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Emmanuel Macron sprinkles cologne, Mark Zuckerberg scatters millions, and Elon Musk slings mud

The View from Here

The Founding Fathers assumed the president’s power to pardon would be exercised with restraint. They didn’t figure on Donald Trump

Oh, for God’s Sake!

Accused of being a false teacher, a racist, and a crook, the televangelist and leader of the new White House Faith Office, Paula White, could be a match made in heaven for Trump

Bonkers for Britain

“Cheeky!” “Dodgy!” “Cheers!” America’s Gen Z is embracing Britishisms like there’s no tomorrow

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Marine Le Pen is found guilty, Elon Musk is found wanting, and Pete Hegseth’s wife is found everywhere

Dusk of the Ump

Baseball umpires are on their way out. But what will players, coaches, and fans do if there’s nobody to yell at?

Another Fall from Grace

Prince Harry has broken with Sentebale, the African charity he founded 20 years ago. And the chair of its board is on the warpath

March (of) Madness

Signalgate or Greenland? Putin or DOGE? With AIR MAIL’s interactive bracket, you can decide the maddest moment yet of the Trump presidency

Holy Smokes!

A new generation of French women is smoking more cigarettes than ever before. Pour quoi?

The View from Here

The oligarchs are back in town and hunting for swanky real estate, lured by Trump’s laissez-faire attitude toward corruption and money-laundering

A League of Their Own

A cottage industry has sprung up at Harvard, Penn, and other Ivy League colleges, providing nepo babies and children of the ultra-wealthy a luxury alternative to campus living

Down the Tubes

With Trump’s tariffs on Canadian imports driving up the cost of a key ingredient in American toilet paper, experts say a shortage may well be on the horizon

The Alien and the Fawn

Accusations of sexual harassment upended the career of award-winning Hollywood composer Danny Elfman. But what really happened between him and his accuser?

Endangered Cranes

Ticking Time Bomb

Inside a chilling campaign of homemade explosives and escalating ransom threats with an unexpected target: Switzerland’s most storied watchmaker, Patek Philippe

Reinaldo Herrera

An international arbiter of style whose manners were matched by his joie de vivre and loyalty

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The Vances intimidate Greenland, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez intimate Venice, and Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz exculpate themselves

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A 1960s hoax by liberal luminaries including E. L. Doctorow fueled the conspiracy theories that Trump has relied on his entire political career

Riding High

Museum-quality saddles, free-flowing champagne, and the finest show jumping in the world make the Saut Hermès competition much more than an equestrian’s paradise

Stranded in NewSpace: Part II

Their 10-day mission to the International Space Station stretched to more than nine months. But Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore’s journey to the stars began decades earlier

The View from Here

The Anti-Defamation League should think twice before cheering Trump’s crackdown on anti-Zionists

The Cult of Leica

The German camera company, which has supplied photographers from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Annie Leibovitz and sabotaged the Third Reich during W.W. II, turns 100 this year

It’s a MAGA Man’s World

At Operation Black Site, a three-day training camp in California, right-wing “entrepreneurs” shoot guns and practice handcuffing—preparing for an America under siege

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Chuck Schumer gets crowd-shy, Donald Trump whispers sweet nothings, and Liz Truss breaks hearts