
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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Venezuela beats US for World Baseball Classic titleSpeed Read A tiebreaking double in the ninth inning gave Venezuela the 3-2 win
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Israel kills 2 top Iran officials as Trump faces dissentSpeed Read Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the militia, were killed
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Judge pauses most of RFK Jr.’s vaccine agendaSpeed Read The judge said Kennedy had likely violated numerous administrative procedures
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FCC’s Carr warns networks over Iran war coverageSpeed Read Carr has previously threatened talk show hosts over their views on Trump
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‘One Battle After Another’ wins top OscarSpeed Read ‘Sinners’ also won big at the awards show
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Trump demands allies, China join Hormuz escort effortSpeed Read Trump made the demand of seven countries that rely on Middle Eastern oil
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Iran leader vows oil pain in defiant first remarksSpeed Read The statement was his first since being named supreme leader earlier this week
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Britain ousts hereditary peers from House of LordsSpeed Read They will leave Parliament permanently this spring
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Trump begins lengthy process of reviving tariffsSpeed Read The White House is opening a slew of investigations into trading partners’ practices
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Pope approves exit of US bishop charged with theftSpeed Read The bishop had been a major figure in San Diego’s Catholic community
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Star real estate brothers convicted of sex traffickingSpeed Read The brothers were found guilty on 10 counts of trafficking
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Anthropic sues Pentagon to lift blacklistingSpeed Read The AI firm described the DOD’s move as ‘unprecedented and unlawful’
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Nepal elects ex-rapper to lead post-revolt countryspeed read Voters have put Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah on track to be prime minister
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Video suggests US missile hit Iranian grade schoolspeed read Iran said more than 160 children were killed in the Feb. 28 strike on the school
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States sue Trump over new global tariffsSpeed Read More than 20 states took legal action against the president
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Trump says he wants to help pick Iran’s next leaderSpeed Read Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the deceased ayatollah, is considered the top replacement in Iran
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Senate GOP sinks bill to reclaim war powers in IranSpeed Read The bill would have limited Trump’s authority over the Iran conflict
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Pakistan’s ‘open war’ with Afghanistan heats upspeed read Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said the country is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan following airstrikes
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Trump warns more US deaths ‘likely’ in Iran warspeed read The White House has yet to explain to Congress or the general public what prompted the attacks that may draw the US into another Middle East war
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Netflix drops Warner Bros bid, ceding to Paramountspeed read If Paramount takes over, CNN and CBS will be under the control of Paramount’s David Ellison, a friend of President Trump
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Top general said to warn Trump of Iran attack risksspeed read The Trump administration is considering an attack on Iran, despite cautioning from the Pentagon’s top general Dan Caine
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Winter Olympics end with US men’s hockey goldSpeed Read The US men’s hockey team beat Canada to win their first Olympic gold medal since 1980
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Trump touts pledges at 1st Board of Peace meetingSpeed Read At the inaugural meeting, the president announced nine countries have agreed to pledge a combined $7 billion for a Gaza relief package
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Witkoff and Kushner tackle Ukraine, Iran in GenevaSpeed Read Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held negotiations aimed at securing a nuclear deal with Iran and an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine
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