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

Was Iran’s nuclear program really ‘obliterated’?

What next?

Progressive outsider scores surprise New York win

NATO agrees to Trump’s spending goal

U.S. v. Skrmetti: Did the trans rights movement overreach?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Macchio’s joyful comeback

What Trump stole from E. Jean Carroll

Streisand’s empathy for a flawed parent

In the news

Storm warning

What Putin has lost in Ukraine

An alternative to worker deportations

Democrats’ gerontocracy problem

Viewpoint

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

Rescuing a generation of recluses

Do your bit to convert Americans

Iran: Why the mullahs had no allies to turn to

U.K.: Will ‘assisted dying’ lead to coerced suicides?

Selfish cyclists must share the road

A big rock can’t appease angry Poles

ICE: Becoming Trump’s secret police force?

Noted

Christian extremism: Taking ‘holy war’ literally

Iran: Is regime change possible?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Robotaxis: Tesla bids to challenge Waymo

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

A look at our Denisovan cousins

Exploring the south pole of the sun

Why submarines are harder to find

The easier way to take a biopsy

Everyone eats bats

July fiction: Summers to remember

Best books…chosen by Thomas Mallon

Also of interest…in crime-genre standouts

Melissa Febos • Author of the week

Diane Arbus: Constellation • Exhibit of the week

Bruce Springsteen • Tracks II: The Lost Albums

Benson Boone • American Heart

F1: The Movie

28 Years Later

Familiar Touch

Streaming tips • End-of-life stories

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Heads of State • Show of the week

Arctic char with soba: A marmalade glaze makes it all sing

Summer in Seattle: Outdoor dining like nowhere else

Hard lemonade: Summer’s best

This week’s dream: On the trail of Alaska’s ‘fat bears’

Gleneagles • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Taking a phone-free vacation

This week: Homes for modernists

The bottom line

Ambitions: SoftBank pitches $1T AI complex

Economy: Two Fed governors urge rate cuts

Tech industry execs get a new uniform

Workplace: The first AI job cuts are already here

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Crypto frenzy: Bitcoin is conquering Wall Street

A Mideast war with no oilcrisis in sight

The worst new car feature? Sticker shock

The FedEx CEO who revolutionized air freight • Fred Smith 1944–2025

The runner who opened marathons to women • Nina Kuscsik 1939–2025

The revered pianist who championed Germanic composers • Alfred Brendel 1931–2025

The insanity machine

The Week Contest