Alex Altman

Altman is the executive features editor and deputy Washington bureau chief at TIME.

Recent Articles

Anatomy of an Apprehension: The Three Keys to Catching El Chapo Guzman

How U.S. and Mexican law enforcement teamed up to take down the world's biggest drug kingpin

By Alex Altman

Party Foul: Inside the Rise of Spies, Mercenaries, and Billionaire Moneymen

Why parties no longer control American politics

By Alex Altman and Zeke J Miller

Alaskan Outrage As Obama Appointee Rejects Wilderness Road

The Department of the Interior's decision to nix a new road is a life-and-death issue for a remote Alaskan village

By Alex Altman

Democrats Ditch Obamacare

New television ads paid for by a Democratic Super PAC defend incumbents for blasting Obama's health care reform before elections

By Alex Altman

Yellen Says Fed Will Keep Pulling Back on Stimulus

Tells lawmakers she foresees continuity with predecessor Bernanke

By Dan Hirschhorn and Alex Altman

Poll Highlights McConnell's Vulnerability in Kentucky

The Republican leader is still the favorite to hold his Senate seat, but his unpopularity is an obstacle

By Alex Altman

GOP's Immigration Blueprint Divides Reformers

Now what?

By Alex Altman

How to Win by Losing

Steve Stockman is a clever troll. The Republican Congressman from Texas gives his donors Obama barf bags (tagline: socialism makes me sick!), says his favorite gun lubricant is “liberal tears” and hawks bumper stickers that...

By Alex Altman

State of the Union: Competing Rebuttals Muddle Republican Message

After President Obama speaks on Tuesday, the Republican Party will demonstrate — in triplicate — the challenges it faces in mounting a unified opposition

By Alex Altman

Barack Obama Will Try to Outrun History at 2014 State of the Union

Recent Presidents had already become lame ducks by this point whether they knew it or not

By Alex Altman

Friends in Need

Ex-governor charged with trading favors

By Alex Altman

Pot's Money Problem

The legal marijuana business is off to a booming start in Colorado. Now what do they do with all that cash?

By Alex Altman / Denver

Traffic Problems

Chris Christie's newly bumpy road to 2016

By Alex Altman

Read TIME's 2013 profile of Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Read TIME's 2013 profile of Texas Senator Ted Cruz

By Alex Altman / New Orleans

TIME's Class of 2016: The Political Leaders to Watch

As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney fought for the presidency this fall, TIME contract photographer Marco Grob was crisscrossing the country to meet the men and women who may be doing the same four years from now.

By Alex Altman
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