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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.

Is America inching toward conflict with China?
China's flag.
Today's big question

Is America inching toward conflict with China?

Zelensky says Ukraine is reinforcing Bakhmut positions, not withdrawing
Ukrainian forces near Bakhmut
Stay or go?

Zelensky says Ukraine is reinforcing Bakhmut positions, not withdrawing

Companies are turning to personality tests as remote work takes off
HR manager shows results of personality test
Testing testing

Companies are turning to personality tests as remote work takes off

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

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

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

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

Whiskey fungus is ravaging bourbon country, angering homeowners
Whiskey fungus in Frankfort, Kentucky
Downsides of growth

Whiskey fungus is ravaging bourbon country, angering homeowners

U.S. intel: Havana Syndrome not caused by foreign adversaries, energy weapons
The U.S. Embassy in Cuba
Havana syndrome

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

Finland is voting to join NATO, but Hungary is joining Turkey as an obstacle
Viktor Orbán, Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Spoiler alerts?

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

Dozens dead in Greek rail collision between passenger and freight trains
Greek rail collision near Tempe
Train wrecks

Dozens dead in Greek rail collision between passenger and freight trains

Tennessee governor says photo of him in skirt and wig irrelevant to drag show ban
Bill Lee in 1977
Drag for me but not for thee

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

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu declared winner of tight presidential election
Nigerian president-elect Bola Tinubu
Nigeria Votes

Nigeria's Bola Tinubu declared winner of tight presidential election

Elon Musk calls Dilbert 'legit funny & insightful.' Cartoonists disagree.
Dilbert and creator Scott Adams.
Tragicomedy

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

Dominion: Rupert Murdoch gave Kushner 'confidential' Biden ad, strategy info
Jared Kushner and Rupert Murdoch in 2014
Dominion v. Fox News

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

Biden administration announces crackdown on child labor violations
Sweatshop in Queens, 1990
child labor

Biden administration announces crackdown on child labor violations

U.S. Energy Dept. backs COVID-19 lab leak theory with 'low confidence'
Wuhan Institute of Virology
Origin story

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

CIA director: Putin 'entirely too confident' he can 'grind down' Ukraine
CIA Director William Burns
Numbers

CIA director: Putin 'entirely too confident' he can 'grind down' Ukraine

2024 may be the 1st year since 1972 no Texan runs for president
Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz
Please Clap

2024 may be the 1st year since 1972 no Texan runs for president

Ukraine reportedly getting 1st Leopard 2 tanks on invasion's anniversary
Leopard 2 battle tank
Anniversary Gift

Ukraine reportedly getting 1st Leopard 2 tanks on invasion's anniversary

Ukraine's biggest victories — and defeats
A Ukrainian soldier waves a flag
In depth

Ukraine's biggest victories — and defeats

Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin claims victory over Russia's military brass
Yevgeniy Prigozhin
Mixed Messages

Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin claims victory over Russia's military brass

Mexico's president weakens electoral agency, claims it's to save money
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Mexican Democracy

Mexico's president weakens electoral agency, claims it's to save money

9 in 10 businesses keeping 4-day workweek after large U.K. trial
Four-day workweek
Work-life balance

9 in 10 businesses keeping 4-day workweek after large U.K. trial

Southern Baptists expel Saddleback, 4 other churches over women pastors
Rick Warren and Saddleback Church in 2003
Defellowshipped

Southern Baptists expel Saddleback, 4 other churches over women pastors

Housekeeper's husband arrested in murder of Los Angeles Catholic bishop
The late Bishop David O'Connell
Rest in Peace

Housekeeper's husband arrested in murder of Los Angeles Catholic bishop

James O'Keefe out at Project Veritas amid bullying, spending charges
James O'Keefe
'Power-drunk tyrant'

James O'Keefe out at Project Veritas amid bullying, spending charges

African Anglicans threaten split from Church of England over same-sex blessing
Archbishop of Kenya Eliud Wabukala and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Once more into the breach

African Anglicans threaten split from Church of England over same-sex blessing

Fox News stars privately mocked Trump's vote fraud claims, Dominion suit shows
Tucker Carlson
'Please get her fired'

Fox News stars privately mocked Trump's vote fraud claims, Dominion suit shows

U.K: Russia's army suffering '1st World War level' casualties in Ukraine
Ukrainian soldier in Vuhledar
'meat grinder'

U.K: Russia's army suffering '1st World War level' casualties in Ukraine

Biden expected to address Chinese balloon, unidentified objects Thursday
Protest balloons at Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Chinese spy balloon

Biden expected to address Chinese balloon, unidentified objects Thursday

Why the U.S. shot down Chinese balloon, 3 unidentified objects with missiles
F-22 Raptor firing missile
To pop a balloon

Why the U.S. shot down Chinese balloon, 3 unidentified objects with missiles

The demise of America's salt lakes
Utah's Great Salt Lake.
Briefing

The demise of America's salt lakes

U.S. may have shot down 3 'benign' objects, 1 errant Chinese spy balloon
3 objects shot down over U.S., Canada
Shoot first

U.S. may have shot down 3 'benign' objects, 1 errant Chinese spy balloon

Prosecutors seek to compel Trump lawyer's testimony by citing probable crime
Donald Trump's legal team
Crime-Fraud Exception

Prosecutors seek to compel Trump lawyer's testimony by citing probable crime

Gen Z is slow getting driver's licenses. Boomers are slow letting theirs go.
Driver's school
Mind the Gap

Gen Z is slow getting driver's licenses. Boomers are slow letting theirs go.

Biden fires Architect of the Capitol amid report he abused his office
J. Brett Blanton
'free gas'

Biden fires Architect of the Capitol amid report he abused his office

What if birth rates are too low because women no longer settle for Mr. Wrong?
Single mother
Going solo

What if birth rates are too low because women no longer settle for Mr. Wrong?