How Trump’s COVID Chaos Drowned the FDA in Junk Science: “A Tsunami of Randoms”

How to Watch Joe Biden's Presidential Inauguration View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks January 19, 2021   How Trump's COVID Chaos Drowned the FDA in Junk Science Over its 114-year history, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has become a global paragon when it comes to drug regulation. In the most consequential year of its existence, however, the agency—and its rookie director—was besieged and almost swallowed by all manner of Trump cronies pushing pet projects, according to new interviews and previously undisclosed documents. A special report. R E A D  M O R E »   The Tense Nights Before the Presidential Inauguration With Washington, D.C., on edge, war photographer Christopher Morris has been documenting the fortification of the nation's capital ahead of this week's transfer of power. R E A D  M O R E »   The "1776 Report" Is Trump's Last Gasp of State-Sponsored Hate The report, a profane screed that's likely to become a blueprint for millions of red state and Christian academy children, is a striking example of the kind of bad-faith historical interpretation that runs rampant on the right. R E A D  M O R E »   Harry Brant, Son of Supermodel Stephanie Seymour, Has Died at 24 The model and aspiring journalist, who, with his brother Peter, was on the vanguard of a new generation of models, was found dead of an accidental overdose on Sunday. R E A D  M O R E »   Biden's Day One Immigration Plan Will Be a Sharp Break With the Trump Era The incoming administration is expected to propose an eight-year path to citizenship, along with shifting course on climate and foreign policy. R E A D  M O R E »   From the Archive: Little Lord Flauntleroys Born to a supermodel mother and a mogul dad, Peter and Harry Brant have emerged as the dandy teenage boulevardiers of New York society. Aside from the Met Ball (No invitation? After they'd cued up the gold-plated Rolls-Royce and the baby panther in the diamond necklace?), the boys are everywhere, pursuing the pleasures of the 1 percent, even as bankruptcy, tabloid scandal, and the threat of divorce have shadowed their family. Nancy Jo Sales meets the brothers. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.