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 returns with a barrage of orders, pardons

What next?

Asylum halted as immigration crackdown begins

It wasn’t all bad

Gaza cease-fire: Did Trump swing the deal?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Butler’s on-set scars

How MacGraw was tested by fire

Zellweger’s escape from acting

In the news

The scramble for Greenland

No quick end to the war in Ukraine

Why DOGE will get nowhere

Texas wages war on Catholic group

Viewpoint

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

Israel: Does Gaza cease-fire put peace within reach?

Why America will never conquer us

Starving out foreign laborers

We need the tourists we spit on

Why it’s so hard to build an EU army

How they see us: Trump forces Europe to recalibrate

Noted

Oligarchy: A threat to American democracy?

Los Angeles: How to rebuild a ravaged city

TikTok: Why Trump blocked the shutdown

Biden: A flurry of last-minute pardons

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

ID please: A digital lock for online porn

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

A looming epidemic of dementia

Toxins linger after fires are out

Goodbye to Red No. 3

Surge in vasectomies

Nightmare spider

Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life • Book of the week

Good Girl • Novel of the week

Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was)

Best books…chosen by Jojo Moyes

Also of interest…in towering forerunners

Betty Shamieh • Author of the week

From art to ash: The cultural costs of L.A.’s wildfires

Humanhood • The Weather Station

Balloonerism • Mac Miller

Día • Ela Minus

Presence

One of Them Days

Grand Theft Hamlet

Streaming tips • Addictive reality shows

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Paradise • Show of the week

A better chicken pot pie: Or so says the biscuit top • Recipe of the week

Super Bowl dining: Where to eat near the big game

Wine: Michigan’s best

This week’s dream: A new era for Greenland

The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

How to reduce your airport losses

This week: Homes in New York’s Hudson Valley

The bottom line

Trade: Trump readies tariffs on rivals and allies

Big data: Tech giants join on massive data center plans

Searching for riches in a cow’s gallbladder

Tax breaks: Blue states push to raise SALT cap

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Never say DEI: The new rules of corporate life

The Trumps start a new era with a grift

Out of TikTok, into China’s open arms

The filmmaker who uncovered the surreal • David Lynch 1949–2025

The third-rate player who became Mr. Baseball • Bob Uecker 1934–2025

The relatable TV cook who lent French flair to Southern cuisine • Nathalie Dupree 1939–2025

If dogs could talk…

The Week Contest