Abby Vesoulis

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

Recent Articles

DHS Watchdog Details Overcrowding at Texas Border Facility

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) found an El Paso Border Patrol processing center was so overcrowded that detainees were wearing “soiled clothing for days or weeks” and standing on toilets...

By Abby Vesoulis

Mueller Signals He'd Rather Not Testify to Congress

During Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s first public remarks since his team’s 448-page report was released in April, he explained that he did not want to appear before Congress to discuss his findings.“There has been discussion...

By Abby Vesoulis

How Mueller Rebuked Trump

Special Counsel Robert Mueller subtly rebuked several of President Donald Trump’s long-standing arguments about Russian interference in the 2016 election and related investigations.Speaking at the Department of Justice Wednesday morning, the former FBI director formally...

By Abby Vesoulis

Justice Clarence Thomas Compares Abortion to Eugenics

The Supreme Court confronted a restrictive Indiana abortion law on Tuesday by upholding one portion of it and punting another.The portion it upheld, which was previously barred by the the U.S. Court of Appeals for...

By Abby Vesoulis

Congress Fights to Fix Fallen Soldiers' Family Compensation

Some Gold Star families saw the tax rate on their benefits increase by 300%

By Abby Vesoulis

Trump's Broken Promise on LGBTQ Rights

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to protect LGBTQ Americans. When a debate broke out over which bathrooms transgender individuals should be able to use, Trump told the Today show that Caitlyn Jenner...

By Abby Vesoulis

Brunei Sultan Hands Back Oxford Degree After Backlash

The Sultan of Brunei has returned an honorary degree he received from the University of Oxford in England after global backlash over his proposal to punish people who engage in same-sex relations with the death...

By Abby Vesoulis

'It's Time to Fight Back.' Elizabeth Warren Unveils Her Strategy to Protect Abortion Access

Access to safe and legal abortion is essential to a woman’s health, she says

By Abby Vesoulis

Elizabeth Warren's New Plan Targets Pentagon Corruption

Among other things, her proposal would prohibit Defense Department officials from owning stock from the contractors

By Abby Vesoulis

Millions of Americans Could Finally Get Paid Family Leave—If Lawmakers Can Agree On Who Pays

For the first five months of Morgan Lyles’ high-risk pregnancy with twins, her fiancé Chris Weien was by her side, assembling the double-wide stroller and watching the squiggles of two heartbeats on ultrasound monitors. They’d...

By Abby Vesoulis

Warren Unveils $100 Billion Plan to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Sen. Elizabeth Warren will unveil a ten-year, $100 billion plan aimed at curbing the abuse of extremely addictive opioid drugs such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and fentanyl.The Massachusetts Democrat, who is seeking the party’s presidential nomination,...

By Abby Vesoulis

Paid Family Leave May Be Coming Soon. Here's Why

Carrie Carpenter started as a full-time waitress at a South Dakota Cracker Barrel in 2016. Seven months later, she had her fourth child.Before her daughter Celena was born that August, Carpenter was diagnosed with gestational...

By Abby Vesoulis

Here's What Trump Gets Wrong About Second-Trimester Abortions

Abortions during and after the second trimester are extremely rare. In fact, fewer than 1.3% of abortions are performed after 21 weeks of gestation, according to 2015 data from the Centers for Disease Control and...

By Abby Vesoulis

What Trump Told Kids of White House Reporters

"I actually like you much more than your parents," Trump told children of the White House press corps.

By Abby Vesoulis

House Speaker Pelosi Talks Impeachment at TIME Summit

'If the path of fact-finding takes us there, we have no choice,' Pelosi said

By Abby Vesoulis

Corker: GOP Challenger to Trump in 2020 Would Be Good for America

"Typically, to unite people, you have to wish to do so, and I think that currently, the President has not found that to his benefit or to his liking," Corker said.

Obstruction of Justice Usually Happens Behind Closed Doors. But Trump's Actions Were Public

President Donald Trump called for people investigating him to be fired, attempted to intimidate unfriendly witnesses and praised others for not cooperating with law enforcement.If he’d done those things behind closed doors, they would likely...

By Abby Vesoulis

Here's How to Fix Election Flaws Highlighted by Mueller Report

Over a nearly two-year investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has shown the sheer breadth of the Russian effort to meddle in the 2016 election.From hacking into campaign email systems to using social media to stir...

By Tara Law and Abby Vesoulis

Donald Trump Inadvertently Killed Pentagon Press Briefing

"If we're not telling our story, somebody is telling it for us"

By Abby Vesoulis

This Presidential Candidate Wants to Debate Congress Four Times A Year

Amid the crowded Democratic presidential primary field, John Delaney is a long shot. But the former three-term member of Congress believes he can make up for that with hard work and unconventional but moderate ideas.Like...

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