Madeleine Joung

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

Recent Articles

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Madeleine Joung July 11, 2019
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