The Education—and Anointment—of Barron Trump

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View in browser | Update preferences SUBSCRIBE FOR FULL ACCESS The Education—and Anointment—of Barron Trump BY DAN ADLER The towering New York University student has become a Manhattan curiosity and a national symbol while hardly uttering a public word.      READ MORE     FROM THE MAGAZINE Beware the Serial Squatter of Malibu's Point Dume BY BRADLEY HOPE AND TOM WRIGHT Sure, let a neighbor use the guest room for a few nights. What could go wrong? A lot, as a series of unsuspecting Point Dume residents learned after one woman allegedly exploited California's tenancy laws to turn casual stays into protracted eviction wars.   READ MORE   ROYALS Inside the Photo Shoot That Forever Changed Grace Kelly's Image BY FABRICE ARGELAS In April 1955, Grace Kelly was not yet a princess, but she was already an icon. A photo shoot with Howell Conant in Jamaica produced not only indelible images, but a relationship between artist and subject that would last the rest of her life.   READ MORE   POLITICS What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women's Prison BY RÜMEYSA ÖZTÜRK Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up for the first time about her shocking arrest and 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility. She recalls the generous and compassionate women who helped her through this harrowing ordeal: "Even God cannot hear us here."   READ MORE   HOLLYWOOD The Secret Lives of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Dolly Parton, and More BY LAWRENCE GROBEL For decades, celebrity interviewer Lawrence Grobel has kept a meticulous diary, chronicling his surprising and sometimes maddening experiences with legends of the screen. He's never published it—until now.   READ MORE   MORE FROM VANITY FAIR POLITICS BUSINESS HOLLYWOOD STYLE ROYALS CELEBRITY 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.