--- title: December 16th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 26 | U.S. description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/magazine/us/5744386/december-16th-2019-vol-194-no-26-u-s/ og:title: December 16th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 26 | U.S. og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/magazine/us/5744386/december-16th-2019-vol-194-no-26-u-s/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta96f5504611ea54b/698a070286f68e04a56ee039/tim191216v1_trump.facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2363 og:image:height: 1329 og:image:alt: Quid Pro Dough Trump Facebook Time Magazine Cover 191216 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: December 16th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 26 | U.S. twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta96f5504611ea54b/698a070286f68e04a56ee039/tim191216v1_trump.facebook.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Back to the vault # December 16, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 26December 16, 2019 | Vol. 194 No. 26  Issue name December 16th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 26 | U.S. Issue date December 16, 2019 Location U.S. Related categories [U.S. Presidents](/vault/subject/u-s-presidents/) [Politics](/vault/subject/politics/) [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents IdeasPoliticsWorld ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### How the Forces Unleashed by Brexit Could Tear Apart the United Kingdom [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Why You Should Teach Your Kids to Cook [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### 'I Thrive in a Certain Kind of Complexity.' Artist-Musician Theaster Gates on the Transformative Power of Art [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Generals Tried to Keep Trump in Check. What Happens to Foreign Policy Now That They've Left? The generals who once filled President Trump's Cabinet are all gone. What does it mean for U.S. foreign policy? ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### The Trump Campaign Has Raised Millions Off Impeachment — And Facebook Is One of Its Most Powerful Tools Trump's campaign has turned impeachment into a fundraising asset with ads on Facebook, Instagram and other social-media platforms ### World [World](/section/world/) ### "I’m Not Afraid of the Impeachment Questions": How Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Is Navigating His Role in the World's Biggest Political Drama Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is caught between a crumbling U.S. alliance and a hostile russia [World](/section/world/) ### Will Trump Close the Deal to End Afghanistan's Long War? [World](/section/world/) ### President Trump's Tariffs Shake the World Economy—Once Again ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"December 16th, 2019 | Vol. 194, No. 26 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5744386/december-16th-2019-vol-194-no-26-u-s/"}]}]} ```