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Why Trump’s Suck-Up ‘Stalin’ Cabinet Won’t Stop Clapping

The disturbing parallels between the president’s marathon meeting and the pre-war Soviet Union.

David Gardner

Commuters pause walking past the newly unveiled high relief depicting Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a passage at Taganskaya metro station in Moscow on May 15, 2025.

Stalin Is Looming Over Moscow Commuters Again After 60 Years

A Soviet-era monument to the dictator has been lovingly restored after going missing in the 1960s.

Tom Sanders

Elon Musk reposted a tweet suggesting Hitler wasn't to blame for the holocaust.

Musk Boosts Claim That Hitler Wasn’t to Blame for Holocaust

The MAGA billionaire reposted a tweet saying “public sector workers”—not Hitler—caused atrocities.

David Gardner

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have agreed to hold talk to end the war in Ukraine.

Putin’s Crazy Carve-Up Could Give Trump Greenland and Canada

The Russian leader’s dreams of bringing the world’s strongmen together gathers pace.

David Gardner

A photo illustration of Ewan McGregor in A Gentleman in Moscow.

On ‘A Gentleman in Moscow,’ Ewan McGregor Looks for the Exit

Count Alexander Rostov is willing to do whatever it takes—including becoming an American spy—to escape the Metropol with Sofia.

Fletcher Peters

Billie Gadsdon and Ewan McGregor in 'A Gentleman in Moscow'

Ewan McGregor Is Stuck With the Worst Kid in the World

The Count is sleeping on the floor when he’s tasked with watching over a demonic child with ratty hair and an obsession with her doll.

Fletcher Peters