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Donald Trump gets shot, Democrats and Republicans get hot, and Joe Biden still won’t drop (out)

The View from Here

The Olympic Village by the Seine provided city planners with a chance to create a new, socially equitable, and eco-friendly neighborhood

Migration Patterns of the Very Rich

Brits in Milan, Russians in Dubai, Egyptians in Athens … It feels like the entire 1 percent is on the move in search of lower taxes—and a taste of the good life

Gatsby to the Jersey-Wearing Set

Thanks to his White Party, Michael Rubin is one of the most popular billionaires in America. But rumors on Wall Street suggest his sports-merchandising business is struggling

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Joe Biden is imploding, the Supreme Court is gloating, and Donald Trump is provoking

Oh, Mr. Sandman!

Are the violent sexual story lines of the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman jumping off the page and into his life?

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Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?

A Downfall in Southampton

They were an ambitious couple who had everything—looks, money, a glamorous life—until it all unraveled and left one of them dead

Hancock Park’s Checkered History

When Nat King Cole moved in, the Los Angeles neighborhood was all white. And residents wanted it to stay that way

To Catch a Murderer

In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who publicly alleged that Cary Grant fathered her child, was brutally killed. Why has the case remained unsolved?

The View from Here

Time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for Joe

The View from Here

Looking for some light summer entertainment? Tune in to the U.K. election

Shades of Green

Even as an environmental activist, R.F.K. Jr. often put science second, onetime allies say

The Queen of Cups

When the Spanish Civil War broke out, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents wanted to steal the Holy Grail. Little did they know that a Valencian postwoman had hidden it in her sofa

Above Par

The ritzy residents of Palm Beach usually play golf at their exclusive—and expensive—country clubs. Now they’re teeing up at a municipal course open to the public

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New Jersey is to corruption as Elon Musk is to reproduction. Plus, all the strangest news from around the world

Coup de Disgrace

Why did Emmanuel Macron court chaos just weeks before France claims Olympic glory?

The View from Here

It’s probably unfair to liken Trump’s donors on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley to the German bankers and industrialists who supported Hitler. Or is it?

Hot Rodent Boyfriends

Gen Z is obsessed with men who look like mice. Tom Holland, Jeremy Allen White, Barry Keoghan, your time is now

The Social Network

As Harvard gets more progressive, its “final clubs”—known for their exclusivity and indulgent behavior—seem trapped in the past

It’s the Border, Stupid

Far-right parties across Europe rode anxiety over mass migration to big victories. America should take heed

The View from Here

Oligarchs such as Boris Berezovsky thought they’d created a post-Soviet puppet, but Putin outgrew his wealthy mentors and then destroyed them

I-95 Is Us

Everybody hates it. It may well kill you. But as summer travel ramps up along Interstate 95, it’s time we recognize the highway as our national Main Street

How to Poison the Earth and Influence People

Oil companies give millions to cultural institutions. The reputational benefits? Priceless