Barron Trump’s Life at NYU; What Mitch McConnell Did to Us; Ava Gardner’s Three Marriages

Plus: What Happened to Colin Firth in Bridget Jones? View in your browser | Update your preferences The Education—and Appointment—of Barron Trump By DAN ADLER The towering New York University freshman has become a Manhattan curiosity and a national symbol while hardly uttering a public word. R E A D  M O R E Bridget Jones 4: What Happened to Colin Firth? By SAVANNAH WALSH As in Helen Fielding's novel, Mark Darcy is largely absent from the narrative—but his spirit still looms over Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. R E A D  M O R E How Mitch McConnell Blew America's Best Chance to Stop Trump By JONATHAN DARMAN After January 6, the Kentucky senator passed on the opportunity to potentially bar the impeached ex-president from returning to office. Now we're all paying the price. R E A D  M O R E Kate Middleton Spends Time With Moms in Prison By KATIE NICHOLL The Princess of Wales is thrilled to be back at work, highlighting the importance of strong relationships between incarcerated mothers and their babies. R E A D  M O R E From the Archive: Three Men and a Goddess By PETER EVANS Once Hollywood's most irresistible woman—wed to Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra—Ava Gardner was nearly broke and ravaged by illness by 1988. Intent on selling her memoirs, she spills the seduction-to-split secrets of her three marriages. R E A D  M O R E How JD Vance Went From Never Trumper to 47's Right-Hand Man By VANITY FAIR Inside the Hive host and editor in chief Radhika Jones chronicles the veep's circuitous rise to power and discusses his unique role as an intellectual flagbearer of the right. Listen to the latest episode. R E A D  M O R E 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 2025. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.