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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # politics ## politics *  Aug 3, 2026 ## [How to Address America’s Crisis of Confidence](https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/how-to-address-america-crisis-of-confidence/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Anandita Sabherwal and Gregg Sparkman *  Jul 24, 2026 ## [The Case for Investing in Local Government](https://time.com/article/2026/07/24/the-case-for-investing-in-local-government/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by William Cogswell and Lauren McLean *  Jul 10, 2026 ## [Political Candidates Have An Opening on Clean Energy](https://time.com/article/2026/07/10/political-candidates-have-an-opening-on-clean-energy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by David Kieve *  Jul 8, 2026 ## [We’re Conservative Republicans. The SAVE Act Is a Mistake](https://time.com/article/2026/07/08/we-re-conservative-republicans-the-save-act-is-a-mistake/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Reid Ribble and Tom Corbett *  Jul 3, 2026 ## [Healing America Means Rethinking Patriotism](https://time.com/article/2026/07/03/healing-america-means-rethinking-patriotism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Dominic Erdozain *  Jul 2, 2026 ## [How Americans Are Feeling About the U.S. as the Country Turns 250](https://time.com/article/2026/07/02/americans-us-250th-anniversary-polls/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Connor Greene *  Jun 23, 2026 ## [American Dads Can Help Address the Maternal Mortality Crisis](https://time.com/article/2026/06/23/american-dads-can-help-address-the-maternal-mortality-crisis/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by John Boozman and Cory Booker *  Jun 10, 2026 ## [The U.S. Needs a Commission of Inquiry into State Capture](https://time.com/article/2026/06/10/the-u-s-needs-a-commission-of-inquiry-into-state-capture/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Lucy Lang *  Jun 9, 2026 ## [How Trump Keeps Exploiting America’s Legal Loopholes](https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/how-trump-keeps-exploiting-america-s-legal-loopholes/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Tim Wirth, Asha Rangappa and Steven Tian *  Jun 9, 2026 ## [I Helped Write the Refugee Act. Trump is Trampling It](https://time.com/article/2026/06/09/i-helped-write-the-refugee-act-trump-is-trampling-it/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Elizabeth Holtzman *  Jun 6, 2026 ## [Do Climate Disasters Fuel Anti-Establishment Politicians Like Spencer Pratt?](https://time.com/article/2026/06/06/spencer-pratt-anti-establishment-climate-politics/) [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) by Justin Worland *  Jun 4, 2026 ## [Inside New York's 12th Congressional District Primary](https://time.com/article/2026/06/04/the-chaotic-race-to-represent-manhattan/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Julia Terruso *  Jun 2, 2026 ## [To Save Democracy, We Need to Reimagine the Economy](https://time.com/article/2026/06/02/to-save-democracy-we-need-to-reimagine-the-economy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sarita Gupta *  May 29, 2026 ## [Measuring the Erosion of American Democracy](https://time.com/article/2026/05/29/measuring-the-erosion-of-american-democracy/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Bruce Sibley *  May 27, 2026 ## [The Democratic Tradition We’ve Forgotten](https://time.com/article/2026/05/26/the-democratic-tradition-we-have-forgotten/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Trygve Throntveit ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@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/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}}]}] ```