Donald Trump watched “Operation Epic Fury,” the beginning of war with Iran, unfold from a makeshift “situation room" at Mar-a-Lago.

Few private residences in the United States carry the kind of political and tabloid weight that Mar-a-Lago does. To its admirers, it is a flamboyant symbol of old Palm Beach glamour revived by modern ambition. To its critics, it is a gilded fortress where ...

At Trump’s South Florida palace, the commander in chief launches wars in between waltzes. Members, socialites, and White House officials take Vanity Fair inside the makeshift Situation Room at Mar-a-Lago.

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday did what was expected — but also what the White House appeared intent on provoking: make Republicans laugh and clap, while Democrats grimaced, yelled, or sat in silence as Trump repeatedly ...