Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats

Uncertain Seas • Angry Joe • NYT Future [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Good morning from the Hive newsroom. “Under cover of darkness,” for VF, writer Adam Ciralsky and photographer Philip Montgomery [went aboard a Navy vessel]( to document life on a boomer (the deadliest ship at sea) in a perilous time. “The missile tubes were ubiquitous—so much so that the bathrooms and crew quarters were situated right beside them. In fact, the compartment where I would spend the night—which contained six small, curtained-off bunks, as if on a train’s sleeper car—was effectively wedged between two Tridents.” Elsewhere, [Chris Smith explains]( how the Biden campaign was ready for a high-profile age moment and why the president’s advisers believe he is favored in the contest between old and crazy. Plus, [Charlotte Klein goes inside The New York Times]( to better understand what a “conversational and straightforward and perspective-driven” flagship newsletter might mean for the institution’s future. Thanks for reading. [Exclusive: Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe]( By [Adam Ciralsky]( [How the Navy prowls today’s uncertain seas—and prepares for possible superpower conflict tomorrow.]( [Read more button](   [Did the Special Counsel Report Unleash Angry Joe?]( By [Chris Smith]( [Robert Hur handed Donald Trump a political gift. But he may have also generated necessary rage for the president.]( [Read more button](   [“A New Voice for the Times”: Is “The Morning” the Future?]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [The New York Times’ flagship newsletter is hugely popular with readers, a source of tension among some reporters, and, for top leaders, more of what the traditional paper needs.]( [Read more button](   [Why Progressives in Michigan Are Waging a Ballot Protest Against Joe Biden]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [Activists opposed to Joe Biden’s support for Israel are urging voters to choose the “uncommitted” ballot option in Michigan’s upcoming primary.]( [Read more button](   [Republicans Plan to Spend Every Day Till the Election Claiming Joe Biden Is a Doddering Old Fool—And That Trump Has the Body and Mind of a 35-Year-Old]( By [Bess Levin]( [Special counsel Robert Hur is expected to be called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. 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]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast