Politics

The defendant, who faces several state and federal charges connected to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, wore brown penny loafers to the courthouse, his ankles bare save for a pair of silver handcuffs.

Gay MAGA is hypermasculine and anti-woke—and it wants a break from the LGBTQ+ movement.

When men broke for Trump in 2024, Democrats turned to Pat Ryan — a veteran, dad, and two-term Congressman from New York — for answers. They might not like what he has to say.

From Zuck to Bezos, the new technopolitical elite opted for James Bond’s least favorite necktie presentation at Trump’s inauguration. As our returning commander in chief might say, “Sad!”

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a loose coalition of ultraconservatives including Steven Bannon, Dasha Nekrasova, and Curtis Yarvin gathered at a black-tie ball hosted by the book publisher Passage Press. But was it a victory lap for an ascendant ideology, or just a MAGA sideshow?

“It's brought a lot of people a lot of joy,” says Serena Shahidi. “But I also see the way young people interact in day-to-day life and how TikTok has shaped their personalities and it does concern me.”

Soon after Luigi Mangione was named a suspect in the UnitedHealthCare CEO’s murder, the writer Paul Skallas, known as LindyMan, discovered that Mangione had followed his work and even tried to contact him. Here Skallas reckons with Mangione’s tangle of influences and the fractured cultural landscape that has shaped Gen Z.

The nation's newest celebrity outlaw is a six-packed Ivy League dude with Tim Ferriss and Atomic Habits on his Goodreads faves—and an instant coterie of online superfans. GQ columnist Chris Black on what this all means.

From a convention for fans of an 18th-century Austrian monarch to cheerleader tryouts at AT&T Stadium, charting the myriad passions of a population of true believers.

Mangione, the alleged killer of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, is hard to pin down politically. And so is the average 26-year-old American male.

The arrest of a suspect accused of killing health-insurance CEO Brian Thompson had an unexpected consequence: a morbid cottage industry of T-shirts, hats, and wine tumblers venerating the internet’s new folk hero.

A writer attests to how certain group chats are celebrating clemency for the hot, troubled man-boy who has variously fascinated irony-poisoned cynics, MAGA-friendly news outlets, and pontificating Democrats alike.

Yes, the candidate who talked to Joe Rogan and Theo Von prevailed in this year’s election—but GQ columnist (and podcast host) Chris Black isn’t convinced that male comedy-podcast listeners had much to do with that.

In the aftermath of the election, Withers, who went viral sparring with Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes, is asking, “What attitudes have to be adopted to be more appealing to younger men in my generation, to have them hear me out?”

Magdalene Taylor embeds with the crypto weebs and Trump bros of downtown Manhattan’s right-wing scene.

Foster Kamer watches the needle—and Keith McNally’s mood—as hope for a celebration fades in Soho.

Paula Mejía visits the Tower Bar and Saddle Ranch, where even the mechanical bull-riders were dissociating.

If you're in line to vote, stay in line! But if you've already done your civic duty, we've got a few dissociative-entertainment recommendations to make today—and possibly the days after that—pass a little faster.

The Kill Tony podcast host is the latest in a long line of comedians who seem to have forgotten that ruffling feathers isn’t an end in itself, writes GQ columnist Chris Black.

Reproductive rights affect everyone, but the issue has not historically been used to motivate and persuade male voters. GQ spoke with Michael Tyler, Harris’s communications director, to hear about the campaign's efforts to change that.