War in Israel, Fendi vs Dior, Biden’s Youth Serum

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon brochure featuring Puck’s latest reporting.

First up today, S.B.F.-ologists Eriq Gardner and Teddy Schleifer exchange impressions, insights, and prognostications surrounding Bankman-Fried’s legal fate as the financial trial of the century barrels into its second, head-spinning week.

Plus, below the fold: Peter Hamby diagnoses Biden’s desperate need to draft on Kamala’s edge with young voters. Lauren Sherman transcribes the fashion-world gossip surrounding star designer Alessandro Michele’s next chapter: Fendi or Dior? On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri and Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman trade notes on the untimely speaker vacancy in Congress. And on The Powers That Be, Peter Hamby dials up Julia Ioffe to dig into the intelligence failures that led to the attack on Israel, and the evolving response in Washington.

ERIQ GARDNER & TEDDY SCHLEIFER

Views from inside the courtroom during the financial trial of the century.

PETER HAMBY

The president’s reelection faces a “flashing red” alarm heading into 2024 if he can’t capture 60 percent of a youth vote that’s tuned in but turned off.

LAUREN SHERMAN

Everyone in Paris (and New York… and L.A….) is murmuring about Alessandro’s next move. Herewith, the real story within the speculation.

TARA PALMERI

Tara and Jake discuss the ongoing saga surrounding the speaker vacancy in Congress. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan appear to be the front-runners, but don’t count out a surprise contender—and we’re not talking about Kevin McCarthy.