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The Best TV Shows of 2025, So Far

Featuring old favorites, gripping newcomers, and a few limited series everyone will be talking about.
POLITICS

Did Aides Cover Up Biden’s Mental State—or Was It Group Delusion?

Revelations from within the Biden bubble show how the reelection team persevered despite alarming signs of decline.

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Jenny Slate: “I’m Finally Doing the Work That I’ve Always Wanted”

The comic performer shares how a plum role in Dying for Sex renewed her own lust for life.

Court Report: The Karen Read Trial

CRIME
Part 1: A Murder Trial in Massachusetts
After John O’Keefe was found, near death, in the snowy front yard of a fellow Boston cop, his girlfriend was arrested. As Karen Read’s second murder trial looms, she’s ready to talk about what she says really happened.
CRIME
Part 2: A New Trial Looms
As new details emerge about the Alberts’ German Shepherd, the ACLU joins Read’s request to drop the murder charge, and Judge Beverly Cannone prepares for the January retrial.
CRIME
A Juror From the First Trial Has Joined Read’s Defense Team
In her only interview, Victoria George told VF, “I waited for nearly a year after the mistrial, hoping the court system would work as intended to remedy some of the wrongs in this case.”
true crime
The Making of Docuseries A Body in the Snow
As Read’s second trial looms, the director of A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read reveals how the outcome of Read’s first trial for John O’Keefe’s death changed everything.

IN PHOTOGRAPHS

Photography

Trial by Fire: Inside the Ravaging of Los Angeles

Photojournalist Stuart Palley turned his camera on the California wildfires and shares his account of devastation and resilience.