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Madeleine Joung
Madeleine Joung covers politics and government in the TIME bureau in Washington, D.C.
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Henry Kissinger Dies
Known for his realist approach to foreign policy, his influence spanned the Vietnam War to the aftermath of 9/11
By Madeleine Joung
November 29, 2023
How President Trump Is Undercutting Pompeo in a Dispute Over Turkey's Purchase of a Russian Missile System
During his two and a half years in the Trump Administration, Mike Pompeo has mostly managed to stay on President Donald Trump’s good side, even as other senior officials have come and gone. But the...
By Madeleine Joung
August 2, 2019
Biggest Moments From Debate Night Two
Former Vice President Joe Biden took heat from many of his fellow Democratic candidates during night two of the second round 2020 presidential primary debates.Candidates including California Sen. Kamala Harris, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker,...
By Madeleine Joung , Abigail Abrams , Mahita Gajanan , Tara Law and Rachel E. Greenspan
July 31, 2019
Fact-Checking the Second Democratic Debate
The second Democratic debate included claims from Joe Biden, Bill be Blasio, Bernie Sanders and more. Here are the facts
By Mahita Gajanan , Madeleine Joung , Alana Abramson and Tara Law
July 31, 2019
Highlights from Night One of the Second Democratic Debate
20 presidential candidates will face off in Detroit
By Madeleine Joung , Mahita Gajanan , Tara Law , Rachel E. Greenspan and Abigail Abrams
July 28, 2019
The Trump Administration’s Immigration Agenda Was Thwarted on Multiple Fronts This Week
While the national conversation was dominated by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress this week, the Trump Administration’s immigration agenda was thwarted on several fronts.A federal judge in San Francisco issued a nationwide...
By Madeleine Joung
July 25, 2019
The Biggest Moments From Mueller's Testimony
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller called President Donald Trump’s tweets in 2016 about WikiLeaks “problematic,” marking a rare moment of direct criticism of the President during the former FBI chief’s seven-hour public testimony before Congress...
By Madeleine Joung and Mahita Gajanan
July 23, 2019
Trump’s Deadline for an Asylum Deal With Mexico Is Monday. Here’s What We Know
Donald Trump stood on the South Lawn of the White House on June 11, waving a folded piece of paper in front of the cameras that he said was an agreement with Mexico to address...
By Madeleine Joung
July 20, 2019
Bill Seeks to Create Bill of Rights for Domestic Workers
On Monday, Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Pramila Jayapal will introduce the National Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights
By Madeleine Joung
July 15, 2019
Trump Has Now Had More Cabinet Turnover Than Reagan, Obama and the Two Bushes
Donald Trump has now had more turnover in his Cabinet in the first two and a half years of his presidency than any of his five immediate predecessors did in their entire first terms.According to...
By Madeleine Joung
July 12, 2019
The Trump Administration Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to an Area the State Department Says Is as Dangerous as Afghanistan
Doctors Without Borders is arguing that the expansion of a Trump Administration program to leave asylum-seekers in Mexico while they await immigration court decisions will “put vulnerable people in danger.”The international humanitarian group noted that...
By Madeleine Joung
July 11, 2019
What Is Happening at Migrant Detention Centers? Here's What to Know
In light of recent reports of overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at migrant detention centers run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies, top Democrats have summoned the acting commissioner of U.S. Customs...
By Madeleine Joung
July 10, 2019
Trump's Big Show
It took nearly two years, but Donald Trump finally got his big military show.The president has wanted to bring tanks to the streets and jets to the skies of the nation’s capital since witnessing France’s...
By Madeleine Joung
July 5, 2019
What to Know About Trump's July 4 'Salute to America'
President Donald Trump will deliver a presidential address at a controversial “Salute to America” celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall on the Fourth of July featuring heavy military equipment and heads of...
By Madeleine Joung
July 2, 2019
Democrats Don’t Have a Plan to Deal with Mitch McConnell
When moderator Chuck Todd asked Elizabeth Warren if she has a plan to deal with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the same way that she has plans for free college and better health care, her...
By Lissandra Villa and Madeleine Joung
June 27, 2019
Here's How 2020 Democrats' Student Loan Debt Proposals Compare
Elizabeth Warren and Julían Castro want to help pay off student loan debt. Bernie Sanders wants to forgive it entirely.Student loan forgiveness has become a hot topic in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, with two...
By Madeleine Joung
June 24, 2019
The 7 Ways to Lose a Presidential Debate
Debates can be defining moments for presidential candidates.Since they provide rare opportunities for voters to see candidates face off directly against one another, debates can produce viral moments and soundbites that get replayed on cable...
By Madeleine Joung
June 24, 2019
The Biggest Moments From Debate Night One
Elizabeth Warren said she’d abolish private insurance, while Amy Klobuchar questioned “kicking half of America off of their health insurance.” Julián Castro attacked Beto O’Rourke for not supporting proposals to treat border crossings as civil...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith and Madeleine Joung
June 23, 2019
2020 Democrats Criticized Trump's Foreign Interference Comment
Democratic presidential candidates harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks that he wouldn’t necessarily call the FBI if offered information from a foreign government about them.“President Trump is once again welcoming foreign interference in our elections,”...
By Madeleine Joung
June 13, 2019
Here's Who Made the Cut for the 2020 Democratic Debates
Biden will face Sanders, Harris and Buttigieg but not Warren
By Madeleine Joung
June 12, 2019
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