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# Madeleine Joung

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## Madeleine Joung


Madeleine Joung covers politics and government in the TIME bureau in Washington, D.C.


## Madeleine Joung


* ![Henry Kissinger](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd103a501952c1ebd/698a030516d884e44ec36fb4/henry-kissinger-obit-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2023  
### [Henry Kissinger Dies](https://time.com/5642552/henry-kissinger-dies/)  
Known for his realist approach to foreign policy, his influence spanned the Vietnam War to the after...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Turkey Missile Defense](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29257ec9b717923a/698a00cae76ad2558263639f/s-400-turkey-russia-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 2, 2019  
### [How President Trump Is Undercutting Pompeo in a Dispute Over Turkey's Purchase of a Russian Missile System](https://time.com/5633196/trump-pompeo-turkey-sanctions-russia-s400/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-VOTE-2020-DEMOCRATS-DEBATE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0f57d9a44250a61/698a00b009208f12834154ff/dem-debate-2-37.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 31, 2019  
### [Biggest Moments From Debate Night Two](https://time.com/5640115/second-democratic-debate-live-night-2/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Election 2020 Debate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt12529082b2e29f34/698a00aee76ad2395e63636e/dem-debate-2-22.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 31, 2019  
### [Fact-Checking the Second Democratic Debate](https://time.com/5639705/democratic-second-debate-fact-check/)  
The second Democratic debate included claims from Joe Biden, Bill be Blasio, Bernie Sanders and more...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-VOTE-2020-DEMOCRATS-DEBATE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt348f95c977c12162/698a00a0b3fce3d23b0c54d7/dem-debate-30.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2019  
### [Highlights from Night One of the Second Democratic Debate](https://time.com/5636776/democratic-debate-night-one-live-updates/)  
20 presidential candidates will face off in Detroit  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![US-POLITICS-IMMIGRATION-CHARITY-MIGRANTS](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta1c621f6bed91e60/698a007b16d88449b6c36bdd/trump-immigration-setback.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 25, 2019  
### [The Trump Administration’s Immigration Agenda Was Thwarted on Multiple Fronts This Week](https://time.com/5632561/immigration-trump-court-guatemala/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Special Counsel Robert Mueller prepares to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 2019.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt72d23855d9bd8da3/698a0063656a3f3790bd8a17/gabriella-demczuk-robert-mueller-testimony-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2019  
### [The Biggest Moments From Mueller's Testimony](https://time.com/5629528/robert-mueller-testimony-live-updates/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![US-POLITICS-TRUMP-DEPARTURE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt580e84343d6b2fcc/69894b1709208f816b413f76/donald-trump-mexico-border.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 20, 2019  
### [Trump’s Deadline for an Asylum Deal With Mexico Is Monday. Here’s What We Know](https://time.com/5630849/donald-trump-asylum-mexico/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![2019 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola - Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Day 2](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cd283039dc03220/6989ffef86f68ed31f6ed382/gettyimages-1160429141.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 15, 2019  
### [Bill Seeks to Create Bill of Rights for Domestic Workers](https://time.com/5626156/domestic-workers-anti-discrimination-law-ndwa/)  
On Monday, Sen. Kamala Harris and Rep. Pramila Jayapal will introduce the National Domestic Workers’...  
[U.S.](/section/us/)
* ![Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Resigns After Criticism of Epstein Plea Deal](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19312426e4bb0601/6989ffe3929fadab3cbf498a/trump-acosta.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 12, 2019  
### [Trump Has Now Had More Cabinet Turnover Than Reagan, Obama and the Two Bushes](https://time.com/5625699/trump-cabinet-acosta/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![Central American Migrants Cross The Rio Bravo To Surrender To Border Patrol](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt611bfbb56cea9875/69894ad0e76ad2eb2a634c01/migrants-detained-united-states-mexico-border.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 11, 2019  
### [The Trump Administration Is Deporting Asylum Seekers to an Area the State Department Says Is as Dangerous as Afghanistan](https://time.com/5624551/remain-mexico-asylum-doctors-borders/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![U.S. Border Patrol Houses Unaccompanied Minors In Detention Center](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt396b42140aab9daa/6989334b4ee26262443121ee/undocumented_immigrants_children_migrant_john_moore_05.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 10, 2019  
### [What Is Happening at Migrant Detention Centers? Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5623148/migrant-detention-centers-conditions/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![President Donald Trump at Fourth of July Salute to America](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltccf2dba7a3f5882e/6989ff91457a5231ccd62758/donald-trump-salute-to-america.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 5, 2019  
### [Trump's Big Show](https://time.com/5620867/donald-trump-fourth-july-salute-america/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Lincoln Memorial](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt275a5cf7704aabef/6989ff8e656a3f12cfbd88c2/military-vehicle-at-lincoln-memorial.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 2, 2019  
### [What to Know About Trump's July 4 'Salute to America'](https://time.com/5619191/donald-trump-july-4-speech-controversy/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Democratic debate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta9fbe498de7b4fbc/6989ff2909208faa1a41528d/cm_dnc_miami-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 27, 2019  
### [Democrats Don’t Have a Plan to Deal with Mitch McConnell](https://time.com/5615440/democratic-primary-debate-mitch-mcconnell/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)

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