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You’ll Never Power-Lunch in This Town Again
For decades, the biggest swinging dicks in the world did their grandest dick-swinging at New York's famed Four Seasons. Ah, but seasons change. Today the old power den is shuttering, and its notorious owner is battling a sex-assault case that could send him to prison. Robert Draper on how the demise of the iconic eatery marks the twilight of a singular sort of masculine power
After body parts of millionaire Robert Durst's older neighbor were found floating in Galveston Bay, Robert Draper investigates Durst's role (and eventual acquittal) in the 2001 murder
November 10, 2014
Can Scott Walker Unite the Republicans?
America's most divisive governor is fighting for his political life in Wisconsin, deadlocked in one of the year's most consequential races. If he loses, he's just another casualty of Republican stubbornness. But if he pulls it out, he'll become an instant contender for the White House—a guy who stokes the fire-breathers on the far-right while soothing the GOP establishment. Robert Draper goes on the trail with the man who has plans for turning America red (if he can only hold on to his job)
September 29, 2014
Hundreds of millions of dollars, countless hours on the trail—it all comes down to this. For three debates, 270 combined minutes, the candidates will actually talk to each other. One botched response, a roll of the eyes, or—heaven forbid—a truly revealing moment will mean the difference between winning and, well, being John McCain. Robert Draper goes behind the scenes, talks to an army of strategists, and reveals the dark-arts trickery and clever gamesmanship that could ultimately determine the next leader of the free world
September 25, 2012
Yes, it seems that Mitt Romney has been running for president forever. But we did some digging, and you don't know the half of it. As Robert Draper discovered, Romney has been driven by a force larger than himself for a very long time
March 13, 2012
Seven years after his humiliating fall from power, Newt Gingrich is a changed man. Happily married, playing golf, writing Civil War novels. And suddenly talking about running for president
November 18, 2010
You think your job sucks? Trade with Robert Gibbs. His boss is "methodical." His workplace is hostile. His job is Sisyphean. And, everyone is blaming him for a communication problem that may hand Washington to the opposition. Inside the woeful world of the White House press secretary
October 25, 2010
Deep in the desert Southwest, a battle is raging between an ex-maverick presidential nominee and a defeated congressman with a checkered history (and a penchant for bad jokes). In any other election cycle, this contest would be a laugher. But this year: Arizona's voters are royally pissed! Robert Draper goes inside the most entertaining race of 2010
July 21, 2010
In a small town in rural North Carolina, a serial killer has evaded justice for six years by sticking to a ruthlessly simple plan: He preys on black women who have slipped away from their lives, who live and hustle on the streets—the ones who are already almost dead
June 9, 2010
Barack Obama's Work in Progress
Over the past few years, we've gotten to know our president as a lot of different things: campaigner, lawyer, father, basketballer. But what if Obama's first and truest calling—his desire to write—explains more about him than anything else? Robert Draper recounts the untold story of the first man since Teddy Roosevelt to serve as author in chief
October 15, 2009
The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.*
In the year since we elected our new decider in chief, a lot of things in Washington have changed. Pelosi and Reid are trying to wield their majorities, Tom DeLay is on Dancing with the Stars, and Rahm took over the world. A whole new power structure has emerged. So in order to navigate it, we polled journalists, congressmen, lobbyists, think tankers, and influence peddlers and came up with our biennial list of the men and women who truly have clout—in a city where a lot of people think they do *And to eliminate the obvious, all people with the last name Obama or Biden have been stricken from this list
October 12, 2009
Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always answered his detractors by claiming that history will one day judge him kindly. But as he waits for that day, a new group of critics—his administration peers—are suddenly speaking out for the first time. What they're saying It isn't pretty
May 31, 2009
How Supreme Court Justice David Souter Became a Pariah on the Right
In this 2009 GQ story, Robert Draper explores how the conservative judge became a symbol of what the right hates.
April 30, 2009
During six sit-down interviews in the Oval Office, Robert Draper got to know our outgoing president as more than just a smirking frat boy, a hapless commander in chief, or the guy nobody pays attention to anymore—he got to know him as a man
November 30, 2008