Politics doesn't just unfold in documents and legislation—it also takes shape off the record in social environments.

“How do you like our new Constitution?” Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in mid-November 1787. Jefferson mostly wanted to ...

Like John Adams, Joe Biden could not resist using his power to suppress free speech and persecute political opponents.

Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams ...

Donald Trump took oath today as the 47th US President at the US Capitol Rotunda, marking his second term as head of the state ...

Tech billionaires may have caught the eye at Donald’s inauguration, but the real power in government may belong to his ...

President Biden’s farewell address was a cliché-laden mess, yet the media coverage described it as a “speech for the history ...

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his ...

The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.

Given the chaos of Trump’s first term, and his radical plans for the second, Vanity Fair writers and editors take stock on ...

Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat ...