How Epstein Hijacked Trump’s Presidency
Monday, February 16, 2026

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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Inside Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’s Final Days
Sunday, February 15, 2026

In the third episode of Love Story, the narrative turns toward Onassis in the twilight of her life—learning of her cancer diagnosis, battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and eventually dying from the disease. |
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With their marriage under a microscope, the second couple may find solace in the stars. With a little help from astrologically minded friends, Elise Taylor charts the course of their compatibility. |
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The fall-winter 2026 runway season is underway and the stars have descended on the Big Apple, including Pamela Anderson, Anne Hathaway, and Julia Fox. |
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Was she agoraphobic, neurodivergent, in love with her own brother? As a new adaptation of her Gothic classic hits theaters, historians break down the questions that still swirl around the most enigmatic Brontë. |
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What does it actually mean, and why is everybody so weird about it? Hillary Busis considers this celestial nonsense. |
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After moving to London, the writer's growing posse of British felines took a walk on the wild side—and taught her a lesson in independence. |
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