Peter Weber

Senior editor

Peter Weber is a senior editor at TheWeek.com, and has handled the editorial night shift since the website launched in 2008. A graduate of Northwestern University, Peter has worked at Facts on File and The New York Times Magazine. He speaks Spanish and Italian and plays bass and rhythm cello in an Austin rock band. Follow him on Twitter.

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Jan. 6 trials

Jan. 6 rioter charged with stealing Pelosi's laptop sentenced to 3 years

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Flare Up

U.S. strikes Iranian targets in Syria after drone attack kills U.S. contractor

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Modi operandi

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi sentenced to 2 years over Modi quip

Abortion rights protest in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

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Unintended consequences

Wyoming judge blocks abortion ban, citing anti-ObamaCare amendment

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Crime-Fraud Exception

Courts order Trump lawyer to hand over records in classified files probe

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Today's big question

Is Russia a Chinese 'client state'?

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Mixed Messages

U.S. housing prices fall for 1st time in 11 years

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Armor Away

Ukraine will get U.S. Abrams tanks, Patriot missiles sooner than expected

Advocates for Castner Range National Monument near El Paso

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Public Domain

Biden to create 2 new national monuments in Texas and Nevada

China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin

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Awkward

Ukraine hints it destroyed Russian missile shipment in Crimea

Maria Bartiromo interviews Rudy Giuliani in 2019

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Dominion v. Fox News

Fox News seeks gag order for producer claiming coercion in Dominion deposition

Courthouse in D.C. where Oath Keepers tried

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Jan. 6 trials

6 more Oath Keepers, associates convicted in militia's 3rd Jan. 6 trial

Protests against Macron's pension overhaul

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Today's big question

Is France 'on the edge of civil unrest'?

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Attrition

Russia's spring Ukraine offensive may be winding down amid heavy losses

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Contingency Plans

Kevin McCarthy urges Trump fans not to protest if he is arrested

Repeating silhouettes of college graduates

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Today's big question

What's driving America's college crisis?

Police in Hamburg response to Jehovah's Witnesses shooting

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Watchtower

8 dead in shooting at German Jehovah's Witness hall, including suspected gunman

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The future is now

U.S. scientists report 'reddmatter' superconductor breakthrough

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Speedy Recovery

Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall at D.C. hotel

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Name and blame

Man accusing CPAC chief Matt Schlapp of unwanted groping steps forward

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White flags

Ukraine's army runs a detailed how-to-surrender hotline for Russian troops

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Today's big question

Is America inching toward conflict with China?

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Stay or go?

Zelensky says Ukraine is reinforcing Bakhmut positions, not withdrawing

HR manager shows results of personality test

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Testing testing

Companies are turning to personality tests as remote work takes off

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Culture Wars

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee quietly signs bans on drag shows, gender-affirming care

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Toxic

Who is poisoning Iran's schoolgirls, and why hasn't Tehran stopped them?

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Downsides of growth

Whiskey fungus is ravaging bourbon country, angering homeowners

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Havana syndrome

U.S. intel: Havana Syndrome not caused by foreign adversaries, energy weapons

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Spoiler alerts?

Finland is voting to join NATO, but Hungary is joining Turkey as an obstacle

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Train wrecks

Dozens dead in Greek rail collision between passenger and freight trains

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Drag for me but not for thee

Tennessee governor says photo of him in skirt and wig irrelevant to drag show ban

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Nigeria Votes

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu declared winner of tight presidential election

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Tragicomedy

Elon Musk calls Dilbert 'legit funny & insightful.' Cartoonists disagree.

Jared Kushner and Rupert Murdoch in 2014

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Dominion v. Fox News

Dominion: Rupert Murdoch gave Kushner 'confidential' Biden ad, strategy info

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child labor

Biden administration announces crackdown on child labor violations

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Origin story

U.S. Energy Dept. backs COVID-19 lab leak theory with 'low confidence'