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

Democrats demand release of full boat-strike video

It wasn’t all bad

Trump dismisses affordability as a ‘hoax’

Supreme Court set to expand presidential power

Health: Will Kennedy dismantle U.S. immunization policy?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Coppola’s Italian homecoming

Burns ponders his patriotism

Why Ryder is happy to be 54

In the news

The robot revolution

Trump’s consolation peace prize

The lie that poor kids can’t learn

The groypers’ appeal to young men

Viewpoint

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

Speak up against U.S. imperialism

Big Brother wants to live in your phone

Israel: Should Eurovision treat it as a pariah?

United Kingdom: Weakening a right in the Magna Carta

No more drinking on assembly lines

The virus that threatens our economy

Noted

Pipe bombs: The end of a conspiracy theory?

Trump: Pardoning crooks and drug lords

U.S. foreign policy: Europe bad, Russia good

Somalis: A $1 billion fraud in Minnesota

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Metaverse: Zuckerberg quits his virtual obsession

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Domestic cats are not so ancient

The faint lightning of Mars

A different kind of dementia

Robots in the bloodstream

Saving the sharks

Capitalism: A Global History • Book of the week

Evensong • Novel of the week

American Canto

Best books…chosen by Robin Cook

Also of interest…in family matters

Virginia Evans • Author of the week

Beeple’s creepy billionaire dogs

The ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ awards

Holiday music: New tunes for your yuletide playlist

Marty Supreme

Is This Thing On?

Video games

Streaming tips • ‘Alt’ holiday movies

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Fallout • Show of the week

Holiday brisket: A worry-free edition

Cookbooks: The critics’ 2025 favorites

Spirits: Port’s vast range

Holiday gift guide: Stocking stuffers

This week: Barn homes

The bottom line

Nvidia: Trump reverses AI chip ban to China

Federal Reserve: Cuts rates for third time

Holidays in hell are booming

Investing: Will ‘Trump accounts’ teach kids to save?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Hollywood: Will it survive the sale of Warner Bros.?

Pumping gas doesn’t equal cheaper cars

CEO pay keeps heading skyward

The architect who made buildings flow like water • Frank Gehry 1929–2025

The guitarist who defined the sound of Southern soul • Steve Cropper 1941–2025

When the bears come back

The Week Contest