California Leavin’
As out-of-state shooting locations increasingly lure filmmakers, Hollywood risks becoming to movies what Detroit has become to car manufacturing: an industry hub turned ghost town
The Attention-Whore Index
Pete Hegseth looks for leaks, George Santos begs for a pardon, and Jack Schlossberg won’t go to any party he wasn’t invited to
Who’s Afraid of #SkinnyTok?
Ready or not, thin is back in—and people have no qualms talking about it
Big Oil v. the Rockefellers
ExxonMobil stands accused of spying on its environmentalist critics, a group that includes the heirs of its founder. It wouldn’t be the first time
The Trump Brain Drain
As the White House continues to pull federal funding from U.S. universities, international institutions are courting America’s best minds like never before
Conclave Confidential
Why are we still captivated by the death of a Pope and the election of a new one? Robert Harris, whose thriller Conclave was adapted into an Oscar-winning film, explains
The Upside-Down World of Pam Bondi
From re-arming Mel Gibson to arresting judges who cross her, Trump’s attorney general is doing the opposite of serving justice
The View from Here
If a two-year-old U.S. citizen can be deported, then none of us is safe. Not even Lorne Michaels
The Attention-Whore Index
Kristi Noem gets robbed, J. D. Vance kills the Pope (possibly), and Pete Hegseth stumblebums around the Pentagon
Good-bye, Mr. Xi
When rich Chinese families send their children to English boarding schools, they pay for guardians to take care of their offsprings’ logistical—and emotional—needs
A New Script for Harvey Weinstein
Right-wing provocateurs have embraced the disgraced Hollywood producer and see his re-trial as a chance to destroy #MeToo forever
The Potemkin Kingdom
Gateway KSA offers students from the world’s top universities all-expenses-paid luxury trips to Saudi Arabia. What’s the catch?
The Eyes of a Killer: Part IX
More than two years after the murder of four University of Idaho students, prosecutors are ready to offer a motive. An AIR MAIL exclusive
Red, White, and Blues
America was once a fun, free, brave, and happy melting pot, but, as one Canadian argues, those days are seemingly over—at least for now
The View from Here
Donald and Melania Trump’s foray into crypto may be the biggest financial scandal in presidential history—and it’s happening in plain sight
20,000 Kilos Under the Sea
With Europe’s anti-narcotics agencies watching the waters, drug traffickers have taken to using submarines
“She Had Her Whole Life Ahead of Her”
The killing of Brianna Kupfer
The View from Here
Welcome to Toronto, the West’s newest sanctuary city—for Americans
A New Defender of the Realm
British industrialist Jim Ratcliffe may not be the most loved man in Britain, but the Ineos Grenadier, his answer to Land Rover’s reworking of its flagship model, is soaring in popularity
Who Is the Queen of #RichTok?
In just a few weeks, Becca Bloom has attracted millions of followers on TikTok for embodying “rich people who rich right”
The Attention-Whore Index
Marjorie Taylor Greene stocks up, Lauren Sánchez spaces out, and Pete Hegseth leans very far right
A Mitzvah on Division Street
Alison Roman, Andy Baraghani, and Sascha Seinfeld gathered at Sunn’s restaurant, in New York’s Chinatown, for a Korean-style Passover Seder
The Wrath of Huang
Nvidia C.E.O. Jensen Huang insists that, unlike his infamous temper tantrums, his A.I. chips don’t pose a threat to mankind
The Fox and the Hedgehog
Mario Vargas Llosa—the Nobel Prize–winning writer who once ran for president of Peru—rivaled Gabriel García Márquez in his literary prowess