Abby Vesoulis

Abby Vesoulis is a political reporter in TIME's Washington bureau.

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The Supreme Court Overturned a Ruling That Enabled Internment of Japanese-Americans

As part of its ruling upholding the travel ban

By Abby Vesoulis and Abigail Simon

Justice Sotomayor Sees a Double Standard on Masterpiece Cakeshop and the Travel Ban

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor chided her colleagues on the nation’s highest court for what she viewed as a double standard in their decisions on the travel ban and a baker who refused to serve...

By Abby Vesoulis and Abigail Simon

Here's the Constitutional Problem With Trump's Call to Deport Immigrants Without Seeing Judges

Legal scholars says President Donald Trump’s call for undocumented immigrants to be deported without a court hearing would violate long-standing constitutional rights to due process.In a tweet posted Sunday, Trump said that undocumented immigrants caught...

By Abby Vesoulis

These Democratic Candidates Are Trolling Trump in TV Ads

Richard Madaleno isn’t the only candidate to call out Donald Trump in a TV ad. But the Maryland state senator’s latest ad in his campaign for governor takes an unusual turn when he then kisses...

By Abby Vesoulis

Steve Schmidt Helped Run Republican Campaigns for Years. Here's Why He Quit the GOP

Steve Schmidt turned heads when he quit the Republican Party this week. After all, he had helped run George W. Bush’s presidential campaign, managed John McCain’s in 2008 and helped get John Roberts and Samuel...

By Abby Vesoulis

President Trump Now Wants to Detain Parents and Children Together. That's Likely to Draw Legal Challenges

Flores v. Reno requires immigration officials to “place each detained minor in the least restrictive setting appropriate”

By Abby Vesoulis

Trump Is Spurring Native American Women to Run for Office

President Donald Trump routinely calls a U.S. senator “Pocahontas.” One time, he did it in front of Navajo code talkers who helped America during World War II.To decorate the Oval Office, he chose a portrait...

By Abby Vesoulis

Advocates Worry About Girls Held Due to Family Separation Policy

The Trump Administration has released photos of young boys being held at detention centers for undocumented immigrants, but so far it has not released any images of young girls.That discrepancy has led to Administration critics...

By Abby Vesoulis

Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose Family Separation Policy

Two-thirds of Americans oppose a policy that has led to more than 2,000 children being separated from their parents at the U.S. border, and Republicans were the only group polled who support it.In a survey...

By Abby Vesoulis

Manafort's Headed to Jail

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort will be sent to jail while he awaits his trial, following last week’s indictments from special counsel Robert Mueller on obstruction...

By Alana Abramson and Abby Vesoulis

Inspector General's Report Criticizes James Comey

A Department of Justice report found that former FBI Director James Comey and other top officials did not follow standard procedures in their handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email server, but did not...

By Abby Vesoulis and Abigail Simon

Dennis Rodman Came to the Trump-Kim Summit for More 'Basketball Diplomacy'

Former NBA standout Dennis Rodman has arrived in Singapore to support his “friends,” President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a summit on Tuesday.Rodman tweeted last week that his flight would...

By Abby Vesoulis

Oprah Winfrey Is Now an Exhibit in a Smithsonian Museum

Oprah Winfrey ended her iconic daytime talk show in 2011, but it’s already a museum piece.On Friday, the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened a temporary exhibit called “Watching Oprah,” which features...

By Abby Vesoulis

What to Know About Donald Trump's Lawyer Don McGahn

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Don McGahn will leave his job as White House counsel this fall after the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh.McGahn has recently attracted media attention for...

By Abby Vesoulis
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