At a recent get-together, little lefty mags were roiled to learn that George Soros’s foundations are supporting Compact, a publication that’s flirted with authoritarianism. “It was weird to me the whole fucking time,” says one attendee.

A third-party review of Nuzzi’s work found “no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias,” according to New York, yet the magazine and the star reporter agreed to “part ways.”

The latest courtroom allegations are providing pure tabloid fodder—“Spawn F. Kennedy,” blared the New York Post—as the New York and Politico stars sit on the sidelines of the 2024 race while internal investigations play out and a post-election hearing date looms.

Vanity Fair visits the famed director at his Fort Greene studio, touring his stunning collection of movie memorabilia and talking politics, before going full “Gooner” at a nearby bar. “I love to be in the mix,” Lee says.

In an interview with Vanity Fair about her new book, Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win, Valenti discusses whom she’s writing to, how the right is forecasting its next move, and why she’s never bought into the mainstream framing of abortion rights.

Start-ups like Polymarket and PredictIt want to let people put their money where their mouth is. But offering Vegas-style odds tied to real-world events could also have dangerous real-world consequences.

“He figured he could just dump his shit all over our gorgeous plot of land without asking,” the company wrote. “We said, ‘Go fuck yourself, Elon Musk. We’ll see you in court.’”

Klaus-Michael Kuehne, born in 1937, has more money than Ken Griffin, MacKenzie Scott, or François Pinault. Just don’t ask him how he got so rich.

In an excerpt from their new book, Character Limit, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac detail how Musk’s “goons” instilled fear and uncertainty among the rank and file, while his inner circle employed hardball tactics in a touch-and-go transaction.

More spectators than ever are flocking to Flushing for this year’s Grand Slam tournament, which manages to draw throngs of tennis fans while remaining a magnet for the chic and fashionable. It’s an event, says USTA chief Lew Sherr, that strives to offer “accessible luxury.”

The NFL’s most celebrated coach is gabbing with Pat McAfee and the Manning brothers, hosting a web show, and posting on Instagram. Mike Tirico thinks “he’s going to be great” as a TV talker, but is Belichick’s future in the studio—or back on the sidelines?

The collective bargaining agreement unveiled Thursday will also require players’ consent for trades. Such changes, says one union leader, mark “tectonic shifts in the American sports landscape.”

Biographer Ian O’Connor talks to Vanity Fair about the roots of Rodgers’s family estrangement—“death by a thousand cuts”—and the Jets QB’s regret over claiming he had been “immunized” against COVID-19: “He told me, I should have told the truth.”

The media mogul is scrambling to protect Fox News from three of his politically moderate heirs. It’s a sign of Rupert’s waning influence. “Murdoch is no longer the pope,” one political vet says.

Many cities have aspired to be the next Silicon Valley. But here in El Segundo—home to an upstart, male-dominated defense tech enclave—the founders are defining themselves in opposition to it. “This is not ‘San Francisco lite,’” says one, “or ‘San Francisco plus a little bit of hardware.’”

In an interview with Vanity Fair, the GOAT of women’s tennis talks about the struggle of becoming a spectator, hosting this week’s ESPYs, and why a comeback is always in the “back, back, back of my mind.”

The British-born editor has injected America’s business paper of record with ambition and verve, while unnerving the newsroom with unapologetic cuts. The restructuring “may look callous,” she says. “But it’s so that we get it right, so I don’t have to do it over again.”

Louise Blouin lost La Dune, the Hamptons estate where she once entertained Prince Andrew and Calvin Klein, but she’s not letting go quietly.

The network will use an artificial clone of the legendary broadcaster’s voice to narrate its daily recaps of the summer event. “It was not only close,” he says of the technology, “it was almost 2% off perfect.”

Will Lewis’s ethical imbroglio has led to caricatures of British editors. But the Washington Post publisher should be held accountable as a powerful news executive—not a national stereotype.