
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.
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Sole suspect in Brown, MIT shootings found dead
Speed Read The mass shooting suspect, a former Brown grad student, died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds
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Oscars jump to YouTube after decades at ABC
Speed Read The awards show will be broadcast worldwide on YouTube starting in 2029
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House GOP revolt forces vote on ACA subsidies
Speed Read The new health care bill would lower some costs but not extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies
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Unemployment rate ticks up amid fall job losses
Speed Read Data released by the Commerce Department indicates ‘one of the weakest American labor markets in years’
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Trump vows naval blockade of most Venezuelan oil
Speed Read The announcement further escalates pressure on President Nicolás Maduro
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Kushner drops Trump hotel project in Serbia
Speed Read Affinity Partners pulled out of a deal to finance a Trump-branded development in Belgrade
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US offers Ukraine NATO-like security pact, with caveats
Speed Read The Trump administration has offered Ukraine security guarantees similar to those it would receive from NATO
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Rob Reiner, wife dead in ‘apparent homicide’
speed read The Reiners, found in their Los Angeles home, ‘had injuries consistent with being stabbed’
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Hong Kong court convicts democracy advocate Lai
Speed Read Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was convicted in a landmark national security trial
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Australia weighs new gun laws after antisemitic attack
Speed Read A father and son opened fire on Jewish families at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing at least 15
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Senate votes down ACA subsidies, GOP alternative
Speed Read The Senate rejected the extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits, guaranteeing a steep rise in health care costs for millions of Americans
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Indiana Senate rejects Trump’s gerrymander push
Speed Read The proposed gerrymander would have likely flipped the state’s two Democratic-held US House seats
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$1M ‘Trump Gold Card’ goes live amid travel rule furor
Speed Read The new gold card visa offers an expedited path to citizenship in exchange for $1 million
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US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela
Speed Read The seizure was a significant escalation in the pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
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Judge orders release of Ghislaine Maxwell records
Speed Read The grand jury records from the 2019 prosecution of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein will be made public
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Miami elects first Democratic mayor in 28 years
Speed Read Eileen Higgins, Miami’s first woman mayor, focused on affordability and Trump’s immigration crackdown in her campaign
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Trump unveils $12B bailout for tariff-hit farmers
Speed Read The president continues to insist that his tariff policy is working
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Paramount fights Netflix for Warner as Trump hovers
Speed Read Paramount Skydance is seeking to undo Netflix’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery
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Benin thwarts coup attempt
Speed Read President Patrice Talon condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the West African country’s army
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Trump’s Comey case dealt new setback
speed read A federal judge ruled that key evidence could not be used in an effort to reindict former FBI Director James Comey
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Moscow cheers Trump’s new ‘America First’ strategy
speed read The president’s national security strategy seeks ‘strategic stability’ with Russia
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Supreme Court revives Texas GOP gerrymander
Speed Read Texas Republicans can use the congressional map they approved in August at President Donald Trump’s behest
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Boat strike footage rattles some lawmakers
Speed Read ‘Disturbing’ footage of the Sept. 2 attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat also shows the second strike that killed two survivors who were clinging to the wreckage
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Trump boosts gas cars in fuel economy rollback
speed read Watering down fuel efficiency standards is another blow to former President Biden’s effort to boost electric vehicles
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