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## Vera Bergengruen


Vera Bergengruen is a senior correspondent at TIME, based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. She covers the overlap of national security, politics, and technology. Her work at TIME has won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award and a New York Press Club Award.


![Vera Bergengruen](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8acbfd2e570f5392/698a3eb716d8843275c3c0a0/vera-bergengruen-headshot.jpeg?branch=production&width=96&quality=75&auto=webp)

## Vera Bergengruen


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* ![President Bukele at the Casa Presidencial in San Salvador on June 25](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca22f2406a832820/698a5a5609208fc41541d8a6/nayib-bukele-interview-transcript-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2024  
### [Lea la Transcripción de la Entrevista de TIME Con el Presidente Nayib Bukele](https://time.com/7015751/entrevista-presidente-nayib-bukele/)  
En una entrevista exclusiva, el Presidente Nayib Bukele discutió su guerra contra las pandillas y má...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![President Bukele at the Casa Presidencial in San Salvador on June 25](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltca22f2406a832820/698a5a5609208fc41541d8a6/nayib-bukele-interview-transcript-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2024  
### [Read the Transcript of President Bukele’s Interview With TIME](https://time.com/7015636/president-nayib-bukele-interview/)  
In an exclusive interview, President Nayib Bukele speaks about his crackdown on gangs and more. Read...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![President Bukele at the Casa Presidencial in San Salvador on June 25](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd140f07955acd79e/698a5a5616d884a2c7c3f06a/nayib-bukele-interview-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 29, 2024  
### [How Nayib Bukele's 'Iron Fist' Has Transformed El Salvador](https://time.com/7015598/nayib-bukeles-iron-fist-el-salvador/)  
A crackdown on gangs has made the authoritarian leader arguably the world's most popular head of sta...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![RFK Jr. For Time Magazine](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte01ad51bc38dd038/698a5a3747ca381e183bdea7/robert-f-kennedy-jr-2024-005.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 23, 2024  
### [Inside the Last Weeks of RFK Jr.'s Campaign](https://time.com/7014448/rfk-campaign-trump-endorsement/)  
How the Kennedy scion turned to Trump  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Vice President Kamala Harris at the National Palace in Guatemala City on June 7, 2021.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7119e38bb56c94e6/698a591809208f0a4441d69d/kamala-harris-guatemala.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 23, 2024  
### [Kamala Harris Was Never Biden’s ‘Border Czar.’ Here’s What She Really Did](https://time.com/7001817/kamala-harris-immigration/)  
Harris focused on improving conditions in Central America's Northern Triangle and addressing root ca...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64348d9316f180b5/698a58d986f68e57566f55a3/240805_WVIOLENT_101_illo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 18, 2024  
### [America’s Political Violence Crisis](https://time.com/6999810/political-violence-america-trump-rally/)  
A closer look into the documented surge in violent threats, harassment, and physical attacks.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![A screen-grab shows Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he participates in his own debate, called “The Real Debate”, that streamed alongside the CNN debate.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt926960042709b63b/698a583cb21a9c5f9750a26c/rfk-jr-debate-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 28, 2024  
### [Why the Biden-Trump Debate May Boost RFK Jr](https://time.com/6993371/rfk-jr-debate/)  
The third party candidate drew millions of viewers during a simulcast event.  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt723197e0f18946bd/698a57dfcabb1dca7de543e8/facial-recognition-clearview-ai.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 18, 2024  
### [A Controversial Facial-Recognition Company Quietly Expands Into Latin America](https://time.com/6988684/clearview-ai-latin-america/)  
Clearview AI is increasingly working in Latin America and the Caribbean as it legal challenges in th...  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![OpenAI Photo Illustrations](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4799a323e10b4571/698a576db3fce373ad0cd3db/GettyImages-2153407130.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 30, 2024  
### [OpenAI Says Russia, China, and Israel Are Using Its Tools for Foreign Influence Campaigns](https://time.com/6983903/openai-foreign-influence-campaigns-artificial-intelligence/)  
OpenAI identified five influence operations in Russia, China, Iran, and Israel using its tools to ma...  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)
* ![The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, being interviewed in the Casa Rosada on April 25.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt507b47a4ad57a848/698a5716db298776a926baf0/javier-milei-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 23, 2024  
### [Read the Full Transcript of President Javier Milei's Interview With TIME](https://time.com/6981083/javier-milei-interview-transcript-english/)  
Argentina’s President sat down for an exclusive interview with TIME in Buenos Aires on April 25  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
* ![The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, in the Casa Rosada on April 25.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbe28be126ee4e470/698a5707d075332f43e70ceb/javier-milei-profile-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 23, 2024  
### [Milei’s Radical Plan to Transform Argentina](https://time.com/6980600/javier-milei-argentina-interview/)  
The President is on a mission to "Make Argentina Great Again"  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, being interviewed in the Casa Rosada on April 25.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt507b47a4ad57a848/698a5716db298776a926baf0/javier-milei-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 23, 2024  
### [Lea la Transcripción Completa de la Entrevista de TIME Con el Presidente Javier Milei](https://time.com/6981130/javier-milei-interview-transcript-spanish/)  
El Presidente de Argentina concedió una entrevista exclusiva a TIME en Buenos Aires el 25 de abril.  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Trump addresses the crowd at a campaign rally in Schnecksville, Penn., on April 13.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt497accae1eca67a4/698a56234ee2622d0331e052/trump-anti-white-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 30, 2024  
### [Exclusive: Donald Trump Says Political Violence 'Depends' on 'Fairness' of 2024 Election](https://time.com/6972163/donald-trump-political-violence-interview-exclusive/)  
"If we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election," Trump tel...  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Three voting books in a row each one is more pixelated then the last](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8546b82f2feb46ec/698a55d916d884da12c3e8f6/voting-ai-elections-laws.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 23, 2024  
### [States Scramble to Block AI Election Meddling](https://time.com/6969563/states-are-racing-to-pass-ai-bills-before-the-2024-election/)  
Bills regulating AI-generated content have largely been met with bipartisan support  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)
* ![Biden Mideast Tensions](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt574eaaad9b472514/698a55a2e6e84a0f542b2ce8/biden.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 15, 2024  
### [How the U.S. Rallied to Defend Israel](https://time.com/6966758/how-the-u-s-rallied-to-defend-israel-from-irans-massive-attack/)  
“The ball is now in Israel's court.”  
[WORLD](/section/world/)

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