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 tries to contain backlash over Pretti shooting

What next?

Democrats refusing to fund DHS without changes

It wasn’t all bad

Greenland: The lasting damage of Trump’s tantrum

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Martin’s morbid fans

How Mellencamp’s Hoosier loyalty paid off

Seyfried’s wild menagerie

In the news

The price of forgiveness • President Trump’s unprecedented use of pardons has turned clemency into a big business.

Trump’s enduring impact

An Orwellian federal database

Newsom’s weighty baggage

Viewpoint

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

A deal with China that’s not a big deal

A textbook attack on government

Gaza: Abandoned by Trump’s Board of Peace?

How they see us: An empire in crisis

Gifting China a spy haven in London

We’ve let our railways fall apart

Noted

Alex Pretti: Killed for carrying a gun?

Epstein: Holding the Clintons in contempt

Minneapolis: The power of a boy’s photo

Board of Peace: Trump vanity project?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

AI: Dr. ChatGPT will see you now

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Is measles now endemic in the U.S.?

How prehistoric humans did math

No Tylenol link to autism

A worrying seaweed invasion

A bovine with a back scratcher

Vigil: A Novel • Book of the week

Call Me Ishmaelle

Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage

Best books…chosen by Alan Allport

Also of interest…in unusual relationships

Jennette McCurdy • Author of the week

Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream • Exhibit of the week

Ari Lennox • Vacancy

Lucinda Williams • World’s Gone Wrong

A$AP Rocky • Don’t Be Dumb

Send Help

A Private Life

An Ark

Streaming tips • Striving for music stardom

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The 2026 Winter Olympics • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Three perspectives on Italian

Hot-and-sour soup • Recipe of the week

Coffee liqueur: Italian classics

The 2026 CLA250+ EV: What the critics say

The best of…valentine gifts for the two of you

Four targets for midwinter decluttering • Tip of the week…

RSS readers worth using • Best apps…

This week: Homes with incredible balconies

The bottom line

Social media: Mental-health reckoning begins

Federal Reserve: Holding steady on interest rates

Pack your bags, we are going to Costco

Markets: The end of ‘American exceptionalism’?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

TikTok: New owners, same risks

JPMorgan is not a woke bank

Musk gets schooled by an Irish troll

The intrepid doctor who defeated smallpox • William H. Foege 1936–2026

The Sega boss who was serious about play • David Rosen 1930–2025

The unbreakable goaltender who reshaped hockey • Glenn Hall 1931–2026

Facing the ICE storm

The Week Contest