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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Perhaps perhaps perhaps

Modest Senate gun package gains enough GOP support to pass

Police officer at Uvalde shooting memorial

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A few answers and more questions

Uvalde school police chief defends shooting response amid grim new details

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Last Night on Late Night

Stephen Colbert recaps Jan. 6 hearing in raucous live Late Show

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January 6 Hearings

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made virtual cameos at Jan. 6 hearing

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Briefing

Is a single man largely responsible for America's wealth gap?

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Noted

Brookings suspends president amid Qatar lobbying probe

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Out-Foxed

Jimmy Kimmel grills Biden on gun legislation inaction

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Bluff-calling

Twitter reportedly agrees to give Elon Musk raw data to settle bots standoff

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Last Night on Late Night

Colbert's Late Show imagines Jan. 6 insurrection hearings as '80s sitcom

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'environmental nuclear bomb'

Shrinking Great Salt Lake threatens Salt Lake City with poisonous dust clouds

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Green Power

Biden moves to shore up U.S. solar projects, boost domestic production

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Summit of the Americas

Mexico's president will skip U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas

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Johnsplaining

John Oliver details the problem with putting police in schools

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Partygate

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces imminent no-confidence vote

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Not Putin

Ukraine's Zelensky visits front line outside embattled Sievierodonetsk

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Perhaps perhaps perhaps

Key Senate gun bill negotiators express cautious optimism

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Briefing

The U.S. might give Ukraine bigger rocket systems to fight off Russia

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Opinion

Is the war shifting in Russia's favor?

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No country for old men

Lee Greenwood, Gov. Abbott cancel NRA appearances after Uvalde shooting

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Thin blue line

Texas police struggle to explain delay in stopping Uvalde school shooter

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'Go in there! Go in there!'

Uvalde gunman was inside school for an hour as parents urged police to act

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Opinion

Did Georgia Republicans just reject Trump's 'Big Lie'?

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Briefing

Why on Earth doesn't America import baby formula?

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End of a dynasty?

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton beats George P. Bush in GOP primary

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'DJT Vendetta Tour'

Raffensperger wins GOP primary for Georgia secretary of state, in loss for Trump

Mourners of school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

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Body counts

Firearms are now the leading cause of death for U.S. children

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Some men just want to watch the world burn

Russia seeing 'localized successes' in Ukraine, growing criticism at home

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The big guns

20 nations sending Ukraine newer, more high-tech weapons, Pentagon says

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GOP v. GOP

RNC sides with Oz against McCormick on Pennsylvania GOP mail-in ballots

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Briefing

What price will Democrats pay for high inflation?

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Johnsplaining

John Oliver has some complaints about Subway, the sandwich chain

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'listening, lamenting, and learning'

Southern Baptist leaders covered up sexual abuse for decades, report finds

Penny Wong, Anthony Albanese, Richard Marles

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Quick change

Australia swears in new prime minister while votes are still being counted

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Briefing

A timeline of how the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol fell

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A horse?

Elon Musk reportedly offered to trade a horse for an erotic massage

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Briefing

What's next for the COVID vaccine?