
Peter Weber, The Week US
Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University. He graduated from Northwestern University with degrees in international studies and performance studies and served in the Peace Corps in Honduras.
Peter has lived in Italy and all major quadrants of the continental U.S. and currently resides in Austin, Texas, where he plays bass and rhythm cello in a garage band.
Latest articles by Peter Weber, The Week US
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Texas judge approves abortion of nonviable fetus, drawing threat from Texas attorney general
Speed Read Kate Cox petitioned to terminate her doomed pregnancy, salvaging her uterus and the option to try for more children
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Why Sen. Tommy Tuberville finally dropped his military promotions blockade
Speed Read The Alabama senator had been blocking the advancement of senior officers for 10 months, despite growing political blowback
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Ex-US diplomat confessed spying for Cuba to undercover agent, FBI says
Speed Read DOJ says former US ambassador Manuel Rocha perpetrated 'one of the highest-reaching and longest-lasting infiltrations of the United States government by a foreign agent'
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Florida GOP chair says prurient sex and rape allegations won't force him out
Speed Read Republicans are calling on Christian Ziegler, half of a Florida GOP power couple, to step down after a police report revealed a sexual battery allegation and a consensual threesome
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Israel reportedly had actual Hamas attack plan a year before Oct. 7 assault
Speed Read Israeli officials considered the intercepted battle plan too ambitious and out of step with their view that Hamas didn't want a war with Israel, documents show
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Elon Musk to X's fleeing advertisers: 'Go f--- yourself' and 'don't advertise'
Speed Read 'What this advertising boycott is going to do is to kill the company,' Musk said at a public conference
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Why Hunter Biden offered to testify in House probe, and why Republicans said no
Speed Read Biden said he would testify in the House GOP's impeachment inquiry, but not behind closed doors
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A brief timeline of Russia's war in Ukraine
In Depth How the Kremlin's plan for a quick conquest turned into a quagmire
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3 Palestinian American college students shot in Vermont in possible hate crime
Speed Read The men were wounded on the street by a lone gunman during a Thanksgiving visit to Burlington
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The Vatican half-embraces transgender Catholic godparents, wedding witnesses
Under the Radar Pope Francis signed off on a series of clarifications about the roles LGBTQ Catholics can play in the church, with ample theological fine print
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Will Rep. George Santos be fired before he can retire, after damning ethics report?
Speed Read The truth-challenged New York Republican is on thin ice after a House Ethics Committee report found 'substantial evidence' he violated ethics rules and criminal laws
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House passes GOP spending bill as Democrats shrug off 'goofy' laddered structure
Speed Read House Speaker Mike Johnson had to rely on Democrats to fund the government through at least Jan. 19, though some found his methods a little bizarre
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Watch ex-Trump lawyers preview their potential testimony in Georgia election conspiracy case
Speed Read Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell told Fulton County prosecutors a little of what they know before taking plea deals
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Sen. Tim Scott drops out of GOP presidential race, evidently surprising staff
Speed Read Scott, who tried to inject sunny optimism into the campaign, announced his exit on Fox News
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The actors strike is over. Is Hollywood back in business?
Speed Read SAG-AFTRA tentatively agreed to a new 3-year contract and ended its historic 118-day strike, but not everything's golden in Tinseltown
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Democrats, abortion rights win big in off-year state elections
Speed Read Republicans won Mississippi's governor race but few other big contests on Tuesday, and abortion opponents lost big in Ohio
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Why Palestinians aren't fleeing Gaza during Israel's bombardment
The Explainer Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza as it fights to destroy Hamas, but lots of Palestinians are staying put
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Senate confirms first female Navy chief, 2 others, plots to bust Tuberville blockade
Speed Read Frustration is reaching a bipartisan boil as Sen. Tommy Tuberville's blanket hold on military promotion enters its ninth month
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Senate Republicans rip Tuberville as he foils votes on military promotions
Speed Read Frustrations over the Alabama Republican's long hold on military promotions is boiling over in his own party
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FBI arrests Cornell student for allegedly threatening to rape and murder Jews
Speed Read The junior engineering student reportedly confessed to posting the vile messages to a Greek life online forum
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Israel bombed Gaza's crowded Jabaliya refugee camp to kill Hamas leader underneath
Speed Read Israel said its airstrikes killed the senior Hamas commander, but they also killed civilians
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New GOP House speaker proposes aiding Israel with IRS funds meant to nab rich US tax cheats
Speed Read House Republicans have a counterproposal to President Biden's request for military and humanitarian aid for Israel and Ukraine, and it's DOA
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UAW reaches tentative deal with GM, final Big 3 Detroit automaker targeted in strike
Speed Read Unions scored another high-profile victory and the U.S. auto industry ended a costly 6-week strike, if UAW members ratify the contracts
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What do the Republicans stand for?
In Depth America is effectively a two-party system. Here's a look at the Party of Lincoln ... and Trump
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