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 casts blame for second assassination attempt
It wasn’t all bad
Harris gains ground in swing state battles
Israel attacks Hezbollah with exploding pagers
Springfield, Ohio: Why Trump is smearing Haitian migrants
Only in America
Good week/bad week
In other news
The U.S. at a glance
The world at a glance
Garten’s austere upbringing
Strolling between skyscrapers
What Kravitz missed about her mom
In the news
The tangle of state voting laws
How to win the votes of undecideds
Musk’s ‘joke’ about killing Biden, Harris
The plan to intimidate voters
Viewpoint
It must be true… • I read it in the tabloids
A gift to the far right: closed borders
Smearing the Irish as redneck bigots
European Union: Lagging far, far behind the U.S.
Mexico: Judicial takeover raises fears of one-party rule
Don’t be pawns in Republicans’ political games
Protesters don’t deserve death penalty
Noted
Ukraine: Its need for long-range missiles
Swift’s endorsement: Does it matter?
Trump: Why is he listening to Laura Loomer?
Tyreek Hill: A troubling run-in with police
Wit & Wisdom
Poll watch
Pick of the week’s cartoons
Regulation: Europe puts on the squeeze
Innovation of the week
Bytes: What’s new in tech
Bat die-off led to deaths of human infants
A way to see through flesh
Pandemic aged teen girls’ brains
Black women and C-sections
Mercury’s strange craters
Tell Me Everything • Book of the week
The Life Impossible
Reagan: His Life and Legend
Best books…chosen by Abbott Kahler
Also of interest…in football-season reading
Liane Moriarty • Author of the week
The Roommate
Royko: The Toughest Man in Chicago
Postcards From Texas • Miranda Lambert
My Method Actor • Nilüfer Yanya
Endlessness • Nala Sinephro
My Old Ass
Speak No Evil
The 2024 Emmys: An upset for The Bear and a Shogun romp
Streaming tips • A true-crime roundup
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
Nobody Wants This • Show of the week
Stuffed cabbage pie: Comfort food with a hint of flair • Recipe of the week
Japanese-style bars: A growing New York City specialty
Wine: Rediscovering Spain
This week’s dream: The many enchantments of Copenhagen
Populus • Hotel of the week
Virginia’s Northern Neck
This week: Homes in Nashville
The bottom line
Economy: Fed cuts rates as inflation fight ends
National security: TikTok seeks to forestall U.S. ban
Lego’s best set: The staff minifigs
Founder Mode: Management goes hard-core
What the experts say
Charity of the week
Strike: Walkout adds to Boeing’s troubles
Fire a CEO? Nike should just do it.
Both parties are wrong on U.S. Steel
The thunder-voiced actor who commanded the screen • James Earl Jones 1931–2024
The Holocaust survivor who revolutionized surgery • George Berci 1921–2024
Working on God’s time
The Week Contest