The View from Here
France’s political order may be cracking up, but its Olympic Games—majestic, ridiculous, welcoming—are the envy of the world
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?
The Hamptons’ Mr. Fixit
If you’re rich and live on the East End, Eddie Burke can make your problems disappear
The View from Here
Before satellite phones, cell phones, and smartphones, the author was the last foreign correspondent to file from a war zone via carrier pigeon
The Attention-Whore Index
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?
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
Words and Deeds
In blaming Biden’s rhetoric for Trump’s attempted assassination, Republicans are guilty not just of hypocrisy but of endangering a value they claim to hold dear: free speech
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
Dodging Bullets
Trump has a long history of surviving sex scandals, bankruptcies, criminal investigations, impeachments, lawsuits—and now this
All Eyes on Léon Marchand
Meet the French Olympic swimming prodigy smashing Michael Phelps’s records—with the help of Phelps’s longtime coach
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump gets shot, Democrats and Republicans get hot, and Joe Biden still won’t drop (out)
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
The View from Here
Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?
The Attention-Whore Index
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?
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?
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
The View from Here
Time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for Joe
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
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
