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

Deadlock in Congress over ICE reforms

It wasn’t all bad

Congress demands answers on Epstein files

Trump casts a shadow over Winter Olympics

Media: Why did Bezos gut The Washington Post?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Glover’s giant leap to space

The loneliest militia leader

Berry’s menopause message

In the news

Putin’s shadow war

The Epstein connection to Russiagate

New caution on trans treatments

Senior care depends on immigrants

Viewpoint

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

U.K.: Can Starmer survive the Epstein fallout?

Le Pen won’t see the fruits of her labor

A princess with vile ties to Epstein

Struggling to make room for deportees

Milei parties while we go without

How they see us: A new nuclear arms race begins

Noted

Corruption: The spy sheikh and the president

Trump: Alienating voters with rants, racism?

Trump: Whitewashing American history

Elections: A plan to steal the midterms?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Moltbook: The AI-only social network

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

The algae blooms melting Greenland

Running can stave off aging…

…but good genes help more

How Dad affects your health

An expanding diet for polar bears

Bonfire of the Murdochs: How the Epic Fight to Control the Last Great Media Dynasty Broke a Family—and the World • Book of the week

Good People • Novel of the week

The Typewriter and the Guillotine: An American Journalist, a German Serial Killer, and Paris on the Eve of WWII

Best books…chosen by Danny Funt

Also of interest…in outsiders

Stephen Fishbach • Author of the week

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl: A win for unity

Inuuteq Storch: Soon Will Summer Be Over • Exhibit of the week

A new record for Michelangelo

Wuthering Heights

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die

Sirat

Streaming tips • The best of Catherine O’Hara

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Paradise • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: French dining three ways

Classic bread pudding for two • Recipe of the week

Instant coffee: Getting better

The 2026 Dodge Charger: What the critics say

The best of…snow removal tools

How to get your LED bulbs to last • Tip of the week…

For visually managing voicemail • Best apps…

This week: Homes with vast acreage

The bottom line

Bitcoin: A harsh crypto winter worsens

Jobs: Hiring rebounds after stalled growth in 2025

Big Game’s biggest victor: California

Health insurance: Premiums soar as ACA subsidies end

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Anthropic: AI triggers the ‘SaaSpocalypse’

Your Ring cam is a spying tool

The glass firm riding AI’s boom

The quarterback who made passing look easy • Sonny Jurgensen 1934–2026

The singer who co-founded Three Dog Night • Chuck Negron 1942–2026

The lobsterwoman who was memorialized in a children’s book • Virginia Oliver 1920–2026

The price of speaking out

The Week Contest