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 sends National Guard, Marines into L.A.

What next?

Musk climbs down after messy MAGA breakup

It wasn’t all bad

Abrego Garcia: Why the White House blinked

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Alda’s persistence through Parkinson’s

Bringing home the dead in Ukraine

How a ‘trippy’ therapy saved Cyrus

In the news

Qatar’s power play

Hey—don’t deport people I know

The ‘Epstein files’ backfire on MAGA

How AI can destroy your privacy

Viewpoint

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

How to live among multitudes

Don’t try to touch our stash

Israel: Arming Palestinian gangs to dislodge Hamas

Netherlands: ‘Dutch Trump’ brings down government

Sinn Féin is now a contender

Hands that can do little but swipe

Noted

Education: America First vs. foreign students

Crime: Why murder rates are plummeting

Discrimination: Expanding the definition

Travel ban: It’s back and it’s bigger

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Unreal: A quantum leap in AI video

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

The high cost of ending fluoridation

Healthy diet wards off dementia

Could myeloma be cured?

Exercise after cancer surgery

Clever cockatoos

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America • Book of the week

Flashlight • Novel of the week

How to Be Well: Navigating Our Self-Care Epidemic, One Dubious Cure at a Time

Best books…chosen by John Kenney

Also of interest…in culinary lives

Molly Jong-Fast • Author of the week

The 2025 Tonys: A big night for adventurousness

Adrien Brody: Made in America • Exhibit of the week

The Life of Chuck

How to Train Your Dragon

From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

Streaming tips • A Pride Month edition

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Gilded Age • Show of the week

Barbecue shrimp and grits: A New Orleans special • Recipe of the week

Marfa, Texas: Big skies, fine art, and great eating

Beer: Mass-market lagers

This week’s dream: Exploring Rome’s underground

Donatella Boutique Hotel • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

About that SSSS on your boarding pass

This week: Homes on the Jersey Shore

The bottom line

Trade: U.S. and China restore tariff truce

Economy: No boost in inflation despite tariff fears

The layoff club still has room for more

Real estate: A turning point for home prices?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Banking: Wells Fargo exits the penalty box

The waffle bar that made a hotel empire

Democrats’ wrong bet on U.S. Steel

The funk-rock visionary who became an addict and recluse • Sly Stone 1943–2025

The gay literary pioneer who never held back • Edmund White 1940–2025

Disappearing act

The Week Contest