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Newsweek International

May 22 2026
Magazine

This exciting weekly publication offers a clear combination of news, culture and thought-provoking ideas that challenge the smart and inquisitive. Our promise is to put the reporting back into the news.

Newsweek International

LINES OF POWER

District 3 Sends a Message to Mamdani

Euro Dream Risks Becoming an Economic Nightmare

TAKE FIVE • STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

A Case of Medical Whiplash

Hidden Strengths of Transferable Skills

The Long and Short of TV’s Fight for Your Attention

What’s In Store for the Future of Shopping?

NUMBER OF THE WEEK $56B

Adjourned

Spirit Leaves the Runway

Can We Finally Retire the Vacation Cruise?

THE ARCHIVES 1972

Coming In From the Cold

Let’s Talk About Kevins

VOTE OF CONFUSION • As Republicans push a sweeping election‑law strategy through the courts and Congress, voting rules are shifting late in the cycle—raising the risk of disruption, mistrust and fresh legal chaos ahead of the midterms

CHUCK SCHUMER’S LAST STAND • A series of high-stakes primaries across four states is testing whether the Senate leader’s playbook still works

KEEPING UP WITH THE TRUMPS • A Don Jr.-hosted Apprentice would be more than TV: it could convert the family name into a Kardashian-style commercial dynasty

THE 1600 Carlo VERSANO The Competency Crisis

CHILD OF CHERNOBYL • Forty years on from Ukraine’s nuclear power plant disaster, one woman, whose father worked on Reactor No. 2, reflects on its life-changing impact

THE COST OF TOGETHERNESS • The structural flaw in the Gulf states’ defense agreements with the U.S. left them open to Iran’s wrath and the $100 billion bill that followed. They must not allow these arrangements to continue unchanged

ISLAND OF DESPAIR • The pageantry of Charles III’s visit to the U.S. belies the reality of life in Britain, one mired by low growth, crumbling infrastructure and shrinking global influence

A COMEBACK FOR COZY CRIME • The annual Murder, She Wrote festival reveals how beloved mystery series offer structure and relief when real life feels unstable

IS THAT JOKE EVEN FUNNY ANYMORE? • Satirical website The Onion’s fight to gain control of Infowars may have noble intentions but, in the age of disinformation, could it do more harm than good?

LAURIE METCALF • The Tony and Emmy-winning actress reflects on her remarkable Broadway season, Death of a Salesman, co-star Nathan Lane and the enduring legacy of Roseanne’s Aunt Jackie

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