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Groucho Marx and “the Girl” Decades His Junior: The Shocking Relationship Debated for 50 Years

By GEOFFREY FREEDMAN AND ERICA STEIN

Erin Fleming met Marx when she was 29 and he was 80. Did she reinvigorate his life and legend, abuse him and use him to chase fame, or all of the above?

Steve Bannon’s Nazi Salute. Elon Musk’s Chainsaw. Is This What Republicans Really Want?

By ERIC LUTZ

The far-right theatrics at CPAC reveal these are not serious people. But the consequences of their antics—especially in the face of the GOP’s otherwise deafening silence—may be deadly so.

And While Elon Was Chainsawing at CPAC, Grimes Publicly Begged Him to Help With Their Child’s Medical Emergency

By KASE WICKMAN

Grimes, who has three children with Musk, is the latest partner in progeny to take her urgent grievances with her ex public on the social media site he owns.

Inside the Bungled Bird Flu Response, Where Profits Collide With Public Health

By KATHERINE EBAN

VF’s Katherine Eban has received the George Polk national-reporting award for her investigation into the US Department of Agriculture’s bungled bird flu response.

The Heritage Foundation Is Not Swerving in Its Pursuit of Prince Harry

By ERIN VANDERHOOF

Though President Trump said that he had no plans to go after the royal, the organization behind Project 2025 is pushing forward in its quest to uncover his immigration status.