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Ted Cruz Supreme Court Case Could Change Campaign Finance
By Madeleine Carlisle
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By Molly Ball
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The Right to Vote Is More Important Than the Filibuster
When I was Governor of Maine, I used to have a standing bet with my fellow Independent Governor, Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, about which of our states would have higher voter turnout. As we saw...
By Angus King
January 14, 2022
Democrats' Odds of Passing Voting Rights Reform Looked Bad Before Biden Went to the Hill—And Worse After He Left
Joe Biden spent more than three decades in the Senate. He understands its arcane rules. He once showed a prowess for shepherding complex legislation past obstinate Senators from both parties. But as he closes out...
By Abby Vesoulis
January 13, 2022
Oath Keepers Founder and 10 Others Charged in Jan. 6 Attack
It marked a serious escalation in the largest investigation in the Justice Department’s history
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER/AP
January 13, 2022
Biden to Add Free COVID-19 Tests and N95s
President Joe Biden announced the changes amid a spike in COVID cases
By Zeke Miller / AP
January 13, 2022
Russia Weighs Arms Control Talks as Fear Of War Looms
The United States and NATO have dismissed Russia's list of demands to resolve the ongoing military crisis over Ukraine, but on Wednesday offered Moscow the opportunity for further discussions on arms control and missile deployments....
By W.J. Hennigan
January 12, 2022
Why Democrats Need to Be Careful on the Filibuster
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. As President Joe Biden delivered a major speech in...
By Philip Elliott
January 12, 2022
Harry Reid Paved the Way for Dems to Kill the Filibuster
“There will come a time when we will all be gone,” Harry Reid wrote in 2008, “and the institutions that we now serve will be run by men and women not yet living, and those...
By Molly Ball
January 12, 2022
U.K.'s Johnson Apologizes for Attending Party During Lockdown
The British Prime Minister is facing a tide of anger from the public and politicians over claims he and his staff flouted pandemic restrictions by socializing when it was banned.
By Jill Lawless / AP
January 12, 2022
Why Biden Flipped on Ending the Filibuster
Now that he’s President, Joe Biden says Republican efforts to restrict American access to voting demand a change in the Senate
By Brian Bennett
January 11, 2022
Biden Appeals to Black Voters in Atlanta Voting-Rights Speech
“Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?” Biden, in his speech, asked members of Congress
By Janell Ross
January 11, 2022
Washington Can Do Better Talking to Black and Latino Voters About Climate Change
Study after study has shown the disparate impact of climate change and other environmental crises on communities of color in the United States. Whether it’s urban heat waves or hurricanes, the effects routinely hit people...
By Justin Worland
January 11, 2022
Can the Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena Lawmakers? It’s Complicated
For months, the congressional committee investigating last year’s Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has sought information on the role members of Congress played in trying to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Several Republican...
By Nik Popli
January 11, 2022
Biden Administration COVID-19 Response Scrutinized During Senate Panel Hearing
The Biden administration came under fire for its pandemic response and communications as the omicron variant continues to drive U.S. Covid-19 cases. Conflicting guidance on issues such as boosters and testing have left the public...
By Fiona Rutherford/Bloomberg
January 11, 2022
If Anyone Can Talk Russia Out of Invading Ukraine, It's Probably Wendy Sherman
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. In Wendy Sherman’s world, rationality rules. For the Deputy...
By Philip Elliott
January 11, 2022
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Immigrants Remain Detained
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday that could impact thousands of unauthorized immigrants detained in the United States. Unauthorized immigrants are often detained indefinitely in prison-like settings while their immigration cases...
By Jasmine Aguilera
January 10, 2022
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson Will Seek Reelection
Johnson has been a leading voice in downplaying the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and the coronavirus pandemic
By SCOTT BAUER / AP
January 9, 2022
Jan. 6 Rioters Drew Attention to D.C. Jail's Long Crisis
A year after the attack, federal prosecutors have charged more than 725 people with crimes, many of them serving time in the D.C. jail
By Madeleine Carlisle
January 8, 2022
For Both Parties, Jan. 6 Has Become a Litmus Test
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Barrels of ink have rightly been cracked this week...
By Philip Elliott
January 7, 2022
The Enormous Stakes of Biden's Vaccine Mandates at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is considering two Biden Administration vaccine mandates. Their decision carries immense implications for the federal government's power to regulate in uncertain times
By Abigail Abrams
January 7, 2022
Why America Needed a 9/11 Style Commission for Jan. 6
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. A few years back, I was walking onto the...
By Philip Elliott
January 6, 2022
'Democracy Was Attacked.' President Biden Marks 1 Year Anniversary of the Jan. 6 Insurrection
Biden's criticism was particularly blistering of then-President Trump and his violent supporters
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER/AP
January 6, 2022
Tracking January 6 Capitol Rioters' Arrests and Sentences
More than 725 people have been arrested for storming the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, with charges ranging from obstruction of an official proceeding to assault. But at the one-year anniversary of the...
