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

U.S., China agree to hold first tariff talks

It wasn’t all bad

Israel announces indefinite reoccupation of Gaza

GOP impasse over a ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill

‘Two dolls’: Can Trump sell Americans on austerity?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Why Coogler eyes longevity

The last fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto

Ramsey’s second youth

In the news

Unraveling autism

Trump admits migrant can be returned

Fetterman’s mental-health struggles

Bondi targets journalists over leaks

Viewpoint

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

A moral stain on our nation’s soul

Still too dependent on South Africa

How they see us: Trump rescues the Australian left

Ukraine: Paying a price to keep U.S. aid flowing

Denouncing genocide is free speech

How much freedom have we given up?

Noted

Democrats: How to rebuild a damaged brand

Education: Can public schools be religious?

RFK Jr.: A new plan for sabotaging vaccines

The courts: Pushing back against Trump

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Digital consent: Law targets deepfake and revenge porn

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Beating a peanut allergy in adulthood

How primates heal so fast

Why youth are getting colon cancer

The wine-and-fruit diet

A costume of dead bugs

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves • Book of the week

Perspective(s) • Novel of the week

Notes to John

Best books…chosen by Marya E. Gates

Also of interest…in family matters

Eamon Dolan • Author of the week

Trump vs. the arts: Fresh strikes against PBS and the NEA

Eric Church • Evangeline vs. the Machine

Blondshell • If You Asked for a Picture

Model/Actriz • Pirouette

Thunderbolts*

Rust

Just in Time • Circle in the Square, New York City

Streaming tips • Fictional papal dramas

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Duster • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Reimagined Mexican-American fare

Recipe of the week

Wine: Alsace’s nature kick

2025 VW Golf GTI: What the critics say

The best of…kitchen cabinet organizers

Four ways to dry flowers • Tip of the week…

Managing how Google tracks you • Tech support…

This week: Queen Anne Victorian homes

The bottom line

Public benefits: OpenAI drops for-profit plan

Crypto: Abu Dhabi fund in $2 billion deal with Trump

SpaceX’s Starbase—in Texas, not on Mars

Shaky starts: A jobs drought for new grads

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Icons: Buffett’s surprise retirement

What experts missed about free trade

Riyadh gives up on $100 a barrel oil

The comic actress who packed a wallop • Ruth Buzzi 1936–2025

The protean director who made ‘First Blood’ • Ted Kotcheff 1931–2025

The former leftist who morphed into a MAGA firebrand • David Horowitz 1939–2025

Disappearing into Russia’s abyss

The Week Contest