
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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Boat strike footage rattles some lawmakers
Speed Read ‘Disturbing’ footage of the Sept. 2 attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat also shows the second strike that killed two survivors who were clinging to the wreckage
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Trump boosts gas cars in fuel economy rollback
speed read Watering down fuel efficiency standards is another blow to former President Biden’s effort to boost electric vehicles
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Hegseth’s Signal chat put troops in peril, probe finds
Speed Read The defense secretary risked the lives of military personnel and violated Pentagon rules, says new report
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GOP wins tight House race in red Tennessee district
Speed Read Republicans maintained their advantage in the House
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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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White House says admiral ordered potential war crime
Speed Read The Trump administration claims Navy Vice Adm. Frank ‘Mitch’ Bradley ordered a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat, not Pete Hegseth
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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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Pentagon targets Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
Speed Read The Pentagon threatened to recall Kelly to active duty
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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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Paramount, Comcast, Netflix bid for WBD
Speed Read The outcome of this bidding war ‘could alter the trajectory of the entertainment business’
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Judge halts Trump’s DC Guard deployment
Speed Read The Trump administration has ‘infringed upon the District’s right to govern itself,’ the judge ruled
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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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Court strikes down Texas GOP gerrymander
Speed Read The Texas congressional map ordered by Trump is likely an illegal racial gerrymander, the court ruled
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Congress passes bill to force release of Epstein files
Speed Read The Justice Department will release all files from its Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking investigation
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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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