By Nik Popli
January 6, 2022
How Donald Trump Turned Jan. 6 into a Windfall
How Trump weaponized the events of Jan. 6 to raise money and tighten his grip on the GOP
By Brian Bennett
January 5, 2022
What the Jan. 6 Committee Has Done So Far
The House panel on Jan. 6 races to conclude its work before the midterms
By Nik Popli
January 5, 2022
For the Jan. 6 Rioters, Justice Is Still Coming
The FBI's massive investigation of Jan. 6 rioters is delivering convictions—and resistance
By Vera Bergengruen
January 5, 2022
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky's First Year Fighting COVID-19
Over the last year, Rochelle Walensky has worked to regain the trust of CDC personnel—and the nation—while facing a surging COVID-19 pandemic
By Alice Park
January 5, 2022
January 6 Changed How the Far Right Organize
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Washington can be a shameless place. Until it isn’t—at...
By Philip Elliott
January 4, 2022
Why More Christian Nationalist Violence Is Likely After Jan. 6
A year after the horrifying violence at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, a simple partisan storyline crowds out a central driver behind the events. Most media are understandably tracking the January 6 Committee and...
By Samuel L. Perry
January 4, 2022
Biden’s Been Counted Out Before—And Loves To Prove the Haters Wrong
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. It’s been an easy idea to hold over the...
By Philip Elliott
December 31, 2021
Vanessa Guillen's Death Transforms Sexual Assault Reporting
Mayra Guillen has been too busy to grieve her younger sister, Vanessa Guillen, who was murdered in April 2020. In the year and a half since Vanessa's death, a good chunk of Mayra's time has...
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 30, 2021
Biden Plans to Press Putin to De-escalate Ukraine Crisis
Russia has moved an estimated 100,000 troops toward Ukraine
By Aamer Madhani / AP
December 30, 2021
Did We Just Blow Our Last, Best Chance?
2020 and 2021 were supposed to be landmark years for the planet, but leaders didn't deliver
By Justin Worland
December 30, 2021
How Major Elections Around the World Will Shape Global Politics in 2022
Elections brought significant changes in 2021: E.U. stalwart Angela Merkel ended her 16-year leadership of Germany, Chile elected a millennial socialist; and Hondurans chose their first female president. But in 2022 leadership of major states...
By Eloise Barry
December 30, 2021
Joe Biden's Biggest Challenges in 2022
Joe Biden enters his second year in office down in the polls, with a pandemic dragging on and nearly a third of Americans still hesitant to get vaccinated, a recovering economy strained by inflation and...
By Brian Bennett
December 29, 2021
Harry Reid, Understated Political Strategist, Dies
The former Senate Majority Leader knew his greatest strength was not soaring rhetoric but the inside game
By Molly Ball
December 28, 2021
Most Restaurants Fail. COVID-19 Made the Odds Worse
It's easy to poke fun at terrible restaurants, like the one on Gordon Ramsay's show Kitchen Nightmares that served a mayonnaise-and-cheese sushi pizza, or the Washington D.C. Popeyes that went viral after a video revealed...
By Abby Vesoulis
December 28, 2021
Working to Reduce Overdoses As COVID-19 Rages
Emily Baldwin remembers the morning she realized that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to make her job more difficult. It was the spring of 2020, and the novel coronavirus was raging on the east coast...
By Abigail Abrams
December 27, 2021
Ex S. Korean President Park Geun-hye Pardoned
The Justice Ministry said Park Geun-hye’s pardon is aimed at promoting national unity amid struggles during the COVID-19 pandemic
By Hyung-jin Kim/AP
December 24, 2021
This Infamous Russian Hacker Wants Your Crypto Investment
Entrepreneurs do not typically brag about their criminal records when promoting a new business venture. But Peter Levashov, one of Russia’s most notorious hackers, believes his rap sheet may help attract investors. “The U.S. government...
By Simon Shuster/New Haven, Conn.
December 23, 2021
Biden Pivots to Home Tests to Confront Omicron Surge
President Joe Biden announced the government will provide 500 million free rapid home-testing kits, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts
By AP/ JOSH BOAK, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and COLLEEN LONG
December 21, 2021
Afghanistan Watchdog Says Secrecy Hurt Oversight Effort
Perhaps no one in Washington is more knowledgeable about America’s failures in Afghanistan than John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
By W.J. Hennigan
December 21, 2021
Donald Trump Received a COVID-19 Booster Shot, And Got Booed for It
Before the booing, Trump told the audience that they should “take credit" for the success of the vaccines developed while he was in office
By Jill Colvin/AP
December 20, 2021
Nobody Should Be Surprised Joe Manchin Killed Biden’s Agenda
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. And just like that, Build Back Better died. With...
By Philip Elliott
December 20, 2021
Jane Roe's Oldest Daughter Talks Feminism, Abortion, and the Future of Roe v. Wade
It's an extraordinary moment for abortion in America. For the first time in a generation, the Supreme Court is seriously reconsidering the landmark 1973 precedent that established the constitutional right to abortion, Roe v. Wade....
By Abigail Abrams
December 20, 2021
Sens. Warren and Booker Test Positive for COVID-19
In statements Sunday, the fully-vaccinated Democrats said their COVID-19 symptoms were mild
By Associated Press
December 19, 2021
'I Just Can't'
Manchin told “Fox News Sunday” that he always has made clear he had reservations about the bill
By Alan Fram and Hope Yen/AP
December 19, 2021
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