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2024 Election
No One Knows How the Election Will Play Out
Donald Trump’s failed assassination has led pundits to predict his electoral victory. But nothing about this cycle is predictable.
By Molly Jong-Fast
LEGENDS
Method Man Goes Deep on the History of Shaolin
The Wu-Tang Clan member talks VF through the “uncomfortable subject” of Martin Shkreli’s auctioned album, RZA’s monastic role, ODB’s son Young Dirty Bastard, and more.
By Lisa Robinson
RNC
Project 2025 Architects Rail Against the “Deep State”
Even as the Heritage Foundation’s top brass sought to draw daylight between themselves and Trump, they touted him as a near-messianic figure who could enact their grand plan.
By Eric Lutz
TRENDING
ALL EYES ON 2024
Has the Supreme Court Set the Stage for an Imperial-Presidency Disaster?
A presidential historian, citing Woodrow Wilson, points to several challenges now facing democracy after the double whammy of the immunity decision and Biden’s and Trump’s behavior at the debate.
By James Robenalt
chaos
In Hollywood, Panic Over Joe Biden Builds to a Silent Shriek
The president’s frailty has shaken his show business supporters: “It’s the only thing anyone is talking about.” Some fear being put in “Hollywood jail” if they speak out.
By Anthony Breznican
The Eerie Echoes Between Two Presidents on the Brink, Half a Century Apart
A struggling president with a strong policy record, deep legislative experience, and fresh memories of being underestimated by the younger man he served as VP, LBJ faced, with his fiercely loyal first lady, the question of whether to drop out of contention ahead of the Democratic convention in Chicago. A presidential historian explains how the events of 1968 can, and can’t, help us make sense of our chaotic present.
By Jonathan Darman
THE 2024 ELECTION
Team Trump Is Betting on Biden—and Dreading a “Bait and Switch”
After months spent painting his opponent as senile, Donald Trump is said to have been surprised by Joe Biden’s frailty at the debate. Trump himself is betting that Democrats are “stuck with Biden,” but others in his camp fear that a more competitive candidate will emerge.
By Gabriel Sherman
THE HIVE
Politics, Power, and Personality. Read more »
2024 Election
Joe Biden on J.D. Vance, His Call With Trump, and Why He’s Staying in the Race
By Katie Herchenroeder
Election 2024
Donald Trump Picks Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as His Vice Presidential Nominee
By Katie Herchenroeder
2024 Election
Donald Trump’s Inner Circle Says He’s “Changed” Post-Shooting. But Has He Really?
By Gabriel Sherman
2024 Election
Joe Biden on J.D. Vance, His Call With Trump, and Why He’s Staying in the Race
By Katie Herchenroeder
Election 2024
Donald Trump Picks Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as His Vice Presidential Nominee
By Katie Herchenroeder
2024 Election
Donald Trump’s Inner Circle Says He’s “Changed” Post-Shooting. But Has He Really?
By Gabriel Sherman
HOLLYWOOD
TV, Film, and Awards. Read more »
Awards Insider First Look
In Conclave, the Pope Dies—Then the Twisty Search for His Successor Begins
By David Canfield
cancel culture
Armie Hammer Was Told “He’s Got Issues, but He’s Not What People Are Saying”
By Savannah Walsh
Awards Insider First Look
In Conclave, the Pope Dies—Then the Twisty Search for His Successor Begins
By David Canfield
cancel culture
Armie Hammer Was Told “He’s Got Issues, but He’s Not What People Are Saying”
By Savannah Walsh
TCA Awards 2024
TCA Awards 2024: See All the Winners
VANITIES
Culture, Style, Celebrity, and Royals. Read more »
rings and bling
Inside the $600 Million Ambani Wedding: Jewels, Stars, and the Party to End All Parties
By Kase Wickman
Royals
Princess Charlotte Aces the Grip-and-Grin With Proud Mom Kate Middleton at Wimbledon
By Kase Wickman
rings and bling
Inside the $600 Million Ambani Wedding: Jewels, Stars, and the Party to End All Parties
By Kase Wickman
Royals
Princess Charlotte Aces the Grip-and-Grin With Proud Mom Kate Middleton at Wimbledon
By Kase Wickman
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IN PHOTOGRAPHS
Photo Essay
The Global Crisis That No Border Crackdown Can Fix
At America’s southern border, arrivals from Mexico to Morocco, China to Chad, are caught in a no-man’s-land between the danger they’ve fled and the paralyzed system that awaits them.
By Dara LindPhotography by Go Nakamura