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)
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?
The View from Here
Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?
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
Time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for Joe
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
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?
The View from Here
Looking for some light summer entertainment? Tune in to the U.K. election
Shades of Green
Even as an environmental activist, R.F.K. Jr. often put science second, onetime allies say
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
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
The View from Here
It’s probably unfair to liken Trump’s donors on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley to the German bankers and industrialists who supported Hitler. Or is it?
The Attention-Whore Index
New Jersey is to corruption as Elon Musk is to reproduction. Plus, all the strangest news from around the world
Coup de Disgrace
Why did Emmanuel Macron court chaos just weeks before France claims Olympic glory?
It’s the Border, Stupid
Far-right parties across Europe rode anxiety over mass migration to big victories. America should take heed
I-95 Is Us
Everybody hates it. It may well kill you. But as summer travel ramps up along Interstate 95, it’s time we recognize the highway as our national Main Street
How to Poison the Earth and Influence People
Oil companies give millions to cultural institutions. The reputational benefits? Priceless
The View from Here
Oligarchs such as Boris Berezovsky thought they’d created a post-Soviet puppet, but Putin outgrew his wealthy mentors and then destroyed them
Hot Rodent Boyfriends
Gen Z is obsessed with men who look like mice. Tom Holland, Jeremy Allen White, Barry Keoghan, your time is now
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump is in a dilemma, Kathy Hochul is in a dither, and Steve Bannon is going inside. Plus, the strangest news from around the world
The Social Network
As Harvard gets more progressive, its “final clubs”—known for their exclusivity and indulgent behavior—seem trapped in the past
In the Land of the Green Laird
A topsy-turvy battle has broken out in Scotland between billionaire environmentalists, who want to cull thousands of deer, and deer-hunting locals, who’d like to see them thrive
