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