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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michael Scherer ## Michael Scherer ## Michael Scherer *  Aug 17, 2017 ### [Bigots Get a Boost from the Bully Pulpit After Charlottesville](https://time.com/4904281/bigots-boosted-by-the-bully-pulpit-charlottesville/) [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Aug 13, 2017 ### [President Trump Struggles to Play Role of National Healer After Charlottesville](https://time.com/4898422/charlottesville-white-nationalist-donald-trump/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Jun 14, 2017 ### [The Virginia Shooting and America's Creeping National Disease](https://time.com/4819162/steve-scalise-shooting-political-outrage-risk/) James Hodgkinson took aim at more than just GOP Congressman at baseball practice [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 18, 2017 ### [Trump's Loyalty Test](https://time.com/4783929/president-trump-loyalty-test/) How the President's actions are straining government institutions and the people who work for them [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 11, 2017 ### [President Trump Attacks 'Lunatic,' 'No-Talent,' 'Dumbest Person' in TV](https://time.com/4775633/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-cnn-msnbc-chris-cuomo/) "He's sitting there like a chained lunatic" [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 11, 2017 ### [How Senator Ben Sasse Became the Anti-Trump](https://time.com/4775453/senator-ben-sasse-anti-trump/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  May 5, 2017 ### [Ben Sasse Explains Why His New Book Is Really, Truly Not About Running for President](https://time.com/4767938/ben-sasse-book-president/) But is he right? [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 13, 2017 ### [As the White House Turns: A Guide to the Shifting Power Centers Among Trump's Top Advisers](https://time.com/4737959/shifting-power-centers-trump-advisers/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 7, 2017 ### [The Trump Administration Warned Russia About the U.S. Missile Attack on Syria](https://time.com/4730306/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-missile-attack-bashar-assad/) But President Donald Trump did not speak with Russia's Vladimir Putin [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 6, 2017 ### [The Incredible Shrinking Power of the President's Threats](https://time.com/4728306/incredible-shrinking-power-trump-threats/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 23, 2017 ### [Can President Trump Handle the Truth?](https://time.com/4710614/donald-trump-fbi-surveillance-house-intelligence-committee/) A President who peddles falsehoods and dabbles in conspiracy confronts the challenge of governing in... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 23, 2017 ### [Russia and the Trump Campaign](https://time.com/4710626/russia-and-the-trump-campaign/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 6, 2017 ### [The 2 Faces of Trump: President and Provocateur](https://time.com/4691425/donald-trump-russia-obama-fbi/) After six weeks, no clear vision for the kind of leader Trump wants to be [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Feb 24, 2017 ### [White House Bars News Outlets from Daily Briefing](https://time.com/4682690/donald-trump-news-outlets-briefing-spicer/) White House Correspondents' Association files protest [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Jan 20, 2017 ### [Liberals Plot Revenge as Trump Moves Into the White House](https://time.com/4641901/trump-inauguration-david-brock/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/","name":"Michael Scherer"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/"},"name":"Michael Scherer","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/michael-scherer/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```