Trump thought he’d cut ties with Jeffrey Epstein years ago. But the deceased financier’s shadow lurks across an administration struggling to outrun its own history. |
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From the Truman White House to the Clinton team, and from Kennedy defense secretary Robert S. McNamara to Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan, Vanity Fair reunites the inner circles of six decades past, while Todd Brewster assesses their legacies. |
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The story of the Nixon-Kennedy rivalry is well known; the story of the complicated relationship behind it is not. From the February 1996 issue, Christopher Matthews reveals the strange bonds between two ambitious young congressmen who would shape the future of American politics: their mutual fascination with McCarthy, Kennedy’s dinner-party defenses of Nixon, and Nixon’s tears over Kennedy’s near-fatal illness. |
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In a 2024 documentary, more than a dozen scholars come together to argue that Lincoln had sexual relationships with multiple men. As one puts it, “We’re taking a scholarly interpretation that has been bubbling up for generations—and that, finally in 2024, has found its moment to be expressed.” |
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In a wide-ranging conversation with one of the nation’s foremost presidential historians, Obama talks about his ambitions, frustrations, and the decisions that still haunt him. |
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In an excerpt from his book First Friends, the author explores 42’s relationship with Vernon Jordan, the consummate power pal. |
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