
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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Oscars jump to YouTube after decades at ABC
Speed Read The awards show will be broadcast worldwide on YouTube starting in 2029
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Trump vows naval blockade of most Venezuelan oil
Speed Read The announcement further escalates pressure on President Nicolás Maduro
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Kushner drops Trump hotel project in Serbia
Speed Read Affinity Partners pulled out of a deal to finance a Trump-branded development in Belgrade
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US offers Ukraine NATO-like security pact, with caveats
Speed Read The Trump administration has offered Ukraine security guarantees similar to those it would receive from NATO
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Hong Kong court convicts democracy advocate Lai
Speed Read Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was convicted in a landmark national security trial
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Australia weighs new gun laws after antisemitic attack
Speed Read A father and son opened fire on Jewish families at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, killing at least 15
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$1M ‘Trump Gold Card’ goes live amid travel rule furor
Speed Read The new gold card visa offers an expedited path to citizenship in exchange for $1 million
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US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela
Speed Read The seizure was a significant escalation in the pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
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Benin thwarts coup attempt
Speed Read President Patrice Talon condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the West African country’s army
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Moscow cheers Trump’s new ‘America First’ strategy
speed read The president’s national security strategy seeks ‘strategic stability’ with Russia
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Hegseth blames ‘fog of war’ for potential war crime
speed read ‘I did not personally see survivors,’ Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting
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The origins of marriage
In Depth The institution of marriage has become something of a political battlefield. How did marriage begin and why?
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Canada joins EU’s $170B SAFE defense fund
speed read This makes it the first non-European Union country in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative
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Death toll from Southeast Asia storms tops 1,000
speed read Catastrophic floods and landslides have struck Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia
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Honduras votes amid Trump push, pardon vow
speed read President Trump said he will pardon former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández, who is serving 45 years for drug trafficking
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Congress seeks answers in ‘kill everybody’ strike report
Speed Read Lawmakers suggest the Trump administration’s follow-up boat strike may be a war crime
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Vaccine critic quietly named CDC’s No. 2 official
Speed Read Dr. Ralph Abraham joins another prominent vaccine critic, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Trump’s Ukraine peace talks advance amid leaked call
Speed Read Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Russia next week
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Memo signals Trump review of 233k refugees
Speed Read The memo also ordered all green card applications for the refugees to be halted
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X update unveils foreign MAGA boosters
Speed Read The accounts were located in Russia and Nigeria, among other countries
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South Africa wraps up G20 summit boycotted by US
Speed Read Trump has been sparring with South Africa in recent months
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Trump pushes new Ukraine peace plan
Speed Read It involves a 28-point plan to end the war
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Summers out at Harvard, OpenAI amid Epstein furor
Speed Read Summers was part of a group being investigated by Harvard for Epstein ties
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Trump says he will sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia
Speed Read The president plans to make several deals with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this week
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