
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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Judge pauses most of RFK Jr.’s vaccine agendaSpeed Read The judge said Kennedy had likely violated numerous administrative procedures
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FCC’s Carr warns networks over Iran war coverageSpeed Read Carr has previously threatened talk show hosts over their views on Trump
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‘One Battle After Another’ wins top OscarSpeed Read ‘Sinners’ also won big at the awards show
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Trump demands allies, China join Hormuz escort effortSpeed Read Trump made the demand of seven countries that rely on Middle Eastern oil
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Senate passes bipartisan housing affordability billSpeed Read The bill was sponsored by Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
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Iran leader vows oil pain in defiant first remarksSpeed Read The statement was his first since being named supreme leader earlier this week
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Britain ousts hereditary peers from House of LordsSpeed Read They will leave Parliament permanently this spring
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Trump begins lengthy process of reviving tariffsSpeed Read The White House is opening a slew of investigations into trading partners’ practices
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Alabama halts execution of man who didn’t kill victimSpeed Read Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton had left the site of the murder before it occurred
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Pope approves exit of US bishop charged with theftSpeed Read The bishop had been a major figure in San Diego’s Catholic community
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Star real estate brothers convicted of sex traffickingSpeed Read The brothers were found guilty on 10 counts of trafficking
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Anthropic sues Pentagon to lift blacklistingSpeed Read The AI firm described the DOD’s move as ‘unprecedented and unlawful’
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Nepal elects ex-rapper to lead post-revolt countryspeed read Voters have put Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah on track to be prime minister
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Video suggests US missile hit Iranian grade schoolspeed read Iran said more than 160 children were killed in the Feb. 28 strike on the school
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States sue Trump over new global tariffsSpeed Read More than 20 states took legal action against the president
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Trump says he wants to help pick Iran’s next leaderSpeed Read Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the deceased ayatollah, is considered the top replacement in Iran
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Gonzales admits affair with aide, faces censureSpeed Read The aide later died by suicide
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Senate GOP sinks bill to reclaim war powers in IranSpeed Read The bill would have limited Trump’s authority over the Iran conflict
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Georgia dad guilty in son’s alleged school shootingspeed read Colin Gray allowed his son access to a gun he used to kill two high school students and two teachers in 2024
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Primaries set up big races in Texas, North Carolinaspeed read The 2026 midterms kicked off with primary elections in three states
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Supreme Court sides with parents in trans fightspeed read The court ruled that California schools cannot prevent teachers from notifying parents about their child’s gender identity
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Minneapolis investigating Bovino, others in ICE surgespeed read Border Patrol official Greg Bovino, the former public face of Trump’s aggressive deportation efforts in Minneapolis, is under investigation
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‘Sinners’ takes top honors at SAG Actor Awardsspeed read Ryan Coogler’s Southern vampire drama won best ensemble and star Michael B. Jordan won best male lead actor
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Pakistan’s ‘open war’ with Afghanistan heats upspeed read Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said the country is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan following airstrikes
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