Alex Altman

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

Recent Articles

Democrats Launch Operation to Humanize Clinton

'She is the most famous, least-known person in the country'

By Alex Altman / Philadelphia

Elizabeth Warren: Reject Trump's 'America of Fear and Hate'

The Massachusetts senator turns a favorite argument against him

By Alex Altman / Philadelphia

Family Feud

Almost as soon as the gavel echoed, ardent supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders hijacked the opening moments of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Monday, repeatedly booing mentions of Hillary Clinton, chanting Sanders’ name...

By Alex Altman / Philadelphia , Charlotte Alter / Philadelphia , Philip Elliott / Philadelphia and Zeke J Miller / Philadelphia

Bernie Sanders' Calls for Unity at Democratic Convention Draws Boos

The faithful aren't ready to give up

By Alex Altman / Philadelphia

Clinton Campaign Boss: DNC Chair Had Become a 'Distraction'

Leaked emails put a damper on Day One of the Democratic convention

By Alex Altman / Philadelphia

Trump Plays Doomsayer in Convention Speech

Can fear carry him to the White House?

By Alex Altman/Cleveland

Mike Pence Is Donald Trump's Political Opposite

Conservative activists were digging into plates of pasta in downtown Cleveland when a surprise guest appeared to offer testimony. “It’s time for us to come together,” Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence told the group, which...

By Alex Altman / Cleveland

Cruz Booed Off RNC Stage

A dramatic wager kicks off the battle for 2020

By Alex Altman / Cleveland

Donald Trump's Raucous Convention Opens Unconventionally

Three television stars. Two Trumps. And one tampon joke. This is what it looks like when Donald Trump throws a political convention.The first night of the GOP’s quadrennial bash was supposed to soothe the wounds...

By Zeke J Miller / Cleveland and Alex Altman / Cleveland

Convention Floor Chaos

Bedlam erupted at the Republican convention Monday afternoon as party officials used a procedural maneuver to put an end to the haphazard Never Trump movement.Rival chants of “shame-shame-shame” and “Trump-Trump-Trump” took over the Quicken Loans...

By Zeke J MIller / Cleveland and Alex Altman / Cleveland

Trump's VP Pick Filled With Backstage Drama

Setbacks, misdirection and confusion

By Zeke J Miller/Cleveland and Alex Altman/Washington

Why Donald Trump Picked Mike Pence

They make an improbable pair: the entertainer and the ideologue; one brash, one mild; a billionaire Manhattanite and a Midwestern Boy Scout. But Donald Trump announced on Twitter Friday that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is...

By Alex Altman

Indiana Governor Prepares Allies for His Selection as VP

He has not yet been formally notified who Trump is picking

By Alex Altman and Zeke J Miller / Cleveland

The Apprentices

Donald Trump's closest advisers? His kids

By Alex Altman

Trump Expects to Announce VP 'Just Prior' to Convention

Or possibly even in Cleveland

By Alex Altman/New York

Trump Raised More Than $50 Million in June

By contrast Mitt Romney raised $106 million in June of 2012.

By Zeke J Miller and Alex Altman

Inside Donald Trump's Strange Foreign Trip

The 36-hour Scotland trip is about publicity, not politics

By Alex Altman/Turnberry, Scotland

Bold, Brash and Under Renovation Donald Trump Hits Reset

“Let Donald Trump Be Donald Trump,” read the plaque on his campaign manager’s desk. Put the master showman before a frustrated audience and watch him pitch a totally new kind of product. The man was...

By Alex Altman and Zeke J Miller

Meet the Republican Critics of Donald Trump Now Working to Elect Him

A growing number of former critics are now cashing in Trump's candidacy

By Alex Altman

How Trump Used the Orlando Shooting to Sow Division

The scripted address, the moment of silence and the gestures of solidarity toward the gay community all seemed to suggest a different Donald Trump might have shown up Monday in New Hampshire. But in the...

By Alex Altman
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