The Blue-Check Investment
Your guide to who’s buying Instagram’s verification check marks, once reserved for actually notable people, now open to anyone willing to pay
The Attention-Whore Index
Emma Watson, Elon Musk, and a flock of Republican reprobates vie for your attention. Who deserves it? Plus: the world’s strangest stories, collected for you!
The View from Here
Make Vladimir Putin pay the Chicago way
The “Oh Boy” Network
When she signed on as squash director at the prestigious and apparently idyllic Westchester Country Club, Natalie Grainger had no clue it was a breeding ground for sexual harassment
Beauty Secrets of the Dead
Everybody who’s anybody—including fictional characters such as Succession’s Logan Roy—stops in at Frank E. Campbell’s eventually
America’s Finest
The Met Ball has nothing on the fashion-forward looks favored by supporters of the indicted former president
The Attention-Whore Index
A Supreme Court justice, the Dalai Lama, and the First Lady walk into a bar. Who gets your attention? Plus: news of the week that’s not to be missed!
Twitterstorm
Can someone give Elon Musk a history lesson in his own company, preferably in 280 characters or less?
One-Party Town
An insider’s guide to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the night when glamour and power go head-to-head
Nazi Pieces of Work
Memorabilia linked to the Third Reich is a favorite collectible of the super-rich. What are they thinking?
Presidential Small Print
MAGA’s motto: No dollar left behind
Shoot the Rich
Myriam Ullens de Schooten—“Mimi”—was a warm and respected philanthropist. Then her stepson, a former Belgian spy, shot her at close range. But new details reveal a looming third act
A Man in Full
As a stylist, artist, photographer, and filmmaker, Michael Roberts defied convention at every turn
Jury’s Out
Notes from inside 100 Centre Street on the day Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts
The View from Here
In New York, the cost of dinner has never been higher. The restaurateurs aren’t happy about it, either
A Case of the Venetian Jitters
The spooky story of Ca’ Dario, the city’s cursed—and much whispered about—palazzo
Liar Liar
Generation plagiarism isn’t just for college students. World-renowned nonfiction writers, including New York Times best-selling author Dr. David B. Agus, are having their books recalled
What Women Want
How Harry Styles avoided the playboy label—despite having lots (and lots) of girlfriends—and became an exemplar for “positive masculinity”
Tottenham Hothead
Antonio Conte, former manager of the British Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur, went down swinging … at his own team. But did he have a point?
The Country That Never Was
The Hindu nation of Kailasa is making friends across the world. Such a shame it doesn’t exist
The Attention-Whore Index
There are puerile billionaires and whining authors scrabbling for your attention. But can any of them beat the orange elephant in the room? You decide!
The Spy Who Loathes Me
Even super-secretive Mossad agents are openly rebelling against Netanyahu’s efforts to weaken Israel’s judicial system
The Beef That Broke the Internet
How the flames of a tiny feud between Justin Bieber’s ex, Selena Gomez, and his wife, Hailey Bieber, were fanned to absurd proportions
London’s Top Dog
The goldendoodle moment has passed. Now it’s all about the chocolate dapple dachshund