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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Trump allies fold RNC into Trump campaign
speed read The new leaders of the Republican National Committee fired more than 60 of the RNC's 200 employees
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'Manipulated' photo of UK's Princess Kate spiked
speed read The first official image of Kate Middleton since January has been retracted
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'Oppenheimer' sweeps Oscars with 7 wins
speed read The film won best picture, best director (Christopher Nolan) and best actor (Cillian Murphy)
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US-Israel tensions rise as Ramadan starts in Gaza
speed read The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began Monday with no cease-fire in Gaza
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An amphibian that produces milk?
speed read Caecilians, worm-like amphibians that live underground, produce a milk-like substance for their hatchlings
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Sweden officially joins NATO
speed read The country applied to join in 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine
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Biden swipes at GOP in fiery State of the Union speech
speed read The President criticized congressional Republicans and defended democracy and reproductive rights
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How the US quietly became the world's top oil producer
speed read Net oil imports are dropping and the U.S. now produces more crude oil than any other country
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'Rust' armorer convicted of manslaughter
speed read The film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed by actor Alec Baldwin during rehearsal
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Houthi missile kills 3 sailors in Gulf of Aden
speed read These were the first fatalities of the Yemeni militant group's months of attacks on ships
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Feds cap credit card late fees at $8
speed read The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule to save households an estimated $10 billion a year
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International court orders arrests of 2 Russians
speed read Two senior Russian military officers have been accused of war crimes in Ukraine
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Biden, Trump sweep Super Tuesday, with 2 exceptions
speed read The candidates won most of their primaries, including in delegate-rich California and Texas
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Jupiter's Europa has less oxygen than hoped
speed read Scientists say this makes it less likely that Jupiter's moon harbors life
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France enshrines abortion rights in constitution
speed read It became the first country to make abortion a constitutional right
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Supreme Court keeps Trump on ballots
speed read They ruled that Colorado and other states cannot disqualify former President Donald Trump from federal office
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Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA scoring record
speed read College basketball star Caitlin Clark set the new record in Iowa's defeat of Ohio State
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Haley snaps Trump's streak with DC primary win
speed read Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley won Washington, D.C.'s Republican primary
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Is Netanyahu losing his grip?
speed read Israeli Cabinet minister Benny Gantz traveled to meet Kamala Harris without authorization from his political rival, Netanyahu
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Immigration helped the US economy outpace peers
speed read The U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.2% last quarter
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Alabama lawmakers rush to shield IVF
speed read The state's House and Senate passed bills to protect doctors, clinics and hospitals offering in vitro fertilization treatment
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Gaza's deadly food convoy tragedy
speed read A hungry crowd rushed a convoy of aid trucks and Israeli troops opened fire
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4-day workweek gets boost from UK study
Speed Read Following a six-month trial, the majority of participating British companies are still using the truncated schedule
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Texas executes man despite contested evidence
Speed Read Texas rejected calls for a rehearing of Ivan Cantu's case amid recanted testimony and allegations of suppressed exculpatory evidence
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