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 halts military aid for Ukraine

What next?

U.S. tariffs spark North American trade war

Trump celebrates spending cuts, taunts Democrats

Budget: Will the GOP cut entitlements?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Pearce’s not-so-proud moments

Terror at 2,300 feet

Lewinsky’s life after scandal

In the news

When the insurer says ‘no’

Will Roberts’ court save democracy?

Musk’s views shaped by South Africa

The looming Cuomo resurrection

Viewpoint

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

Don’t panic over threat from China

How Trump has revived the Liberals

How they see us: No longer the champion of democracies

Romania: A candidate’s fishy Russian connections

English is an ethnicity, and that’s OK

The far right dominates in the East

Noted

Foreign aid: The human toll of drastic cuts

Media: A collective surrender to Trump?

The Tates: Trump’s tribute to the manosphere

Trump and Putin: Not a hoax

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Media: For podcasts, a sharp turn to video

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

New state of matter at quantum scale

The science of reading a green

New evidence for Mars ocean

Pharaoh’s tomb discovered

A whole new genus

Waste Wars: The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash • Book of the week

Show Don’t Tell: Stories

Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry

Best books…chosen by Elliot Ackerman

Also of interest…in system failures

Paul Theroux • Author of the week

Oscars 2025: Anora’s Cinderella triumph

Tears of Injustice • Mdou Moctar

Sinister Grift • Panda Bear

So Close to What • Tate McRae

Mickey 17

Last Breath

New and notable podcasts

Streaming tips • The best stand-up of 2025, so far

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Long Bright River • Show of the week

Labadi pork ribs: Flavors straight from West Africa’s coast • Recipe of the week

Road trip: New England’s maple syrup season

Co-ferments: A new frontier

This week’s dream: Riverboat luxury in Peru’s rainforest

Dar Tantora the House Hotel • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Why an infant needs a plane seat

This week: Homes for multi-generational families

The bottom line

Safe passage: BlackRock’s Panama Canal deal

Savings plan: Trump calls for national crypto reserve

Corporate America’s self-defense push

Golden ticket: U.S. residency for $5 million?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

DOGE: The profitable business of bashing government

How the stock market ate the economy

For retailers, everything is always on sale

The prolific actor who brought intensity to diverse roles • Gene Hackman 1930–2025

The Secret Service agent who couldn’t save JFK • Clint Hill 1932–2025

A rescue pilot’s final flight

The Week Contest