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.
Latest articles by Peter Weber, The Week US
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Pentagon struggles to explain Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization
Speed Read The intensely private Pentagon chief kept even President Joe Biden in the dark about his illness for 3 days
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Russia's thorny convict-soldier problem
Under the Radar Putin's Ministry of Defense, like Wagner, is recruiting soldiers from Russian prisons to fight his Ukraine war. Russians aren't excited about them returning home.
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Does Colorado's decision to ban Trump from the GOP ballot threaten his candidacy?
Today's Big Question The Colorado Supreme Court said Donald Trump's engagement in 'insurrection' makes him ineligible to be president again
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The Vatican's same-sex blessing approval: What is Pope Francis doing?
Today's Big Question The pope rocked the Catholic world by giving the green light to blessing same-sex couples, with plenty of caveats
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Afghanistan has a growing female suicide problem
Speed Read The Taliban has steadily whittled away women's and girls' rights in Afghanistan over the past 2 years, prompting a surge in depression and suicide
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EU approves Ukraine membership talks after Hungary's Orbán steps outside for coffee
Speed Read Orbán blocked $54 billion in European Union aid to Ukraine but surprised everybody by declining to veto Kyiv's accession upgrade
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House GOP approves Biden impeachment inquiry to seek evidence of wrongdoing
Speed Read Democrats denounced the vote as a barren political stunt to mollify Trump's calls for retribution
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Why Israel's Netanyahu encouraged suitcases of cash for Gaza
Speed Read Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies say he was trying to prevent a humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip. Netanyahu's critics, citing his own words, say he was trying to buy — and thwart — peace.
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Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: a brief history
In Depth Russia and Ukraine are bound together by history and geography, but Putin sees danger in that symbiosis
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Israel reportedly had actual Hamas attack plan a year before Oct. 7 assault
Speed Read Israeli officials considered the intercepted battle plan too ambitious and out of step with their view that Hamas didn't want a war with Israel, documents show
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Elon Musk to X's fleeing advertisers: 'Go f--- yourself' and 'don't advertise'
Speed Read 'What this advertising boycott is going to do is to kill the company,' Musk said at a public conference
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Why Hunter Biden offered to testify in House probe, and why Republicans said no
Speed Read Biden said he would testify in the House GOP's impeachment inquiry, but not behind closed doors
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The Vatican half-embraces transgender Catholic godparents, wedding witnesses
Under the Radar Pope Francis signed off on a series of clarifications about the roles LGBTQ Catholics can play in the church, with ample theological fine print
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The actors strike is over. Is Hollywood back in business?
Speed Read SAG-AFTRA tentatively agreed to a new 3-year contract and ended its historic 118-day strike, but not everything's golden in Tinseltown
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Why Palestinians aren't fleeing Gaza during Israel's bombardment
The Explainer Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza as it fights to destroy Hamas, but lots of Palestinians are staying put
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Israel bombed Gaza's crowded Jabaliya refugee camp to kill Hamas leader underneath
Speed Read Israel said its airstrikes killed the senior Hamas commander, but they also killed civilians
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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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Trump's limited gag order reimposed in federal election subversion case
Speed Read After US District Judge Tanya Chutkan suspended her gag order, Trump let loose
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How trustworthy are the Gaza Health Ministry's casualty numbers?
The Explainer President Biden and other observers of the Israel-Hamas war are skeptical of the Hamas-run ministry's death toll. But those doubts may be unwarranted.
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Argentina election: Far-right front-runner places second to establishment leftist
Speed Read Economy Minister Sergio Massa unexpectedly topped far-right libertarian candidate Javier Milei, but a runoff will determine the winner
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Biden links Israel, Ukraine wars in rare Oval Office speech
Speed Read Biden used a rare prime-time address to urge America, and especially Congress, to support intertwined attacks against two American allies
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Gaza hospital blast: What the video evidence shows about who's to blame
Speed Read Nobody wants to take responsibility for the deadly explosion in the courtyard of Gaza's al-Ahli Hospital. Roll the tape.
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Biden will visit Israel to affirm solidarity after Hamas attack, focus on Gaza aid in Jordan
Speed Read President Biden is making a high-stakes, high-risk trip to the Middle East as the Israel-Hamas war threatens to spiral into a regional confict
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Ecuador banana empire scion Daniel Noboa wins presidency amid surge in drug-related violence
Speed Read Noboa, 35, now has just 18 months to solve Ecuador's soaring drug trafficking violence problem
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