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Donald Trump covers up, Kristi Noem backtracks, and the Windsors talk peace

Jho’s Low Blow

How a Malaysian businessman laundered billions, financed The Wolf of Wall Street, looted his country’s state fund, and walked away unscathed—unlike his partners in crime

The View from Here

It’s easy to despair. But history offers a playbook for dark times

The Road Less Fact-Checked

After triumphing over adversity and disease, Raynor Winn wrote a memoir, The Salt Path, that became a sensation in England. A new report reveals that her story isn’t quite so straightforward

Nobody Expects the Spanish Acquisition

Madrid is seeing a surge of wealthy Latin American newcomers, which is driving up rent prices across the city

Employee of the Month: Scott Ruskan

The View from Here

The horrific case of the four murdered Idaho students ended last week, not with a bang but with a plea bargain

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Elon Musk proposes a new party, Donald Trump floats a new fragrance, and Emmanuel Macron struggles to be seen

Moby Dish

Wild orcas have started presenting food to humans. Is this a sign of interspecies rapport or a devious new hunting method?

Was My Friend a Fraud?

Matthew Pietras worked for the Soros family, donated millions to museums, and produced a fistful of Broadway shows. So why did it all feel make-believe?

Live Long and Próspera

How a quasi-autonomous island enclave in Honduras became a haven for billionaires who want to live forever

The Old Bronzes and the Sea

A new investigation suggests the Riace bronzes, long a point of pride for Calabrians, were not found in the land of Ulysses but, rather, smuggled there

Substack’s Secret Weapon

The former downtown darling giving the San Francisco V.C.-backed company its edge

MrBeast Mode

Jimmy Donaldson turned views into stunts, stunts into cash, and cash into a digital empire. What does his rise say about the culture that created him?

The New Nostalgia

Longing for authenticity, Gen Z is romanticizing a pre-Internet era they never knew

The View from Here

One year ago, Thomas Matthew Crooks shot and almost killed Donald Trump. Why do we know so little about him?

Eulogy for Palmyra

As one of the last photographers to capture the ancient city before its destruction by the Islamic State, 89-year-old Sir Don McCullin returns for what he says is the last time

A Circus Succession Crisis

When a pencil pusher seized control of England’s most beloved circus, rumors of the wrong kind of funny business arose

Great Scot!

Americans, making up a growing share of St. Andrews’s student body, are transforming the quiet university once attended by William and Kate into a beer-pong-playing college campus

The View from Here

As Trump causes havoc in the United States, London has never looked more appealing

The Making of Beyoncé

How the “Crazy in Love” singer, currently traveling the world on her Cowboy Carter tour, became more powerful than the music industry

“The Prettiest Village in England”

Drones are peering into bathrooms. Tourists are climbing fences. In Castle Combe, the pursuit of a picture-perfect moment knows no bounds

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David Beckham reaches out, the Sussexes let go, and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez don’t hold back

Bosom Buddies

Michelle Mone, the scandal-plagued lingerie hawker known as “Baroness Bra,” has become a pariah in her native United Kingdom. Now she’s trying to start fresh in—where else?—Florida