Advised to Death
Despite their being set up with every advantage, a prep-school consultant’s privileged Gen Z clients are completely disillusioned with the college-admissions process
What Money Can’t Buy
If you want an extremely limited-edition Bentley or Ferrari or Lamborghini, simply having the money isn’t enough. You’ve got to give a whole lot more
The Attention-Whore Index
Is Donald Trump set to dominate the spotlight once again? Or can some other narcissistic peacock tear your attention away from him? You decide!
Tax Shelters in the Sky
For years, luxury Manhattan high-rises have been used to launder dirty foreign money. But with a new rule designed to curb the practice just weeks away, will oligarchs and dictators have to start looking elsewhere?
Naughty on Nantucket
Screaming, intimidation, and an expired sheriff’s badge—things heated up quickly when a climate-activist youth group crashed a cocktail party for Massachusetts governor Maura Healey
The Attention-Whore Index
Did Yevgeny Prigozhin’s fall from grace—and the sky—gain him the attention-seeking crown? Not if Donald Trump has anything to say about it
The View from Here
At Bohemian Grove, one of America’s oldest, most secretive men’s clubs, the rich and powerful have long played hard and made everyone else work longer and harder
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fyre
More than 40,000 young scouts traveled to Seoul for the 25th World Scout Jamboree. Instead of swapping badges, they faced heat waves, broken toilets, and overrun medical tents
The $158 Million Question: Part II
Leon Black told investigators that Jeffrey Epstein saved him more than $1 billion with his “unique” solutions. The Senate Finance Committee isn’t so sure
The Attention-Whore Index
Lock up your grandmothers! Rupert Murdoch’s on the prowl for a wife … again! But can he beat indictment magnets Donald T. and Rudy G. for your attention? Vote now for your champion!
True Detective
He’s everywhere in photos—the charismatic private eye who escorts Sam Bankman-Fried to court dates. Past clients include Ghislaine Maxwell and John Gotti Jr.
High on Life
As the war in Ukraine rages on, a maverick humanitarian from New Orleans makes his mark by importing ambulances and saving lives
The View from Here
Introducing our updated Arts Intel Report travel search resource. It is unlike anything out there now. You must give it a try
A Snake in the Everglades
Ron DeSantis wants to save Florida’s cherished Everglades while promoting an aggressive anti-climate-change agenda. One of the state’s largest environmental charities is helping him with his greenwashing
The House Doesn’t Always Win
In Monaco, allegations of corruption have triggered a series of lawsuits against Prince Albert, creating chaos in a country known for discretion
Towering Infernal
Does New York need another gigantic office tower? RXR Realty, which plans to build the tallest building in Midtown East, on the site of Trump’s first Manhattan property, seems to think so
Legal Weasel
Nerdy Harvard lawyer Ken Chesebro (Co-Conspirator 5) was a liberal until he got rich on Bitcoin and veered right, so much so that he advised Trump to use false electors to derail the 2020 election
The Attention-Whore Index
Lizzo takes a Mean Girl swerve, Prince Harry keeps getting paid, and Commander won’t stop biting the hand that feeds. Who deserves your vote?
Falling Dominoes
The latest Cold War–era monument to be destroyed in Berlin: Generalshotel, a V.I.P. lounge that Fidel Castro and Leonid Brezhnev passed through on trips to East Germany
Blueblood Banks
If you don’t want your money mingling with that of the common man, get thee to a private bank
The View from Here
There’s a better way to remember William Friedkin, the witty, generous, and passionately dedicated director of The French Connection and The Exorcist
The Heirs of an Execution
Seventy years after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for atomic espionage, their sons recall watching them go on trial
Kremlin Crackdown
As the war drags on, Russian dissenters watch powerlessly while Putin expands conscription and bans civil liberties he deems too Western
Fuel to the Fired
Prince Albert of Monaco fired his closest advisers after a mysterious Web site accused them of corruption. Rather than save face, it’s triggered a flurry of lawsuits
