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The Trumpbuster

If the president comes after you—and who’s to say he won’t?—you need to call Abbe Lowell

Giorgio Armani

The designer who created men’s suits so soft and alluring that women wanted to wear them

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

This week in American health: a Nobel for Trump, Wuhan in Miami, and—what else?—R.F.K. Jr. vaccine-mania

Is the Gulf Art Boom a Mirage?

The art market is abuzz over the Middle East—but when autocrats are footing the bill, how long can it last?

Dude, Where’s My Tote?

From listening to Lana Del Rey to reading Sally Rooney, straight men are making a point of rejecting toxic masculinity and embracing feminine tastes in order to find love. Behold the rise of the “performative male”

The View from Here

Stop expecting Trump to die in office. Narcissism is the secret to longevity

The Time I Met Prince Andrew

It was brief but unforgettable—and not in a good way

The Attention-Whore Index

Xi Jinping parades his influence, Prince Andrew evades his past, and Donald Trump degrades the White House (even more)

What Does Your A.I. Say About You?

There was a time when a person’s bookshelf or record collection betrayed their soul. Today, it is their sidebar of A.I. tabs—be it ChatGPT, Claude, or Grok

The View from Here

“This Is Not Optimism”: a poem for our times

Politicians in Diapers!

“Our nation’s finest leaders … where they belong”: inside the infantile world of Diaper Diplomacy, a video-shorts series taking the Internet by storm

The Good, the Bad, and the Bunny

Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny has brought local fans and international stars together for his concert residency, which doubles as one big party

A Blood Sport with Blow-Dries

On social media, college girls are treating sorority rush like reality TV—and earning millions in the process

The Little Island That Couldn’t

Campobello Island, the favorite summer haunt of the Roosevelts, has found itself caught on the front line of the trade war between the U.S. and Canada

The Attention-Whore Index

Laura Loomer gains influence, the Princess of Wales gains highlights, and Samuel Pepys gains notoriety

The Gall of Inigo Philbrick

From London to Miami, the art dealer tricked the ultra-rich out of millions. A new documentary traces the unprecedented scale of his fraud—and the delusions that fueled him

The Great Waterlily Weigh-Off

From Junior’s cheesecakes to Ted Drewes frozen custards, gardens across the world are competing for how much weight their Victoria waterlilies can hold—and getting creative with their measuring tools

A Pop Star’s Best Friend

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s engagement this week has broken the Internet, but her ring—purportedly worth $1 million—is breaking the scale

The Duchess of Cringe

A makeup artist slicing onions, John Legend in a closet, Princess Diana’s gold watch … there is nothing as painfully embarrassing as the new season of With Love, Meghan

A New Twist in the U.K. Phone-Hacking Scandal

Was Will Lewis—now publisher of The Washington Post—complicit in covering up the crimes that brought down an infamous British tabloid?

Sex Sober

Dating-app fatigue, the fall of Roe v. Wade, heterofatalism: Do Gen Z women need any more reasons to be celibate?

ACK-on-ACK Violence

On Nantucket, summer is more than just a time for the ultra-rich to visit their second homes. It’s also when the picture-perfect island’s cracks begin to show

The Attention-Whore Index

Melania Trump meddles, R.F.K. Jr. backpedals, and Kristi Noem unsettles

A Diet of TikTok and Tequila

The U.S. Open women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka has won over the New York crowds by embracing the tournament’s boozy spirit—and never being too tired to hit the town