Gabriel Sherman

The defense secretary nominee’s first marriage, which sources say met a contentious end after he admitted to multiple infidelities, holds a key place in his ambition-fueled rise.

The president has long operated without anything resembling worry when it comes to appointments or executive action, but as his most powerful—and richest—political ally chainsaws his way through the federal government, some observers wonder if Trump might be tasting his own medicine.

With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.

Why the secretary of state’s stone-like posture during the Zelenskyy meltdown might have been exactly as telling as observed.

Was a fiery showdown between Marco Rubio and Elon Musk part of a broader attempt to clip the DOGE chief’s wings?

The stock market has been one of the few data points that Donald Trump cares about, but even that guardrail may have come off as his long-desired tariff scheme roils trading. Meanwhile, the banks, which fear becoming Trump’s next flex after big law and academia, have all but exited the discourse.

With the president’s tariff pause doing little to quell panic in the markets, his man at the Treasury has been put in an essentially impossible position. His fate is an increasingly open question among Wall Street and DC insiders.

The more the media reports on the president’s norm busting and law flouting, the more he digs in. It’s already created an administration essentially immune to traditional accountability journalism.

As the president seriously considers joining Israel in its war against Iran, and flip-flopping on his isolationist brand, his relationship with his most steadfast media ally has devolved into acrimony. It’s emblematic of a larger divide in the House of MAGA.

With The Wall Street Journal’s Epstein scoop at the center of a $10 billion lawsuit, the president is facing off against his longtime media-baron frenemy. It would be unwise to bet against Trump ultimately prevailing somehow, writes VF’s longtime chronicler of both men.