The Apostate
Trump’s dead-eyed hatchet man in the Justice Department, Emil Bove III, has attacked the very office that taught him the law—and betrayed the ideals he once espoused
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk wants your financial information, Eric Adams suffers yet more humiliation, and Donald Trump spins lies without hesitation
How to Almost Get Away with Murder
A group of transgender, ex-Google “radical vegans”—armed with ammunition belts—are quickly shaping up to be a 21st-century Manson family
Trump’s Mini-Me
Paolo Zampolli, the former modeling agent who introduced Melania to Donald, has stayed in the Mar-a-Lago circle, anticipating and echoing the president’s foreign-policy views
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk is selling the farm, J. D. Vance is twisting arms, and for Kanye West, the Third Reich’s the charm
Penny Ante
Like so many other of Trump’s diktats aimed at crushing easy targets, his plan to be penny-wise is pound-foolish
Stranded in NewSpace
It’s not just the fate of two marooned astronauts that’s at stake—it’s the future of interstellar travel
In Bad Faith
The only stone left unturned in the Baldoni-Lively saga seems to be Baldoni’s Baha’i faith, an obscure religion that touts unity and forbids backbiting
Every Woman’s Romantasy
What does the explosive popularity of books by Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros say about female desire today?
The View from Here
Trump’s dismantling of the Justice Department’s anti-corruption units is a going-out-of-business bonanza for dictators, kleptocrats, crooked officials, and organized-crime leaders
Bridget Jones’s Substack
As the frazzled heroine returns to the cinema, we couldn’t help but wonder: How would Bridget Jones navigate Gen Z’s New York City?
Against All Odds
From ESPN and the Athletic to Bill Simmons and Dave Portnoy, sports media is fueling the online-gambling boom—and becoming utterly reliant upon it
The Attention-Whore Index
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t like your accent, Donald Trump doesn’t like your color, and Russell Brand doesn’t like your sexual-abuse allegations
The Naked Truth
In 2003, my novel about a woman who attends an awards show naked was dismissed as too far-fetched. A second Trump administration replaced fiction with fact—and laid bare American misogyny
It Never Ends with Them
As their frenzied mudslinging intensifies, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni seem to share a single goal: mutually assured destruction
The Muse Who Became a Sage
Marianne Faithfull inspired some of the greatest songs of the 60s and left her own indelible mark on the music of Brecht and Bob Dylan alike
The View from Here
Trump’s model of political leadership? A cigar-chomping, baseball-bat-swinging, mobbed-up Brooklyn boss
Tommy Supreme and the Blitz
Tom Goldstein was a star in arguing cases before the Supreme Court. He was also one of the world’s highest-rolling—and most reckless—poker players. Then his worlds collided
A Plague O’ All Your Villas!
After devastating Naples, an invasive American insect has made its way to Rome, killing the city’s classic umbrella pine trees by the thousands
Moving Mountains
Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings is transforming Utah’s Powder Mountain into a private members’ club. Is he the ski resort’s savior or its saboteur?
Frazzle-Dazzle
With topknots, too-big cardigans, and well-worn Mulberry bags, Bridget Jones is back—and so is her frazzled aesthetic
“I Was Hounded, Day In, Day Out”
Alice Nderitu, the U.N.’s former special adviser on the prevention of genocide, on her contentious tenure. An AIR MAIL exclusive
To Live and Die in L.A.
As residents reckon with the wildfires, some experts question whether Los Angeles is a modern-day Pompeii—and a harbinger of American decline