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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GOP in disarray

Colbert's Late Show turns the House GOP's disarray into a Real Housewives promo

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'pulling out all the stops'

Biden's Omicron strategy involves free at-home COVID tests, vaccination boost

Donald Trump shares COVID with Joe Biden

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts joke about Trump's secret COVID test

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Cleanup in aisle Trump

Mark Meadows downplays claim Trump was COVID-positive before Biden debate

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Strike 1

Major League Baseball owners vote to lock out players

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In loco parentis

Michigan prosecutor may charge Oxford shooter's parents, too

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Defund the Vaccine

Senate GOP reportedly plans to force government shutdown over vaccine rules

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Vaccination Nation

Pentagon spells out consequences for unvaccinated National Guard troops

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts chase down, mock Omicron conspiracy theories

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Señora Presidente

Honduras ruling party concedes to leftist Xiomara Castro in presidential election

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GOP in disarray

GOP's McCarthy tries, fails to end feud between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace

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Start the Steal

Trump reportedly urged allies to stop Biden's certification hours before Jan. 6 riot

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts riff on Omicron

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President Rihanna?

Barbados drops Britain and its queen, becomes a republic

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The Daily Showdown

Trevor Noah slams the Omicron-fueled Southern Africa travel bans

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Bros before ethos

Chris Cuomo passed 'intel' from 'sources' to aid Andrew Cuomo's abuse defense

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Honduras Votes

Honduran opposition candidate Xiomara Castro leads in presidential returns

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Rest in Peace

Phil Saviano, advocate for sex abuse victims of Catholic clergy, is dead at 69

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Words Words Words

Merriam-Webster's 2021 word of the year is 'vaccine'

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Omicron

Omicron: Still more questions than answers

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Q and A

QAnon star Michael Flynn reportedly recorded calling QAnon 'total nonsense'

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Rest in Peace

Virgil Abloh, fashion designer and artistic polymath, is dead at 41

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Lone Star

Matthew McConaughey is not running for Texas governor 'at this moment'

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Briefing

How Facebook's metaverse could change your life

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts celebrate Biden's birthday with ribbing, old man jokes

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What could possibly go wrong?

El Salvador plans to create a 'Bitcoin City' near an active volcano

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Supply Chain

Supply chain snarls are reportedly tentatively starting to ease

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Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

Rittenhouse lawyer says he tried to eject Tucker Carlson's embedded film crew

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Peng Shuai Mystery

IOC says its president video-chatted with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

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Walking in Staten

SNL's Pete Davidson sings ode to Staten Island, to 'Walking in Memphis'

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Patriot Purge

2 conservatives pundits quit Fox News over Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 special

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Speed Reads

At least 23 injured, 'some fatalities' after red SUV rams through parade in Waukesha

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COVID-19 origin story

Virologist says new research shows COVID spread from animal market

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Last Night on Late Night

Late night hosts picture Trump's reaction to Biden's Mexico-Canada summit

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Speed Reads

House pushes Build Back Better vote to Friday amid McCarthy filibuster

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau

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Three Amigos Again

Biden hosts leaders of Canada and Mexico for 1st trilateral summit in 5 years