Nearly three and a half years ago, I sat across from Michael Cohen in a bustling coffee shop in the Hamptons, and over dry toast and egg whites, he told me, unequivocally and unprovoked, that he for Donald Trump. He felt like a member of the Trump family, or, at least that’s what he wanted to convey to a reporter taking down his every word. So much has changed since then, least of all that I’d now kill to feel safe in a busy greasy spoon. Cohen took a figurative bullet for his former boss in to federal crimes that included a hush money payment made to Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the...…Nearly three and a half years ago, I sat across from Michael Cohen in a bustling coffee shop in the Hamptons, and over dry toast and egg whites, he told me, unequivocally and unprovoked, that he for Donald Trump. He felt like a member of the Trump family, or, at least that’s what he wanted to convey to a reporter taking down his every word. So much has changed since then, least of all that I’d now kill to feel safe in a busy greasy spoon. Cohen took a figurative bullet for his former boss in to federal crimes that included a hush money payment made to Stormy Daniels in the run-up to the...WW…

As a new era dawns in Washington, state attorneys general, who have filed nearly 140 lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration over the last four years, are also preparing for what is to come in the next administration. It’s a welcome change for someone like Maura Healey, Massachusetts’s attorney general, who has joined more than 100 of those suits, on everything from Trump’s family-separation policy to census issues to environmental protections. “I don’t think you can overstate how much energy and effort it took to hold the line against the Trump administration that was...…As a new era dawns in Washington, state attorneys general, who have filed nearly 140 lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration over the last four years, are also preparing for what is to come in the next administration. It’s a welcome change for someone like Maura Healey, Massachusetts’s attorney general, who has joined more than 100 of those suits, on everything from Trump’s family-separation policy to census issues to environmental protections. “I don’t think you can overstate how much energy and effort it took to hold the line against the Trump administration that was...WW…

This week Inside the Hive welcomes historian Peter Fritzsche, author of to help separate fact from exaggeration on the increasingly pressing question of how much Donald Trump’s GOP resembles the Nazis of the early 1930s. As Trump attacks democratic norms and undermines the electoral process, and Attorney General William Barr stokes fear of “a socialist path” if Trump loses, historians are hearing distressing echoes of Adolph Hitler’s rise, from the fearmongering demonization of the left to the threats of street violence and military force against enemies both real and imagined. One...…This week Inside the Hive welcomes historian Peter Fritzsche, author of to help separate fact from exaggeration on the increasingly pressing question of how much Donald Trump’s GOP resembles the Nazis of the early 1930s. As Trump attacks democratic norms and undermines the electoral process, and Attorney General William Barr stokes fear of “a socialist path” if Trump loses, historians are hearing distressing echoes of Adolph Hitler’s rise, from the fearmongering demonization of the left to the threats of street violence and military force against enemies both real and imagined. One...WW…

Michael Cohen’s newest attorney didn’t have to do much talking during her client’s hearing Thursday morning. For much of the short discussion, which, in a sign of the times, took place over the phone, Federal District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein peppered the attorney for the U.S. government—which Cohen , along with Attorney General William Barr—with a version of the same question: How could the order to return Cohen to prison, carried out after he refused to sign documents setting the terms of his home confinement, be anything but retaliation for his plan to write a book critical of...…Michael Cohen’s newest attorney didn’t have to do much talking during her client’s hearing Thursday morning. For much of the short discussion, which, in a sign of the times, took place over the phone, Federal District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein peppered the attorney for the U.S. government—which Cohen , along with Attorney General William Barr—with a version of the same question: How could the order to return Cohen to prison, carried out after he refused to sign documents setting the terms of his home confinement, be anything but retaliation for his plan to write a book critical of...WW…

On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, Nick Bilton comes back to talk about social media during COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement; how Mark Zuckerberg will be remembered in history books; and why we shouldn’t trust the newest polls. Plus, Bilton reveals his matchmaking abilities.iTunes user? Just tap to listen to Inside the Hive at your convenience. And don’t forget to subscribe.More Great Stories From Vanity Fair— The Parallel Universe of Ivanka Trump, America’s — : A Black Journalist Addresses His White Friends— Why Bankrupt Hertz Is a — Scenes of at the Minneapolis...…On this week’s episode of Inside the Hive, Nick Bilton comes back to talk about social media during COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement; how Mark Zuckerberg will be remembered in history books; and why we shouldn’t trust the newest polls. Plus, Bilton reveals his matchmaking abilities.iTunes user? Just tap to listen to Inside the Hive at your convenience. And don’t forget to subscribe.More Great Stories From Vanity Fair— The Parallel Universe of Ivanka Trump, America’s — : A Black Journalist Addresses His White Friends— Why Bankrupt Hertz Is a — Scenes of at the Minneapolis...WW…

Last summer, months after federal agents executed search warrants on his home, office, and hotel room—seizing more than a dozen devices and hundreds of records—Michael Cohen made a phone call to Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. For years, Cohen and Wolkoff had operated in a shared milieu. Both lived on the same block on the Upper East Side. More notably, both were crucial supporting players in the Trump orbit. Cohen had been an indefatigable booster of Donald Trump, helping to arrange his real-estate deals, paying off alleged mistresses, and quashing would-be damaging stories regarding his boss....…Last summer, months after federal agents executed search warrants on his home, office, and hotel room—seizing more than a dozen devices and hundreds of records—Michael Cohen made a phone call to Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. For years, Cohen and Wolkoff had operated in a shared milieu. Both lived on the same block on the Upper East Side. More notably, both were crucial supporting players in the Trump orbit. Cohen had been an indefatigable booster of Donald Trump, helping to arrange his real-estate deals, paying off alleged mistresses, and quashing would-be damaging stories regarding his boss....WW…

For three and a half years, Jared Kushner amassed more staying power and actual power in the White House than anyone aside from Donald Trump himself. He decamped to a cramped office alongside his father-in-law’s and never left, poking his head into each sinkhole that Trump jumped into—trying to repeal Obamacare; a government shutdown; Middle East peace; Charlottesville; and now, of course, coronavirus and the riots burning across America—and emerging as an eerily calm, self-visualized power broker in a slim suit. Of course, it is important to understand whoever surrounds the president and...…For three and a half years, Jared Kushner amassed more staying power and actual power in the White House than anyone aside from Donald Trump himself. He decamped to a cramped office alongside his father-in-law’s and never left, poking his head into each sinkhole that Trump jumped into—trying to repeal Obamacare; a government shutdown; Middle East peace; Charlottesville; and now, of course, coronavirus and the riots burning across America—and emerging as an eerily calm, self-visualized power broker in a slim suit. Of course, it is important to understand whoever surrounds the president and...WW…