Here's what's in this week's issue of The Week magazine
14 June 2025
- Main stories: An abuse of power?: Trump sends in the troops
- Controversy: Reform’s Achilles heel
- People: Ellie Simmonds: “I never saw my dwarfism as something that would hold me back.”
- Briefing: Britain’s cocaine habit
- Best British article: My takeaway message is this: no takeaways
- Best American article: The AI apocalypse: will it hit us in 2027?
- Best International article: Can the “Bernie Sanders of South Korea” heal his nation?
- Health & Science: How to read a horse’s thoughts
- Talking points: Musk and Trump: the bromance comes to an end
- Obituary: Marthe Cohn: A Jewish spy in Nazi Germany
- The Last Word: Life as a foster carer: exhausting and heartbreaking, but rewarding
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