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

Devastating wildfires rip through Los Angeles

What next?

Senators grill Hegseth, other Trump nominees

It wasn’t all bad

President Biden: How will history judge his legacy?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Martin’s pursuit of positivity

A Disney icon’s flight from dentistry

Saldaña’s exhausting ambitions

In the news

AI’s power grab

Lining up to grovel before Trump

Democrats must yield on immigration

New thinking on Havana Syndrome

Viewpoint

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

A poisonous ideology that still endures

Meloni and her foreign oligarch

United Kingdom: Musk revives the grooming scandal

Lebanon: A new president challenges Hezbollah

How Trump reveals his fear of China

Good riddance to French paternalism

Noted

Foreign policy: Is there a ‘Donroe Doctrine’?

Musk: Why he’s boosting Europe’s far right

Immigration: The Laken Riley bill advances

Trump: Prosecutions end with a whimper

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Safety dance: Meta ends the fact-check shuffle

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Why the Santa Ana winds are so fierce

How to get Mars rocks home

Guilt-free convenience foods

Save coffee for the morning

The bats that rove the continent

Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder • Book of the week

Mothers and Sons • Novel of the week

Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist

Best books…chosen by Stacy Horn

Also of interest…in fresh angles on history

C.J. Box • Author of the week

Jesse Krimes: Corrections • Exhibit of the week

Bad Bunny • Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Ringo Starr • Look Up

SZA • SOS Deluxe: Lana

The Brutalist

September 5

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips • Sci-fi dreams and nightmares

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Restaurant veterans who are stepping up

Chopped winter salad with carrot-ginger dressing • Recipe of the week

Sake: America’s best

Porsche 911 Carrera T: What the critics say

The best of…winter sleep gear

Tip of the week… • How to clean your cleaners

Best apps… • Four cozy games for winter

This week: Homes for the whimsical

The bottom line

Media: TikTok braces for U.S. shutdown

Inflation: Core prices ease, cheering investors

Job seekers turn to a secret inside track

Reversals: Banks turn away from climate targets

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Risky business: As fires rage, insurers flee

The fake fight over offshore oil drilling

Last days of the red-tape presidency

The influential singer who gave us ‘Soul Man’ • Sam Moore 1935–2025

The performer who became an anti-gay activist • Anita Bryant 1940–2025

The folk star who went to prison for molesting a child • Peter Yarrow 1938–2025

‘It’s Armageddon’

The Week Contest