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 plays midterm defense in red states…

It wasn’t all bad

…and pre-emptively alleges voting fraud

Netanyahu survives in deadlocked Israeli election

Musk: Does he have too much power?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

How Python keeps saving Palin

A year of foraged food and roadkill

Goodman’s life of discomfort

In the news

Beef-flation

Yes, Russia is meddling in the midterms

How bribery became legal

Providing incentive to get nukes

Viewpoint

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

What the panopticon misses

Bride price is now out of control

Brazil: Lula pulls out a win and Bolsonaro flees

Serbia: A student movement topples a strongman

Danes are spreading our seed

What we learned from Guilfoyle

Noted

Ramaswamy: Too nasty to win?

Midterms: A fake poll mystery

Golf course: Trump’s defiant obsession

Slotkin: Targeting the enablers

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

PHP: The bugs putting millions of websites at risk

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

How a selfie can reveal cancer survival odds

Destination: Phobos

Time’s up for the leap second

World’s oldest shipwreck?

When monkeys learn to fear germs

The American Way of Killing • Book of the week

Music Against the Night • Novel of the week

Sleeping Beauties: Why Good Ideas Go Dormant and How They Wake Up

Best books…chosen by Terrence Holt

Also of interest…in disruptive forces

Audrey Niffenegger • Author of the week

Georgia O’Keeffe: Architecture • Exhibit of the week

Bernie Taupin • The Sea Has No Mercy

Fontaines D.C. • Dopamine Chamber

Michael Kiwanuka • Fudge

Wicker

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

860

Streaming tips • A con artists hall of fame

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Black Doves • Show of the week

Korean chicken soup: An elixir for body and spirit • Recipe of the week

Asheville, N.C.: A wealth of flavors in a small Appalachian city

Wine: Chardonnay with nuance

This week’s dream: Teeing off in the Scottish birthplace of golf

Graylyn • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Travel’s last great upgrade bargain

This week: Homes with glass walls

The bottom line

Anthropic: IPO coming soon

Fed: Holding rates steady for now

Nobody parties like a fund manager

Investing: Revenge of the 60-40 portfolio

What the experts say

Charity of the week

AI boom: A storm warning for the neoclouds

The firm that’s never had layoffs

A $25 billion fine is still not enough

The character actor who stole the show • Tom Skerritt 1933–2026

The Verdi specialist who pushed past prejudice • Martina Arroyo 1936–2026

The NPR host who sought out everyday people • Noah Adams 1942–2026

The Taylor Swift of AI

The Week Contest