
Lawsuits
Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI, Alleging His Company Uses “AI to Undress, Humiliate, and Sexually Exploit Victims”
xAI filed its own lawsuit the same day, accusing St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s 14 known children, of violating its terms of service.

POLITICS
I Was Held Hostage in Panama in 1989. I Know the Real Cost of Trump’s “America First.”
Veteran broadcast journalist Jon Meyersohn reflects on his firsthand experience being caught in the crosshairs of Bush’s operation to overthrow Noriega, drawing striking parallels between that conflict and the invasion of Venezuela.

HISTORY
The Ghosts of Gracie Mansion, Which Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji Now Call Home
“The house has been home to some of the greatest mayors in our city’s history,” Eric Adams tells Vanity Fair, “and it truly radiates that energy—and not just because of the ghost that haunts the halls.”

MILANO CORTINA 2026
Ilia Malinin Is the Next Face of Figure Skating. Can He Ignite the Passion of a Whole New Audience?
The 21-year-old two-time world champion and self-appointed “quad god” might just be the best figure skater in the world. Now he’s going for gold in Milan.

OLD MEDIA
Autopsy Report: Inside the Murdoch Dynasty’s Final Moments
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Bonfire of the Murdochs, Murdochologist and VF special correspondent Gabriel Sherman reports how Rupert Murdoch divided and conquered his children.
order in the court
New York’s Southern District Has Taken a Beating Under Trump. Can It Handle Maduro’s Case?
“The SDNY has not exactly covered itself in glory lately,” says Elie Honig, who spent more than eight years as an assistant US Attorney in the office long considered the DOJ’s crown jewel. But prosecuting Nicolás Maduro might help with that.

LETTER FROM WASHINGTON
The Hottest Spot for Sunday Church Is a MAGA Dive Bar
Saturday night, Penn Social is your typical Washington DC dive filled with conservative 20-somethings. Come Sunday morning, it’s still a hot spot—by the name of King’s Church.

the over-under
Sports Betting Sites Make It All Too Easy to Lose Everything You’ve Got
DraftKings and FanDuel are thriving—but lax regulations, understaffed “responsible gambling” departments, and lack of resources for gambling addicts can make sports betting platforms uniquely insidious, author Danny Funt reveals in this excerpt from Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.
Breaking
Mississippi's Largest Synagogue Heavily Damaged in Suspected Arson Attack
A suspect has been arrested for the fire at the Jackson, Mississippi, Beth Israel Congregation, which the KKK bombed in 1967.

POLITICS
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Isn’t Sorry He Told ICE to “Get the F--k Out of Minnesota”
“I’m so sorry if I offended their Disney princess ears, but no, it’s not the F-bomb that inflames matters,” he tells VF in the wake of Renee Nicole Good being shot by an immigration enforcement officer. “It’s the killing of a person that’s inflammatory. Obviously, right?”

commentary
“Liberal New Yorkers Who Are Privately Republican” Are Still Freaking Out About Mamdani
On the Upper East Side, some of the city’s wealthiest Jewish residents remain hysterically opposed to Zohran Mamdani, in a rhetorical battle that is roiling the neighborhood—where the new mayor is now right next door.

Ground Zero
Kristi Noem’s “New York Welcome”: A View From Inside the World Trade Center
The day after the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis, the secretary of Homeland Security was met with protests outside her press conference in the building that houses Vanity Fair’s offices.

POLITICS
What Susie Wiles, Marco Rubio, and Stephen Miller Told Me About Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine”
In December, Vanity Fair published extensive interviews with Susie Wiles and other administration officials. Here are some further details from those conversations, given recent actions in Venezuela.
playing politics
MAGA’s Response to Minnesota ICE Killing: Don’t Believe Your Eyes
Close analysis of video footage shows Renee Nicole Good attempting to drive away from ICE agents before one of them shoots her. But that doesn’t fit Trump, Kristi Noem, and JD Vance’s narrative.

NEW MEDIA
The Technology Brothers Have Silicon Valley in Their Thrall. Now They’re Coming for You
John Coogan and Jordi Hays have a Maybach, Palantir pals, and TBPN, an irresistibly insidery podcast with a billionaire fanbase. For these two Gordon Gekkos of the venture capital era, the sky’s the limit.

Politics
5 Years On, Democrats May Be Losing the Fight to Preserve the Truth About January 6
House Democrats are fighting efforts from the Trump White House to rewrite the history of the riot at the US Capitol. “It’s almost like trying to recreate 9/11 or Pearl Harbor with a positive spin,” one member of Congress tells Vanity Fair.

ARMY OF ME
Björk Has a Plan to Save Greenland From Donald Trump
After Venezuela, the Trump administration apparently has set its sights on Greenland. But Icelandic singer Björk has a solution.

Arraignment
The First 48 Hours of Nicolás Maduro’s Detention in New York
Following his dramatic capture, amplified by Donald Trump at every turn, the Venezuelan president arrived at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday.

EXCERPT
On the Frantic Front Lines of the Los Angeles Fires With Governor Gavin Newsom
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Firestorm, MSNow senior political and national reporter Jacob Soboroff looks back at covering the wildfires that ravaged his community—and his childhood home.
Paging Dr. Freud
Why Bryan Johnson, Dave Asprey, and the Other Longevity Bros Are Obsessed With Penises
But biohackers' fixation on genitalia isn't new—longevity science has a historical preoccupation with private parts
War in Venezuela
Trump, Appearing Exhausted, Announces Plan to “Take Over” Venezuela
In a press conference from Mar-a-Lago’s "Tea Room," Donald Trump said that Venezuela “stole our oil,” and that “We couldn’t let them get away with it.”
War in Venezuela
Susie Wiles Told Vanity Fair That Military Action in Venezuela Requires Congressional Approval
Speaking with Vanity Fair in November, the White House chief of staff said Donald Trump was “proud to be an agent of peace.”