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* ![Trump signs Keystone XL pipeline executive orders](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb4dee910d287229/6988b6ff428a9ead2ecd59a6/170124_trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 26, 2017  
### [The Ideological Challenge at the Core of Donald Trump's Radical Presidency](https://time.com/4649909/ideological-challenge-donald-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Meetings At Trump Tower](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt99c844c8595d10e2/6988b393fb4eac36398903e0/donald-trump-news-manipulator.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 19, 2016  
### [Beware the Tricks and Traps of Donald Trump, News Manipulator in Chief](https://time.com/4606103/donald-trump-news-manipulator-in-chief/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Dec 8, 2016  
### [Amazing Grace](https://time.com/4594954/amazing-grace/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Dec 8, 2016  
### [The Teddy Awards, Even In a Year That Set New Lows for Politicians](https://time.com/4594967/teddy-awards-2016/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Dec 1, 2016  
### [Style Over Substance: Why Fidel Castro's Revolutionary Chic Was a Fraud](https://time.com/4587703/style-over-substance-why-fidel-castros-revolutionary-chic-was-a-fraud/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
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Nov 17, 2016  
### [Why We Must Focus Now on Maintaining Democracy, Civility and Perspective](https://time.com/4574478/maintaining-democracy-civility-perspective/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![future-gop-election-2016-usa-mark-peterson](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f0722b6a9051a46/6988adeef887dc3d10e982ae/future-gop-election-2016-usa-mark-peterson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 10, 2016  
### [What Comes Next With President Trump](https://time.com/4565959/president-trump-what-comes-next/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-VOTE-POLITICS-CLINTON](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt39d0cdee35133d67/6988acd4bc6cfcac283df310/hillary-clinton.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 3, 2016  
### [Why Hillary Clinton Is the Only Choice to Keep America Great](https://time.com/4556052/hillary-clinton-only-choice/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Oct 27, 2016  
### [The Ultimate Insider Who Could Still Change the Game In the Oval Office](https://time.com/4547318/the-ultimate-insider-who-could-still-change-the-game-in-the-oval-office/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Oct 21, 2016  
### [Beware the Toxic Sequel to Donald Trump's Flailing Presidential Campaign](https://time.com/4540101/sequel-to-donald-trump-campaign/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
* ![Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump debates with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the third presidential debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd52d992a394151fc/6988aacc2dce012c7c9eb1a4/161019_debate3_zazoom.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2016  
### [7 Key Lessons From the Final Debate](https://time.com/4538113/presidential-debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-lessons/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Oct 13, 2016  
### [Why the Russian Hacks of Hillary Clinton's Campaign Should Reassure Us All](https://time.com/4529399/why-the-russian-hacks-of-hillary-clintons-campaign-should-reassure-us-all/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton \(R\) and US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands at the end of the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 9, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Rob](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt251b3a6558975ec0/6988a94c196cf4414c03d803/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-handshake.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 10, 2016  
### [Trump Forced Clinton to Play Defense at the Debate](https://time.com/4524665/presidential-debate-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-defense/)  
But he didn't exactly win either  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine an dRepublican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence exchange views during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. \(AP Photo/David Goldman\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf3204497c6dd1f4f/6988a8c6ab6d77313c6ab75a/vicepresidential-debate.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 5, 2016  
### [Running Mates From the Past Prove the Need for a New Politics of the Future](https://time.com/4519614/vice-presidential-debate-new-politics-future/)  
The old arguments, and the old ways of arguing, have run their course  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
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Oct 3, 2016  
### [Elena Ferrante, the Clintons and the Beauty of Anonymity](https://time.com/4517055/joe-klein-elena-ferrante/)  
Let's hope 'Elena Ferrante' never confirms her identity  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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