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Bari Weiss: My Picks of the Week
President Donald Trump addresses an Easter prayer service at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 16, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Reading the tea leaves on Trump. Iran: Deal or no deal? The socialist nepo baby running for New York City mayor. Plus: God.
By Bari Weiss
04.18.25 — Bari’s Picks of the Week
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Choosing my favorite stories of the week is like choosing a favorite child. Or at the very least a favorite coworker. And Nellie forbids me from doing either.

But I know how busy you all are, because you tell me whenever you run into me. (Or chase me down insisting we build an app, which, I promise, is coming soon!) Which is why I am doing the unthinkable and selecting the most important stories we published this week.

Do yourself a favor and give them a read.

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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