Putin’s Gold Rush
Russian archaeologists are looting Ukrainian museums of gold, artifacts, and weapons that the Kremlin says prove that Russia is an ancient civilization many thousands of years old. (It’s not)
The Attention-Whore Index
So-called racist royals and a disloyal ambassador vie with Donald Trump and his recurring dishwasher obsession. Who is demanding the most of your attention? Plus: the world’s strangest stories, collected for you!
Muddy Waters
Last year, the U.S. seized a $300 million yacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian billionaire with close ties to Vladimir Putin. The question is: Which one?
Va-Va-Vroom!
The Las Vegas Grand Prix is decadent and depraved—and a massive commercial success
The Sussex Circus Is Back
Harry and Meghan’s mouthpiece has a book out. Spoiler alert: it’s grovelingly kind to them but brutal to everyone else
Unabashedly Arab
The war in Gaza has not stopped New York’s Habibi from dishing out Levantine good vibes
The View from Here
Male Israeli intelligence officers dismissed warnings from the front lines that a Hamas attack was imminent. It had a lot to do with the fact that the soldiers sounding the alarm were women
Larry Fink
The great photographer, who died last week, left behind a treasure trove of penetrating, perturbing images
Tall Tales
Assessing George Santos’s improbable rise from Brazil to Capitol Hill and his ouster, his biographer warns that the former congressman could be a Donald Trump in the making
The Attention-Whore Index
It’s back! And the cast looks strangely familiar: carroty-blond blowhards, kooky kings, hot-tempered tech gurus, and cringe-worthy congressmen. The seasons change, but Attention Whores will out!
In the Pink
After securing an all-new team for just $25 million in the city of his choice, David Beckham brought Lionel Messi, the world’s most popular player, to Miami and may well have changed the sport in the U.S. forever
The Parent Trap
For nearly 40 years, and with the support of a Christian evangelical mega-church, Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo have preached a shocking and damaging parenting program to thousands of Americans
The View from Here
A.I. might be able to save us from the next pandemic—but can it do anything to save Hollywood from mediocrity?
Get Out of Town!
These days, the stylish millennial’s favorite means of escape is a gas-guzzling Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van with all the fixins
Bleak House, New York–Style
For a quarter-century, artists, activists, and plutocrats have been battling over the future of a former public school in the East Village. Is the end finally in sight?
Sailing Toward Disaster
On his last pleasure cruise with Jackie and friends, President John F. Kennedy didn’t reveal how besieged he was by Vietnam, civil rights, the Mob, and Fidel Castro. Three months later, he was assassinated
The View from Here
Ridley Scott’s new movie, Napoleon, is all sabers and sex. But what’s forgotten about the emperor of France is that he was also an enlightened protector of Jews
Bait and Switch
Impersonating a Mexican mogul was just the tip of the iceberg for Alberto Fis, a young art-and-sushi aficionado whose Manhattan omakase restaurant disguised a vast web of Inigo Philbrick–style fraud
Bob Mack
Charming, brilliant, and contrarian in his tastes, the Spy reporter and editor of the Beastie Boys’ magazine, Grand Royal, was as lovable as he was unreliable
There’s a Nip in the Air
Loved, lusted over, and frowned upon throughout history, nipples are making a comeback, thanks largely to a single, ultra-perky bra
The View from Here
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times
Failure to Lunch
Even though the power-lunch era is over, the rules around the ritual are worth remembering
The Attention-Whore Index
Can George Santos steal your attention away from Donald Trump? And what about Tayvis (or is it Swelce)?
Putin’s Baiting of Jews Could Backfire
Anti-Semitic mobs viciously attacked Israelis arriving from Tel Aviv, but the Muslim majority in Dagestan hate the oppressor in the Kremlin even more
