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

Democrats push for ICE accountability

What next?

U.S. sends ‘armada’ steaming toward defiant Iran

It wasn’t all bad

Fulton County: A dress rehearsal for election theft?

Only in America

Good week/bad week

In other news

The U.S. at a Glance

The World at a Glance

Turner’s on-the-job training

An Olympian’s coming-out story

Stewart’s simmering anger

In the news

The price of sporting glory • The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics kicked off this week. Will Italy regret playing host?

Do taxpayers owe Trump $10 billion?

The high price of vaccine avoidance

No, Russia isn’t winning in Ukraine

Viewpoint

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

Who needs U.S. military aid, anyway?

Learn to fight like an underdog

Canada: Alberta separatists find a friend in Trump

How they see us: Floating a World Cup boycott

We, too, have a covetous neighbor

Europe is too weak to go it alone

Noted

Melania: A film about nothing

Don Lemon: Arrested for journalism?

Epstein: A long list of rich, powerful pals

ICE: Building a surveillance state

Wit & Wisdom

Poll Watch

Pick of the Week’s Cartoons

Silicon Valley: Worker activism makes a comeback

Innovation of the week

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Growing a brain in the lab

The tools of the ancients

A one-time weight loss treatment?

Grandparenting for a sharp brain

A mushroom that makes you see elves

Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind • Book of the week

Half His Age • Novel of the week

Football

Best books…chosen by Elinor Lipman

Also of interest…in our networked globe

Rachel Eliza Griffiths • Author of the week

The 2026 Grammys: A breakthrough for Bad Bunny

Springsteen issues a rallying cry

Charli XCX’s split-vision mock doc

Trump to close and dismantle the Kennedy Center

Sundance: The end of an era

Data

Streaming tips • Valentine movies for all tastes

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Dark Winds • Show of the week

Turkey pibil: A taco filling with a very long history

San Francisco: Best sources for a warming bowl of cioppino

Wine: Sweet reds

This week’s dream: World-class powder in Niseko, Japan

Larch House • Hotel of the week

Getting the flavor of…

Winter road trip essentials

This week: Homes in warm climes

The bottom line

Disney: Parks leader D’Amaro to be next CEO

Musk: SpaceX buys sister company xAI

What is WD-40? Only a select few know

Currencies: Why Trump wants a weak dollar

What the experts say

Charity of the week

The Fed: Trump’s surprising pick for chairman

Trump’s UAE deal is totally corrupt

U.S. brands are falling out of fashion

The madcap actress who sparkled on SCTV and Schitt’s Creek • Catherine O’Hara 1954–2026

The Sanford and Son actor who became a preacher • Demond Wilson 1946–2026

Censored in the classroom

The Week Contest