
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 ousts last members of election assistance panelSpeed Read The administration forced out the three remaining members of a bipartisan commission that supports states in elections
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ICE didn’t film Texas killing, wasn’t seeking slain manSpeed Read ICE has provided no evidence to support its claim that Salgado Araujo was shot by an agent in ‘self-defense’
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Trump praises NATO ‘unity,’ attacks Iran ‘scum’speed read The president left the NATO summit on a positive note and ordered a second night of strikes on Iran
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Platner exits Senate race, Dems plan conventionSpeed Read Support for the Maine Senate hopeful quickly dissipated after an ex-girlfriend accused him of rape
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ICE kills Houston resident from MexicoSpeed Read Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three and in the process of getting his work permit
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Trump revives Greenland grievance at NATO summitSpeed Read The president criticized Europe for not helping in Iran and threatened to pull troops from NATO countries if he didn’t get Greenland
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Explosions rock Damascus during Macron’s visitSpeed Read The bombs erupted near where French President Emmanuel Macron is staying on his Syria stopover
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ICE sued over agent-delivered speech warningsSpeed Read Federal agents showed up at the door of a man who wrote a scathing email about Alex Pretti and Renee Good
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US World Cup star’s red card lifted after Trump callSpeed Read Top US scorer Folarin Balogun can now play in the match against Belgium
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White House: Smithsonian unworthy US stewardsSpeed Read A White House report accused the museum of painting an insufficiently ‘patriotic’ view of the United States
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Khamenei’s funeral begins with no sight of successorSpeed Read Iran’s leader was killed in the opening US-Israeli strikes of the Iran war. His son Mojtaba has still not made any public appearances.
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New synthetic cells tiptoe toward creating lifeSpeed Read Scientists have built a cell from scratch for the first time
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Vatican excommunicates splinter sect over bishopsSpeed Read The traditionalist group consecrated bishops without Pope Leo XIV’s consent
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Trump reports $2.2B in income, mostly via cryptoSpeed Read The president’s pursuit of profit in office is ‘completely unprecedented’
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Divided Supreme Court affirms birthright citizenshipSpeed Read The court rejected Trump’s attempt to end the guarantee that all children born on US soil are citizens
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Rich Chinese Bannon ally given 30 years for fraudSpeed Read Billionaire Guo Wengui was convicted in 2024
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100 US deportees feared dead in Venezuela quakeSpeed Read They arrived in La Guaira on a deportation flight hours before the disaster struck
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Iran and US trade strikes in Hormuz power struggleSpeed Read The US attacked Iranian targets while Iran responded with its own strikes
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France reports 1,000 deaths from record heatSpeed Read The number of deaths is expected to keep rising
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Putin admits ‘problems’ from Ukraine warSpeed Read Putin said his country was seeing a “certain deficit” of gasoline alongside other problems
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Iran strike on ship halts UN Hormuz evacuationSpeed Read Over 11,000 seafarers have been stranded since the Iran war began
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Supreme Court hands Trump 2 wins on immigrationSpeed Read Both decisions were authored by conservative Justice Samuel Alito
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Courts deal Trump new setbacks in voting takeoverSpeed Read An appeals court ruled that Michigan was not required to turn over voter roll information
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Dual earthquakes rock Venezuela, killing hundredsSpeed Read Over 160 people are confirmed dead and hundreds more injured
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