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 fume over shutdown deal

It wasn’t all bad

Trump named in newly released Epstein emails

Judges order limits on Chicago crackdown

Affordability: Does Trump have an answer?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

How Hopkins found his path

Rushdie’s septuagenarian blessings

Lawrence’s postpartum struggle

In the news

The ‘Kavanaugh stop’

Why I had to resign as a judge

Usha Vance signed up for this

Cheney paved the way for Trump

Viewpoint

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

Now we have to worry about a U.S. invasion

Melissa nearly wiped us off the map

Mexico: If a man can grab the president, no woman is safe

Europe: Keeping Putin allies out of the EU

Why we won’t give back the Rosetta stone

Where ancient blood feuds still claim lives

Noted

The Right: A think tank’s Nazi crack-up

Obesity drugs: Will Trump’s plan lower costs?

Mamdani: Why he won—and can he succeed?

Pelosi: The void she leaves behind

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

AI agents: When bots browse the web

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Is melatonin bad for your heart?

Ancient monster of a black hole

A short walk prevents dementia

Covid’s link to autism

How orcas eat great whites

Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts • Book of the week

Tom’s Crossing • Novel of the week

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Best books…chosen by Louise Penny

Also of interest…in the biggest questions

Helen DeWitt • Author of the week

Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind • Exhibit of the week

Rosalía • Lux

Mavis Staples • Sad and Beautiful World

Jay Kelly

Sentimental Value

All’s Fair: Television’s most hated show

Streaming tips • Remembering Diane Ladd

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

A Man on the Inside • Show of the week

Dry-brined turkey: How one tweak makes a difference

Madison, Wis.: A college town’s dining scene levels up

Bourbon: Beyond Kentucky

This week’s dream: Teddy Roosevelt’s Badlands

Royal Davui Island Resort • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Tips on travel inoculations

This week: Homes for entertaining

The bottom line

Deals: SoftBank swaps Nvidia for OpenAI

Reversals: Ford may nix electric F-150

A rude awakening at an Airbnb rival

Real estate: Where did all the young homebuyers go?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Future shock: Tesla’s trillion-dollar man

Home Depot gets caught up in ICE’s war

Empty words for Rust Belt workers

The vice president who led the War on Terror • Dick Cheney 1941–2025

The Oscar nominee who acted with her daughter • Diane Ladd 1935–2025

The dawn of the stupid age

The Week Contest