
Zohran Mamdani Has Wall Street Bros Shaking in their Fleece Vests
Rich New Yorkers are so desperate to defeat the Democratic primary winner that they're actually considering throwing their support to scandal-plagued mayor Eric Adams.
By Issie Lapowsky
Street Wise
“Bullish for Tech”: Wall Street’s Most Tireless Optimist Isn’t Rattled by Trump, Musk, or Conflict in Iran
As Trump bombs Iran and Musk melts down, Dan Ives says the future looks bright—for tech stocks, anyway.
By Issie Lapowsky
Play By Play
“It’s Not Just Winning. It’s the Celebrity”: Inside the Los Angeles Lakers’ Record-Setting Sale
ESPN reporter Ramona Shelburne talks to VF about what led to Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s eye-popping $10 billion purchase of the storied NBA team and how there’s “connective tissue between the two franchises.”
By Tom Kludt
Elon Musk Keeps Stiffing People. She Keeps Suing Him
Shannon Liss-Riordan is one of the country’s most renowned labor lawyers. Lately, she’s also developed a specialty in “billionaire justice.”
By Issie Lapowsky
Media
Terry Moran Is Latest in the TV News–to–Substack Pipeline
CNN host turned Substacker Jim Acosta says “the water is warm” as the MeidasTouch guys float a job offer to the former ABC News correspondent. Chris Cillizza, another CNN vet, says there’s “never been a better time to be on your own.”
By Natalie Korach
Wall Street Fears We’re “One Tweet Away From Complete Crazy Town”
President Trump’s TACO tariff shocks have traders bracing for more economic chaos.
By Chris Smith
Media
Charles Gasparino, Pugnacious Fox Business Reporter, Wants to “Invite the Conflict”
The veteran correspondent weighs in on Elon Musk’s “recklessness,” Shari Redstone’s “melting ice cube of a company,” and MAGA-world “fissures.” Plus, why his approach to covering Donald Trump isn’t premised on the belief that he’s a “bad guy.”
By Natalie Korach
“We’ve Been Sold a Story That Isn’t Remotely True”: How Private-Equity Billionaires Killed the American Dream
In her new book, Bad Company, journalist Megan Greenwell shows how the secretive industry has insinuated itself into average Americans’ lives.
By Issie Lapowsky
Sports
Mike Tyson “Should Be Dead Many Times Over”: Why the World Hasn’t Knocked Out the Champ
In his new book, Baddest Man, sportswriter Mark Kriegel charts the boxing phenom’s path from hardscrabble Brooklyn streets to the heights of 1980s glitz and glamour, where everyone from HBO execs to Donald Trump wanted a piece of the action.
By Tom Kludt
Media
Veteran Sportswriter Pablo Torre Says the Bill Belichick–Jordon Hudson Saga Is More Shakespeare Than TMZ
The tabloid drama ensnaring the NFL’s greatest coach, according to Torre, a popular podcaster and newly minted Morning Joe regular, “is fundamentally a story about power.”
By Tom Kludt
SKIMMING THE DEPTHS
How TheSkimm, Once Deemed “the Ivanka Trump of Newsletters,” Grew Into a Must-Read for Political Leaders on the Left—and Right
Fresh off an acquisition by Ziff Davis, cofounders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin told Vanity Fair about their goal to arm their more than 5 million readers with facts in a turbulent time.
By Kase Wickman
it’s all in the name
“Some Weird Elon Musk Shit”: Inside LA’s Young, Testosterone-Fueled Sperm Race
Eric Zhu, the 17-year-old who drew hundreds to the first-of-its-kind event, claims American men are experiencing an “absolutely insane” fertility crisis. He’s raising awareness with a billionaire-backed company that’s turned sperm into sport.
By Zoë Bernard
MADE IN TRUMP'S AMERICA
Donald Trump Jr. Helped Fund a MAGA Marketplace. Liberals Are Using It as a Tool—and a Warning
The e-tail site PublicSquare touts itself as an alternative to Amazon for Trump lovers, moving toward building a so-called parallel economy. A close look at the business reveals a working model of a red-pilled economic fantasy.
By Kase Wickman
The Dark History of How China Captured Apple
In his new book, Apple in China, Patrick McGee examines how Tim Cook unwittingly led Apple right into the heart of Trump’s trade war.
By Issie Lapowsky
Everything We Know So Far About Jeff Bezos’s Relationship With Donald Trump
The brief spat between the White House and Amazon Tuesday was a trip down the very rocky memory lane of the billionaires’ bromance.
By Issie Lapowsky
Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s “Raw-Dogging Reality”
His reality just happens to include an underground tunnel and a statue of his wife in the front yard.
By Issie Lapowsky
Media
How Ezra Klein’s YouTube Makeover Points to Podcasting’s TV Future
Major news outlets, like The New York Times and The Atlantic, and ex-cable stars are finding audiences on YouTube. “It is television,” says Mediaite founder Dan Abrams. “Anyone who still thinks of YouTube as something for your phone or computer isn’t paying attention.”
By Rebecca Sananès
Tech
AI Has Already Come for the Interns. You’re Probably Next
New data suggest that entry-level jobs are facing an extinction-level event thanks to artificial intelligence. It’s only going to work its way up the org chart from there.
By Nick Bilton
Tesla May Be in Even Worse Shape Than We Thought
Elon Musk says he's reducing his time at DOGE starting next month, as Tesla's profits declined 71% last quarter.
By Issie Lapowsky
Elon Musk’s Breeding Spree Is So Much Wilder Than You Thought
The billionaire bureaucrat, who wants a “legion-level” of offspring, has reportedly solicited women on X to have his children and pays his kids’ mothers millions to keep quiet.
By Issie Lapowsky
Mark Zuckerberg Testifies That He’s So Over Facebook Friends
In a major antitrust court appearance, the Meta founder claimed that the company has moved into a “discovery-entertainment space”—a clear attempt to argue that Meta's ownership of WhatsApp and Instagram does not make it a monopoly.
By Issie Lapowsky