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Like Father, Like Daughter
As Trump’s Prospects Soar, Ivanka Inches Back to the National Stage
Sources say Ivanka will attend the RNC—a dramatic turnaround after skipping Trump’s campaign launch and criminal trial.
By Gabriel Sherman
failure to launch
How a Stanley Kubrick Conspiracy Theory Inspired Fly Me to the Moon
A new movie starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum asks: Could the moon landing have been faked?
By Savannah Walsh
2024 Election
Hollywood and Silicon Valley Are Out of Patience With Bidenworld
The president’s staunch refusal to step aside has roiled leaders in two historical bastions of Democratic support.
By Nick Bilton
TRENDING
The Archive
Shame and Survival
Monica Lewinsky critiques the culture that put a 24-year-old through the wringer.
ALL EYES ON 2024
Has the Supreme Court Set the Stage for an Imperial-Presidency Disaster?
A presidential historian, citing Woodrow Wilson, points to several challenges now facing democracy after the double whammy of the immunity decision and Biden’s and Trump’s behavior at the debate.
By James Robenalt
chaos
In Hollywood, Panic Over Joe Biden Builds to a Silent Shriek
The president’s frailty has shaken his show business supporters: “It’s the only thing anyone is talking about.” Some fear being put in “Hollywood jail” if they speak out.
By Anthony Breznican
The Eerie Echoes Between Two Presidents on the Brink, Half a Century Apart
A struggling president with a strong policy record, deep legislative experience, and fresh memories of being underestimated by the younger man he served as VP, LBJ faced, with his fiercely loyal first lady, the question of whether to drop out of contention ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago. A presidential historian explains how the events of 1968 can, and can’t, help us make sense of our chaotic present.
By Jonathan Darman
THE 2024 ELECTION
Team Trump Is Betting on Biden—and Dreading a “Bait and Switch”
After months spent painting his opponent as senile, Donald Trump is said to have been surprised by Joe Biden’s frailty at the debate. Trump himself is betting that Democrats are “stuck with Biden,” but others in his camp fear that a more competitive candidate will emerge.
By Gabriel Sherman
THE HIVE
Politics, Power, and Personality. Read more »
Racial Justice
10 Years On, Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s Mothers Are Still Fighting for Justice
By Rita Omokha
Racial Justice
10 Years On, Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s Mothers Are Still Fighting for Justice
By Rita Omokha
2024 Election
How Donald Trump Echoes Joe McCarthy
HOLLYWOOD
TV, Film, and Awards. Read more »
behind the pom poms
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Victoria Kalina Had a Hard Road Out of Texas
By Julie Miller
the death of the movie star
Donald Trump Attacks “Fake Movie Actor” George Clooney After NYT Op-Ed
By Chris Murphy
behind the pom poms
Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Victoria Kalina Had a Hard Road Out of Texas
By Julie Miller
the death of the movie star
Donald Trump Attacks “Fake Movie Actor” George Clooney After NYT Op-Ed
By Chris Murphy
VANITIES
Culture, Style, Celebrity, and Royals. Read more »
ambani wedding
Ambani Wedding Guests Priyanka Chopra and Kim Kardashian (on a Rickshaw) Arrive to Flute Soundtrack
By Kase Wickman
ambani wedding
Ambani Wedding Guests Priyanka Chopra and Kim Kardashian (on a Rickshaw) Arrive to Flute Soundtrack
By Kase Wickman
a stone's throw
Sharon Stone Lost Her $18 Million Savings After Brain Bleed
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IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo Essay
The Global Crisis That No Border Crackdown Can Fix
At America’s southern border, arrivals from Mexico to Morocco, China to Chad, are caught in a no-man’s-land between the danger they’ve fled and the paralyzed system that awaits them.
By Dara LindPhotography by Go Nakamura