Haley Sweetland Edwards

Haley Sweetland Edwards is the Nation Editor at TIME.

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Cruz Picked a Losing Fight With Trump on Polls

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz went on the offensive at the Republican debate Thursday night, attacking businessman Donald Trump for doing poorly in the polls. Which is a little like challenging Serena Williams to a tennis...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Ted Cruz's Politically Risky Tax Proposal

Under Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s tax plan, all payroll taxes, the corporate tax, the estate tax, the gift tax, and the alternative minimum tax would be summarily abolished.In their place, Cruz would impose two, fresh...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

The 227-Year-Old Law Behind Apple's Encryption Fight

A California judge demanded on Tuesday that Apple help the Federal Bureau of Investigation crack the code to one of its iPhones—specifically, the one used by the San Bernardino shooters last fall—so that law enforcement...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

How Antonin Scalia's Death Will Help Teachers' Unions

Teachers’ unions may have just gotten a reprieve. The U.S. Supreme Court was widely expected to hit them hard in June by cutting off their primary source of funding: compulsory union dues.In Friedrichs v. California...

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Here's What the Social Security Debate Was About

To understand the energetic back-and-forth between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Social Security at Thursday’s debate, you’ve got to pay attention to the verbs.Sanders wants to expand the...

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The $6.8 Trillion Question in Rubio's Tax Plan

If Senator Marco Rubio becomes President, he’ll face a $6.8 trillion question: What should he cut?That’s the amount of spending cuts over 10 years that the Florida Republican’s tax plan would require Congress to find...

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How Bush Finally Landed a Punch on Trump

After failing for months to land a punch against Donald Trump, former Florida governor Jeb Bush appears at last to have discovered the real estate mogul’s kryptonite: a weedy, constitutional power called eminent domain, which...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Democrats Divided on Question of Wall Street

When it comes to public policy, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton both use shades of Democratic blue. But he paints with a broad brush, while she prefers a finer...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Pharma 'Bad Boy' Martin Shkreli Snubs Congress

Shkreli smirked, mugged for the camera, and refused to answer lawmakers' questions

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Why Obama Is Underplaying a Major Accomplishment

At a time when he’s supposed to be a lame duck facing a recalcitrant Congress, President Obama worked to garner Republican support for a massive new free trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that will have...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Ted Cruz Throws a Hail Mary on Ethanol

Under fire for his position on ethanol, Ted Cruz chose the last Republican debate before the Iowa caucus to throw a Hail Mary, diving deep into the weeds of federal gas policy.The Texas Senator defended...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Here's How Much Bernie Sanders Would Raise Taxes

"It's a very, very, very big tax increase for everyone except those at the bottom."

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This Is the Worst Kind of College Loan

The one you take out on a degree you never get

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How Democrats Flubbed the Encryption Question

None of the three presidential candidates at the Democratic debate Sunday night appeared to understand the controversy over encryption technology that, in recent months, has pitted top national-security officials against the CEOs of Silicon Valley’s...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Donald Trump, Tariff-Supporting Free Trader

At Thursday’s Republican debate, Donald Trump said he would impose punishing tariffs on China. But he also said he was in favor of free trade.Those two ideas aren’t exactly compatible.The hard-to-follow argument came after Trump...

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Why We Can't Unscramble the Fight Over Encryption

It may not be worth the risk

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The Most Unorthodox Idea From the State of the Union

Wage insurance

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White House Officials Talk Encryption in Silicon Valley

Some of the highest ranking national security officials in the Obama administration are meeting Friday with technology firms in Silicon Valley, where they plan to discuss how to prevent terrorists from using new technologies to...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards and Maya Rhodan

Keystone Pipeline Decision Challenged in Shadowy 'Court'

Two months after President Obama rejected TransCanada’s controversial plan to build the Keystone XL pipeline, the Canadian oil company announced Wednesday that it will sue the U.S. government for $15 billion dollars.At first glance, that...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards

Illegal Immigration Is Declining Despite What Campaign Ads Say

With Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz coming out with new ads this week featuring droves of people streaming over the U.S. border, you would be forgiven for thinking that illegal immigration is...

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