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

House GOP flails as shutdown looms

It wasn’t all bad

Trump found to have committed wide-ranging fraud

U.S. gives protections to Venezuelans amid migrant surge

Decorum: Does it matter what senators wear?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

How Palin copes with grief

The cartoonist who fled the suburbs

Why Evans envies his dog

In the news

A reckoning over looted art

McConnell is not going anywhere

Newsom’s telling veto of a trans bill

Dumb pledges on drug addiction

Viewpoint

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

Pity Vienna for having no principles

The pope who ignored the Holocaust

Nagorno-Karabakh: Is Europe doing enough to help?

Canada: Sikh separatism at heart of dispute with India

Don’t make friends with war criminals

Frugality can’t fill kids’ bellies

Noted

Scandals: A senator’s gold stash

Trump: An about-face on abortion?

Gen. Milley: Warrior against tyranny?

Married parents: A clear advantage for children

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Ransomware: The gangs vs. the casino

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Earth’s ability to sustain human life in peril

A window into your brain

Women less likely to get CPR

How Alzheimer’s kills cells

Flamingos now in many states

The Iliad • Book of the week

North Woods • Novel of the week

Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close

Best books…chosen by Ken Follett

Also of interest…in spies and sleuths

Navied Mahdavian • Author of the week

Manet/Degas • Exhibit of the week

Scarlet • Doja Cat

The Returner • Allison Russell

Bewitched • Laufey

A comedian’s tall tales: Did Hasan Minhaj go too far?

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips • Remembering William Friedkin

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Lupin • Show of the week

Stuffed tomatoes with rice: A Roman road to comfort food • Recipe of the week

The best of San Antonio: Dining on the River Walk

Wine: An under-$20 list

The 2024 Hyundai Kona: What the critics say

The best of…alarm clocks

How to rejuvenate crystallized honey • Tip of the week…

Five useful new features of iOS 17 • Tech support…

This week: Homes with great art studios

The bottom line

Regulation: U.S. takes aim at Amazon

Crime: Target says shoplifting forces store closings

A Russian fleet of white elephants

Debt: A dreaded moment for student-loan borrowers

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Moguls: Murdoch steps aside at empire he built

As oil surges, U.S. won’t pump more

Some praise for modern Luddites

The brutal mobster who spent 30 years in hiding • Matteo Messina Denaro 1962–2023

The economist who offered a fix for health care • Victor Fuchs 1924–2023

The U.S. composer who forced Germans to face their past • Gloria Coates 1933–2023

The spies next door

The Week Contest