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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Catholic synod ends with no resolution on women
Speed Read At a major Vatican meeting, Pope Francis did not address ordaining women as deacons
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Japan's ruling LDP loses majority in snap election
Speed Read Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling party lost in Sunday's parliamentary election
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Menendez brothers may go free in LA prosecutor plan
Speed Read Prosecutors are asking for the brothers to be resentenced for the 1989 murder of their parents
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Elon Musk is in regular contact with Putin, WSJ says
Speed Read The Tesla founder has been increasingly involved in Donald Trump's presidential campaign
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Giuliani must hand assets to women he defamed
Speed Read The former New York City mayor must turn over his apartment and other possessions
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Trump aims to be a fascist dictator, John Kelly says
Speed Read The retired general was Trump's chief of staff from 2017 to 2019
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FTC bans fake online product reviews
Speed Read The agency will enforce fines of up to $51,744 per violation
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New York wins WNBA title, nearly nabs World Series
Speed Read The Yankees with face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the upcoming Fall Classic
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Trump does McDonald's, lauds golfer's genitals
Speed Read The former president worked the fryer at a restaurant in suburban Philadelphia
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Cuba roiled by island-wide blackouts, Hurricane Oscar
Speed Read The country's power grid collapsed for the fourth time in just two days
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Harris spars on Fox News, Trump does Univision
Speed Read Kamala Harris' Fox News debut was a play to get her message across to millions of conservative-leaning voters
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NASA's Europa Clipper blasts off, seeking an ocean
Speed Read The ship is headed toward Jupiter on a yearslong journey
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Man arrested as threats on FEMA hinder Helene relief
Speed Read The agency temporarily suspended door-to-door operations as a result of the threats
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TD Bank accepts $3B fine over money laundering
Speed Read The US retail bank pleaded guilty to multiple criminal charges
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Israel hits UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, bombs Beirut
Speed Read Israeli forces have fired at three United Nations positions in Lebanon
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Wildlife populations drop a 'catastrophic' 73%
Speed Read The decline occurred between 1970 and 2020
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Trump kept up with Putin, sent Covid tests, book says
Speed Read The revelation comes courtesy of a new book by Bob Woodward
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Floridians flee oncoming Hurricane Milton
Speed Read The hurricane is expected to cause widespread damage in the state
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What do the Republicans stand for?
In Depth America is effectively a two-party system. Here's a look at the Party of Lincoln ... and Trump
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Humans are near peak life expectancy, study finds
Speed Read Unless there is a transformative breakthrough in medical science, people on average will reach the age of 87
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Israel marks Oct. 7 attack, hits Lebanon, Gaza
Speed Read It has been one year since Hamas attacked Israel festival goers, sparking an escalating conflict in the Middle East
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UK cedes Chagos Islands to Mauritius, minus US base
Speed Read Mauritius has long argued it was forced to give up the islands in 1965 in return for independence from Britain
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Detailed map of fly's brain holds clues to human mind
Speed Read This remarkable fruit fly brain analysis will aid in future human brain research
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Jack Smith filing details Jan. 6 case against Trump
Speed Read The special counsel's newly unsealed brief argues Trump is not immune from prosecution and gives new details on his efforts to overturn the election
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