funding
Bonds: High interest rates may be here to stay
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Reversals: The trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
Sorry, AI won’t tank the markets
How to sell your kids on assault rifles
The Three’s Company star and infomercial queen • Suzanne Somers 1946–2023
The actress who went from starlet to acclaim • Piper Laurie 1932–2023
The Nobel-winning poet of trauma and linguistic precision • Louise Glück 1943–2023
The era of the Neanderthal
The Week Contest