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# 2016 Election

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## 2016 Election


* ![Multiple Fatalities In Mass Shooting At Shopping Center In El Paso](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc334e9c6d629aa50/698a00f086f68e8e156ed59d/beto-orourke-shooting-comments.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2019  
## [Democrats Blame Trump in Blunt Language for Mass Shooting in El Paso](https://time.com/5644361/el-paso-shooting-donald-trump-democrats/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Lissandra Villa and Philip Elliott
* ![Republican Candidates Take Part In Debates At Reagan Library In Simi Valley](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a4ddef3c88f7874/698880560b72e3de9b6e86b1/2016-candidate-dropout.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 30, 2019  
## [How the 2016 Debates Are Haunting Democrats](https://time.com/5598192/first-democratic-debate-2019-schedule/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Madeleine Joung
* ![robert-mueller-speech](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea99c0a612361c50/69894a8f86f68e23bd6ebf19/robert-mueller-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 29, 2019  
## [How Mueller Rebuked Trump](https://time.com/5597526/robert-mueller-statement-investigation/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abby Vesoulis
* ![Attorney General Barr Testifies At Senate Hearing On Russian Interference In 2016 Election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt57946927dce38605/6989494e97cdff184c6b7c21/donald-trump-mueller-report-william-barr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 2, 2019  
## [Barr Shows Why Dems Treading Lightly on Impeachment](https://time.com/5581399/william-barr-congress-testimony-democrats/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alana Abramson
* ![White House Won't Release Putin Conversations](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf6b6d516ed5aca2e/6989471709208f1f6e413867/donald-trump-putin-conversations-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 25, 2019  
## [The Intelligence Strategy Behind Russia's Outreach](https://time.com/5577630/mueller-report-maria-butina-donald-trump-outreach/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by John Walcott  
* ![The Mueller Report and Russia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc6a51eb313d37b51/698948a786f68e33666ebb73/mueller-report-trump-social-media-russia-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2019  
## [5 Times Mueller's Report Found Trump Lied](https://time.com/5574120/mueller-report-trump-truth/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith
* ![Former Vice President Joe Biden Delivers Remarks At IBEW Conference](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5f128fb086f5565/698947e786f68e80986eba2b/joe-biden-snl-sensitivity-.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2019  
## [Biden to Announce Next Week, Probably](https://time.com/5574272/joe-biden-campaign-launch/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Philip Elliott
* ![Trump Holds Campaign Event in Hershey, Pennsylvania](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7fdaedaf8fb98a9/69894898e76ad24b0963483a/donald-trump-2016-emails.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2019  
## [Fixated on Her Emails](https://time.com/5573910/mueller-report-donald-trump-clinton-emails/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![VIETNAM-APEC-SUMMIT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2705c9c82af54ffd/69894717656a3f5334bd6d12/donald-trump-putin-conversations.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2019  
## [Mueller Report Shows Russian Outreach to Trump](https://time.com/5573768/mueller-report-trump-russian-contacts/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Vera Bergengruen and W.J. Hennigan
* ![trump-hack-hillary-clinton-election](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65104a6d0e36ca1e/69894895b3fce3f2af0c37d0/trump-hack-hillary-clinton-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 18, 2019  
## [The Question Mueller Didn't Answer](https://time.com/5573537/mueller-report-russia-election-interference/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Philip Elliott  
* ![VIETNAM-APEC-SUMMIT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54073a8d4bae0841/698947e516d88465acc34e3f/donald-trump-putin-2016-campaign.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 18, 2019  
## [Here's What We Know So Far About Russia's 2016 Meddling](https://time.com/5565991/russia-influence-2016-election/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abigail Abrams
* ![FBI Director Robert Muller Holds News Conference](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4653c91358c8709/6989484f09208fc202413a95/mueller-report-made-public.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 18, 2019  
## [Here's How to Fix Election Flaws Highlighted by Mueller Report](https://time.com/5572927/mueller-report-elections-fixes/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tara Law and Abby Vesoulis
* ![Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at US District Court](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6180e02ab2a72c8/698946677cdbac8435d5f2d3/paul-manafort-sentencing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 8, 2019  
## [How Trump Led to Manafort's Downfall](https://time.com/5547607/paul-manafort-sentencing-donald-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Brian Bennett
* ![Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks at a news conference on Fifth Avenue across the street from Trump Tower December 5, 2016 in New York City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cabadcfcf614542/6988b2985f570f7475b2386c/jill-stein-pennsylvania-recount-rejected.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2019  
## [Jill Stein Is Belatedly Paying Off Her 2016 Campaign Fines](https://time.com/5537205/jill-stein-campaign-fines/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Center for Public Integrity
* ![President Trump Delivers Remarks To Ministers Of Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cbaac78b18a843f/698944bd97cdff749b6b74c1/donald-trump-isis-speech.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 25, 2019  
## [White House Denies Claim That Trump Forced Kiss on Staffer](https://time.com/5537033/donald-trump-alva-johnson/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Abby Vesoulis

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