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

Voters punish Trump with Democratic landslide

What next?

Statehouses across the country flip to blue

A sea change in once red Texas

Midterms: Is this the end of Trumpism?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a glance

The world at a glance

Bamford’s return to the dating game

A songwriter’s lost collaborators

Brolin’s wild childhood

In the news

The great art heist

When ICE comes for a MAGA loyalist

Is Mamdani a secret centrist?

Not everyone can claim to be disabled

Viewpoint

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

The U.S. city that welcomes criminals

A taste of its own medicine

Israel: The Arab population won’t be ignored

Spain: Where trains keep smashing into each other

Don’t let Orban near the U.N.

Why drilling is the green energy option

Noted

Supreme Court: Greenlighting bigotry?

Baseball: Digging in on a salary cap

Trump: Explaining his midterm man crushes

Iran: Are we headed back to war?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Marissa Mayer: Outsourcing parenting to AI?

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Portrait of a young universe

A new viral threat

Turbines are bad news for bats

How microplastics harm

A banana that can breed

The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War, and the Making of the Modern World • Book of the week

The Brightness • Novel of the week

Redemption: Faith, Justice, and Sisterhood on Death Row

Best books…chosen by David Szalay

Also of interest…in great performers

Jane Schoenbrun • Author of the week

Arthur Jafa: I Am Tony • Exhibit of the week

Queens of the Stone Age • Perfecth

A pair of new cinematic adventures • Video games

Wild Horse Nine

Godzilla Minus Zero

A Few Good Men

Remembering Tom Skerritt • Streaming tips

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power • Show of the week

Critics’ choice: Tasting menus that thrill

Sweet and sour pomegranate Chex Mix • Recipe of the week

Wine: Revamping Zinfandel

The 2027 Range Rover EV: What the critics say

The best of…winter jackets for men

Tip of the week… • The dos and don’ts of pressure washing

Best apps… • For discovering and discussing books

This week: Homes with glorious fall foliage

The bottom line

Apple: Memory shortage eats at profits

California: Voters may spurn a billionaire tax

It’s a good time to be a cobbler

Weil Gotshal: A ‘Lehman moment’ for Big Law?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Crypto: How hackers infiltrated Binance

Nvidia’s CEO and the Chinese spy

A quiet monopoly in mortgages

The Shakespearean actor who brought gravitas to Star Trek • Patrick Stewart 1940–2026

The labor leader who won rights for farmworkers • Dolores Huerta 1930–2026

A gunfight at the dog park

The Week Contest