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 taps ‘Deep State’ critic Patel to lead FBI

What next?

Islamist rebel attack reignites Syrian civil war

It wasn’t all bad

Biden: Why he broke his promise not to pardon Hunter

Only in America

Good week for:

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Washington’s divine vision

The memories of a munchkin

Cher’s ticket from a wild youth

In the news

Joe Rogan’s world

Sleepwalking into another pandemic?

It’s not all-or-nothing on trans rights

The Trump dance is everywhere

Viewpoint

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

Stripping Greenlanders of their kids

Burying evidence of the Holocaust

United Kingdom: A military left ‘woefully unprepared’

How they see us: Threatening Canada with tariffs

Hezbollah’s cease-fire is just a pause

Bloodthirsty Dutertes will face justice

Noted

News: Why some liberals are tuning it out

DEI: Is the movement dead?

Trump: Beyond the reach of the law

Immigration: Preparing for the crackdown

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Air taxis: The red tape starts to unwind

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

How the dinosaurs got so dominant

Rats get pleasure from anticipation

HIV transplant breakthrough

Magnetic north is shifting

The wolves that pollinate

Freedom: Memoirs 1954–2021 • Book of the week

City of Night Birds • Novel of the week

Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel’s ‘Messiah’

Best books…chosen by Shahnaz Habib

Also of interest…in alternative thinkers

Jon Collins-Black • Author of the week

Thomas Schütte • Exhibit of the week

The gift of music: Six of the year’s best box sets

Moana 2

The Order

Nightbitch

Streaming tips • ’Tis the season for true crime

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

No Good Deed • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Drinks and a bite

Buttery hazelnut and winter squash tian • Recipe of the week

Stout: Winter favorites

Gift guide: The season’s best stocking stuffers

This week: Homes near national parks

The bottom line

Tesla: Judge nixes Musk pay deal, again

China: New chip ban met with mineral export limits

Porch piracy? There’s insurance for that

CFPB: The agency in Trump’s crosshairs

What the experts say

Charity of the week

CEO exits: The teetering house of Intel

Bull riders can’t buck finance bros

Rivian, Biden’s $6 billion charity case

The novelist who celebrated ambitious women • Barbara Taylor Bradford 1933–2024

The Oscar winner who co-wrote Annie Hall • Marshall Brickman 1939–2024

The game-show host who became a right-wing podcaster • Chuck Woolery 1941–2024

The rise of ‘embryo adoption’

The Week Contest