Haley Sweetland Edwards

Haley Sweetland Edwards is the Nation Editor at TIME.

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15 Accused in SAT Cheating Conspiracy

They helped foreign students cheat on college entrance exams, according to an indictment

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Why Hillary Clinton's Campaign Isn't the Most Liberal in History

Her positions are all within mainstream political opinion

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Tragedy on the Rails

The Amtrak derailment in Pennsylvania prompts a debate on infrastructure and passenger rail travel

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What's Next For Obama's Free Trade Deal

In his years-long effort to advance a massive new trade deal, President Obama weathered a major setback Tuesday from an unlikely source: his fellow Democrats.While Senate Republicans largely rallied around a vote to consider the...

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Obama Moves Closer to Inking Pacific Trade Deal

President Obama may move closer to a career-defining Pacific Rim trade deal Tuesday that could permanently alter the balance of power between the White House and Congress on trade issues.The Senate is expected to approve...

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Can Elizabeth Warren Kill President Obama's Trade Deal?

Elizabeth Warren, the famously fiery populist senator from Massachusetts, has a reputation for having a bit of a reverse-Midas touch, when she wants to: if she decides she is against something, it often turns to...

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Why Obama Is Visiting Nike To Promote Free Trade

If there’s one thing the liberal, activist base can agree on, it’s that they hate President Obama’s proposed trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. They argue that it would transfer hundreds of thousands of decent American...

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Comcast’s Bad Connection

Why the company walked away from its bid to buy Time Warner Cable

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Cable's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year

At this time last year, the powerful cable industry seemed to be at the top of its game.An appeals court, in January 2014, had chucked out the Federal Communications Commission’s latest attempt to establish net...

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Comcast–Time Warner Cable: Too Big to Succeed

Comcast walked away from its $45.2 billion proposed merger with Time Warner Cable, according to a statement released Friday.The unexpected change of heart—attributed to unnamed sources by Bloomberg News, CNBC and the New York Times...

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Making Sense of the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger

The gargantuan, $45.2 billion merger between the nation’s two largest cable companies, Comcast and Time Warner Cable appears to be hitting a regulatory wall.Here’s the quick-and-dirty on what’s going down:Wait, I thought this thing was...

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Obama Says Elizabeth Warren Is 'Wrong' on Trade

After months of simmering, backroom disagreements between the White House and the liberal, populist base of the Democratic Party about the issue of free trade, President Barack Obama went on the offensive Tuesday.In an interview...

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How Obama's Trade Deal Puts Hillary In A Bind

Sen. Marco Rubio is rarely on the same side as President Obama. But the Florida Republican, who is running for president in 2016, recently drafted a letter to the White House in support of Obama’s...

By Haley Sweetland Edwards and Alex Rogers

How Obamacare Makes Chris Christie's Medicare Plan Possible

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie would like to raise the age to qualify for Medicare, part of a bold plan to reform entitlements that he released Tuesday morning.The proposal was greeted with cheers from many...

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New Strategy Against Gay Marriage Divides GOP 2016 Field

Activists want to take on the Supreme Court

By Zeke J Miller and Haley Sweetland Edwards

Californians Aren't Sure About Tenure, Poll Finds

Californians trust their public school teachers and want to spend more money supporting public schools, according to a recent poll.But all that love isn’t unconditional.California voters also say they oppose the state’s strong tenure laws...

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Liberal Groups Respond to Hillary Clinton Campaign Launch

With a video calling for "boldness"

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The Middle Class Is Doing Worse Than You Think

It seems like everyone is concerned about economic inequality these days. A Gallup poll in January showed that more than two-thirds of Americans are dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are distributed, and politicians...

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How Clinton Will Handle Populist Critics

Bianca Acebron Peco, a smart, young and politically active New Hampshire college grad, is exactly the kind of person Hillary Clinton’s proto-campaign would love to have knocking on doors in that early primary state.But the...

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O’Malley Channels Elizabeth Warren

The former Maryland governor offers an early hint at his coming presidential campaign strategy

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