John F Kennedy
- Opinion
- Opinion
How this Kennedy drama has flipped the Camelot script
A new dramatised series tracing the romance, wedding and stunningly sad death of JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette has found unexpected audiences.
- Maureen Dowd
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- Opinion
- Middle East at war
What does war with Iran mean for US voters? In November, we’ll know
When US presidents start wars overseas, it doesn’t always win over the voters back home.
- Bruce Wolpe
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- Review
It was the greatest romance of the ’90s, but this retelling of JFK Jr and Carolyn Bessette’s story is just Hallmark froth
The first instalment in Ryan Murphy’s new anthology is basically The Crown for Americans – with added nostalgia, and Naomi Watts.
- Kylie Northover
- Opinion
- Donald Trump
Trump renamed my beloved Kennedy Centre. Now, shamefully, he’s shuttering it
After Donald Trump added his own name to Washington’s mecca for the performing arts, few wanted to perform there.
- Bill Wyman
She submitted a heartbreaking gift of an essay. Weeks later, she was gone
It was the kind of piece that rarely lands on an editor’s desk, both completely raw and perfectly realised. David Remnick accepted it immediately.
- Jesse McKinley
JFK’s granddaughter dies after rare cancer diagnosis
Environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg died after revealing in November she had a rare form of leukaemia. She was 35.
- Bhargav Acharya
‘Going to grab a pickaxe’: Kennedy family furious after Trump adds name to memorial
The new lettering on Washington DC’s “living memorial” to JFK marks the latest effort by the administration and its allies to remake the capital in Trump’s image.
- Se Young Lee
JFK’s granddaughter reveals terminal cancer diagnosis
Tatiana Schlossberg, 35, has revealed she has less than a year to live.
- Harriet Alexander
JFK’s influencer grandson to run for Congress
The latest Kennedy scion to enter the world of politics is the TikTokking grandson of JFK and son of the former Australian ambassador.
- Cameron Henderson
Facts secondary to overarching plot line as wild speculation about Kirk shooting abounds
Charlie Kirk’s death was immediately entangled in a miasma of deliberate falsehoods, honest mistakes and half-baked guesswork.
- Stuart A. Thompson