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

Harris warns of ‘petty tyrant’ Trump in closing pitch

What next?

Republicans hold edge in race to control Congress

It wasn’t all bad

Bezos: Why he spiked his paper’s endorsement of Harris

Only in America

Good week for:

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Why Coughlan resents being called ‘brave’

Ukraine’s first female frontline commander

Meyers’ mean side

In the news

A stoned nation

What mass deportation would mean

The press can’t save the country

Conservatism after Trump is gone

Viewpoint

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

Honor our partisans, not Putin

Politicians can hide from their misdeeds

Georgia: Disputed election is a win for Russia

Israel: A restrained retaliation against Iran

Why tanker trucks keep exploding

The creeping ormalization of the Taliban

Noted

GOP: An avalanche of transphobic ads

Abortion: A winning issue for Harris?

Trump: Will rally racism cost him?

Musk: America’s oligarch-in-waiting

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Counterfeits: When AI enters your emotional life

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

The meteor that turbocharged life on Earth

Plastic in dolphin breath

Carbon sinks on fire

One flu strain down

Gout isn’t a lifestyle disease

The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World • Book of the week

Blood Test • Novel of the week

Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb

Best books…chosen by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Also of interest…in music makers

Nick Harkaway • Author of the week

Romeo + Juliet

The Great Impersonator • Halsey

Chromakopia • Tyler, the Creator

Patterns in Repeat • Laura Marling

Here

A Real Pain

Video games

Streaming tips • Lives outside the lines

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Yellowstone • Show of the week

Thai baked shrimp: An anytime flavor adventure • Recipe of the week

Hop country: Touring Washington’s Yakima Valley

Taste test: American cheese

This week’s dream: Gravel biking through northern Italy

Raffles Jaipur • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Europe’s secret season

This week: Homes in Pittsburgh

The bottom line

AI economy: Google delivers on profits

Economy: Latest figures show steady growth

Right to repair wins in McFlurry flurry

Airfares: Why flying is getting more expensive

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Battered giants: Fixing America’s ailing corporations

As wages drop white men slip in status

Global strife cheers the goldbugs

The bassist who laid the Dead’s grooves • Phil Lesh 1940–2024

The priest who launched a global movement • Gustavo Gutiérrez 1928–2024

The singer who took us on the Love Boat • Jack Jones 1938–2024

When Trump came to Scotland

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