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

Trump imposes sweeping global tariffs

It wasn’t all bad

Offseason elections spell danger for the GOP

Outrage builds over mistaken deportations

Free speech: The case of Rumeysa Ozturk

Only in America

Good week for:

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Why Rogen wants respect

A Dead man’s lust for life

Coolidge’s bad romances

In the news

Fighting against fluoride

Noem’s reality TV horror show

Nearing a showdown with Iran

How tyranny can coexist with normalcy

Viewpoint

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

Where leaders can’t take a joke

Dumping the colonizer, decades late

Gaza: Protesters tell Hamas its time is up

How they see us: Don’t trust the U.S. with secrets

The hybrid war Russia is waging

Proving the doomsday preppers right

Noted

Signalgate: Downplaying a security breach

Voting: Trump’s plan to overhaul elections

Greenland: Sending in the advance guard

Kennedy: Cutting to the bone at HHS

Wit &Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Vibe coding: Surrendering to the machine

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Bird flu jumps to a new livestock host

Will it all end in a Big Crunch?

An easy form of birth control

Social media’s anti-placebo

A noise-canceling web

Yoko: A Biography • Book of the week

Perfection • Novel of the week

Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax of the Century, Its Enduring Impact, and What It Reveals About America Today

Best books…chosen by Colum McCann

Also of interest…in leaders of all kinds

John Green • Author of the week

Smithsonian under fire: Trump orders an ideological purge

Japanese Breakfast • For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco • I Said I Love You First

Steve Reich • Collected Works

The Friend

A box office win for Jesus

The Picture of Dorian Gray • Music Box Theatre, New York City

Glengarry Glen Ross • Palace Theatre, New York City

Streaming tips • Notable recent comedies

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Last of Us • Show of the week

Persian stuffed fish: A memorably bountiful catch • Recipe of the week

Key West: A can’t-miss dining destination

Beer: Trader Joe’s best

This week’s dream: Polynesian hospitality in the Marquesas

RiverRock House • Stay of the week

Getting the flavor of…

A traveler’s ‘thou shalt not’ guide

This week: Homes for art collectors

The bottom line

Meme stocks: Newsmax soars in IPO mania

Nearing singularity: X merges with xAI

First the home was lost. Then the check

Work life: Caution settles on the job market

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Autos: A trade war will leave no one unscathed

The California city ruled by one landlord

An alarming plan to devalue the dollar

The heartthrob who was ‘king of the miniseries’ • Richard Chamberlain 1934–2025

The author who started the teen vampire craze • L.J. Smith 1958–2025

The Battle of Britain pilot who kept coming back to fight again • John A. Hemingway 1919–2025

The quest to reverse aging

The Week Contest