weekly news magazine published in Washington, D.C., one of the most influential of its kind and the first to successfully imitate the general format pioneered by Time. It was established in 1933 by David Lawrence as U.S. News and won general note for its thorough coverage of major news events in Washington, D.C., and the United States, often carrying the complete text of major speeches and documents emanating from the capital. In 1945 Lawrence founded World Report to treat world news as U.S. News treated domestic news. The two magazines merged in 1948. From its start, U.S. News & World Report had an editorial viewpoint somewhat more conservative than its larger rivals, Time and Newsweek, and unlike them it paid scant attention to sports and the arts, except as they might pertain to developing major political and economic stories.