--- title: April 15th, 2019 | Vol. 193, No. 14 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5564148/april-15th-2019-vol-193-no-14-u-s/ og:title: April 15th, 2019 | Vol. 193, No. 14 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5564148/april-15th-2019-vol-193-no-14-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2cd5a517b6699cd/698947c5b3fce37e740c3653/tim190415v1_biden.cover_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: The Test Case Joe Biden Time Magazine Cover 190415 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: April 15th, 2019 | Vol. 193, No. 14 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb2cd5a517b6699cd/698947c5b3fce37e740c3653/tim190415v1_biden.cover_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # April 15, 2019 | Vol. 193 No. 14April 15, 2019 | Vol. 193 No. 14  Issue name April 15th, 2019 | Vol. 193, No. 14 | U.S. Issue date April 15, 2019 Location U.S. Related categories [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents EntertainmentIdeasPoliticsWorld ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Biographer Robert Caro Pauses as He Prepares His Final Lyndon B. Johnson Volume [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Director Mike Leigh Revisits a Little-Known 1819 Massacre in ‘Peterloo’ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Robert Pattinson’s Performance Brings Tenderness to the Chilling, Dystopian 'High Life’ [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Why History Looks Different Through a Mother's Eyes [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### 'Mad Men' Finally Finds a Spiritual Sequel in FX's 'Fosse/Verdon' ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### I Worked With Joe Biden. Here’s What to Know About the Frontrunner Myth Growing Around Him [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### 'She Was Always in the Present.' Artist JR on the Films and Friendship of Agnès Varda [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Why the IRS Should Pay People Even More in Their Tax Refunds [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Why NATO Is Essential For World Peace, According to Its Former Commander A former Supreme Allied Commander of the alliance on why it's essential for world peace ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Joe Biden and the Hard Choices for Democrats in 2020 [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Joe Biden Is Facing a Political Crisis — And He's Not Even Running (Yet) ### World [World](/section/world/) ### India Gets Ready for High-Stakes Elections in the World's Biggest Democracy [World](/section/world/) ### Turkey's Local Elections Show Erdogan's Weakening Support After Losing Istanbul [World](/section/world/) ### How Putin Built a Ragtag Empire of Tyrants and Failing States Russia has quietly built a network of influence among tyrants and failed states ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"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"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"April 15th, 2019 | Vol. 193, No. 14 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5564148/april-15th-2019-vol-193-no-14-u-s/"}]}]} ```