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Donald Trump angers the Queen, Elon Musk has warlord friends, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops out

The New York Yacht Club Goes to War

During World War I, the lavish yachts of New York’s richest families—replete with Tiffany interiors and pipe organs—were commandeered into hunting German submarines

The Far-Right Hand of the Father

How a group of chocolate-making Spanish nuns, a mixologist, and a former Vatican ambassador with ties to Steve Bannon are trying to MAKE CATHOLICISM GREAT AGAIN

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Ukraine is invading, Elon Musk is glitching, and Donald Trump is blithering

The Sussex Meat Grinder

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s chief of staff has bolted after just three months. He’s not alone

The View from Here

America’s historically Black colleges and universities produced Kamala Harris. They also hired Jewish World War II refugees when the Ivy League wouldn’t

The Rake Man of Huntting Lane

Who was the aggressive recluse who lived in the dilapidated mansion on one of East Hampton’s most exclusive streets?

The New Look of Mormons

Opting for pomp over piety, wealthy Mormons in Salt Lake City are throwing lavish parties for teenagers to open their mission calls

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If J. D. Vance had bothered to check, he would have learned about another aspiring politician who made childlessness a campaign slur

Hamas in America: The Untold Story

An AIR MAIL investigation reveals the deep roots linking a web of U.S.-based charities and activist groups to the architects of October 7

MrBeast Shows His Fangs

Jimmy Donaldson’s outlandishly generous stunts get millions of views—and earn him hundreds of millions of dollars—but is his dark side starting to come out?

Child’s Pay

Entrepreneurial teenagers are swapping traditional after-school activities for side hustles, from content editing to crypto investing

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bears all, Clarence Thomas is allergic to flying coach, and J. D. Vance keeps stepping on rakes

L’Affaire Negresco

In her final years, Hotel Negresco owner Jeanne Augier was surrounded by all sorts of interlopers. What’s to become of her $500 million fortune—and one of the crown jewels of the French Riviera?

Risky Business

Israel proved its military can assassinate anyone, anywhere. But will those killings keep the peace or spark a larger war?

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France’s political order may be cracking up, but its Olympic Games—majestic, ridiculous, welcoming—are the envy of the world

Ali Truwit

One year after losing her leg in a shark attack, the Yale swimmer is gunning for gold at this summer’s Paralympic Games

An Unfair Crack of the Whip

The world of Olympic equestrianism was rocked by the recent leaked video of one of its brightest stars severely whipping a horse. Can the sport ever recover?

Hillbilly Elegy Revisited

Was J. D. Vance’s best-selling memoir the work of a single author with an unbelievable life story—or did it take a village?

Dance of the “Brat Summer”

The viral Apple dance—set to a Charli XCX song—is so simple and breezy even the Amish are doing it

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The Murdoch-family feuds, Donald Trump’s nephew spills all, and Elon Musk disowns his daughter

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Donald Trump’s ear takes center stage, Joe Biden finally bows to his age, and Kamala Harris escapes the vice president’s cage

Better Red than Lead

A scientific study showing dangerous metals in a variety of tampon brands has led to panic, fear—and a nascent “free bleeder” movement

A Model Wife

The model turned musician Carla Bruni is utterly devoted to her husband, the disgraced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy. But will she face jail time for collusion in his crimes?