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

RFK Jr. softens positions amid Senate scrutiny

It wasn’t all bad

Note to readers

Turkey prepares attack on U.S. allies in Syria

Trump redoubles assault on news media

Wray: Surrendering the FBI to Trump?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

How John settled down

Freeing women from the Mafia

Knightley’s childhood labor

In the news

Holidays in Hollywood

Trump has not been ‘exonerated’

The reason health care is so costly

Preventing Iran from going nuclear

Viewpoint

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

We know a little about bubbles

How farmers could force a ‘Frexit’

Europe: An abrupt end to hospitality for Syrians

Syria: From Iranian client to Turkish puppet?

Trapped in an unhealthy relationship

Now allowed to host the World Cup

Noted

Polio: The threat to a ‘miracle’ vaccine

Daniel Penny: A hero or a murderer?

Mangione: Why did he become a folk hero?

Drone sightings: A mystery over New Jersey

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

The Year in Review

40 questions to test your knowledge of this year’s events

Pick of the week’s cartoons

The way we were in 2024

It must be true… • The best of the tabloids in 2024

Great escape: Bluesky welcomes the X refugees

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Some of the things they said were good for us…

The big scientific breakthroughs of 2024… …from a reusable rocket ship to a life-changing HIV drug

Time to reset: A return to the middle

Critics’ choice: The year’s best novels…

…and the year’s best nonfiction

Critics’ choice: The best albums of 2024

Songs of the year

Critics’ choice: The year’s top 10 movies

Critics’ choice: The year’s best TV

Gift guide: For those who have everything

2024 food trends: Our ever-evolving cravings

This week: The best homes of the year

The bottom line

DEI: Court strikes down boardroom quotas

Economy: Fed cuts rates but signals cautious path

Transparent ketchup? You’re snackfished

Bitcoin: Can it pay down the national debt?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Fox News: A dynasty in trouble

Which Trump should Wall Street bet on?

S.F. goes to war against a café’s cactus

Among those who died in 2024…

The butler’s burden

The Week Contest