Is Trump’s GOP Driving the U.S. Toward Fiscal Ruin?; the Royals Get Back to Work; and More

Plus: Inside Kim Kardashian's Paris Robbery View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks September 09, 2020   Reagan Veteran Warns That Trump's GOP Is Driving the U.S. Toward Fiscal Ruin Former White House budget director David Stockman is sounding alarms over his party's reckless spending. "The current economic and constitutional outlaw resident in the Oval Office doesn't have a clue," he says. R E A D  M O R E »   The Royals Get Back to Work The queen is leaving Scotland and Prince William is in Belfast. Prince George and Princess Charlotte have also returned to school, though some of their favorite activities are still on hold. R E A D  M O R E »   Bill Barr Sinks to New Low Taxpayers are now funding Trump's defense against writer E. Jean Carroll, who has accused the president of rape. R E A D  M O R E »   Dune Trailer, Explained: Timothée Chalamet Brings the Fire A close reading of the new trailer, featuring Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem standing off against Stellan Skarsgård's monstrous Baron Harkonnen. R E A D  M O R E »   Mark Zuckerberg Still Can't Admit Facebook Is a Megaphone for the Right Even as the Facebook CEO announces initiatives to address potential election chaos, he's downplaying how right-wing views and hate flourish on the platform. Facebook, says one ex-employee, is "profiting off hate." R E A D  M O R E »   Woke Is a Comedy for No One The Hulu debut starring Lamorne Morris is oddly lighthearted about injustice. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: L'Affaire Kardashian Virtually every detail of Kim Kardashian West's Paris Fashion Week—jewels, clothes, shows, parties—was documented, by the paparazzi as well as on her Instagram account. Until the early hours of October 3, 2016, when she was robbed at gunpoint in her hotel suite. Mining sources from Paris's chief of police to the concierge who was tied up with Kardashian West, Mark Seal explained how the star's glamorous reality became a terrifying vulnerability. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.