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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Politics ## Politics *  Sara Stathas—The Washington Post/Getty Images; Daniel Boczarski—WisDems/Getty Images ## [Moderates Scramble to Stop Socialist in Wisconsin](https://time.com/article/2026/08/10/wisconsin-governor-primary-tuesday-francesca-hong-david-crowley/) by Philip Elliott *  Susan Walsh—AP ## [Hunter Biden Says His Father’s Cancer Has Spread Further](https://time.com/article/2026/08/09/-very-debilitating-hunter-biden-says-his-father-s-cancer-has-spread-further/) by T. Michelle Murphy *  Alex Wong—Getty Images ## [Trump Says Voters Are Angry With Republicans—But Not With Him. Here’s What Polls Show](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/trump-republicans-polls-approval-rating-midterms-economy-iran-war/) by Chantelle Lee  Sara Stathas—The Washington Post/Getty Images; Daniel Boczarski—WisDems/Getty Images ## [Moderates Scramble to Stop Socialist in Wisconsin](https://time.com/article/2026/08/10/wisconsin-governor-primary-tuesday-francesca-hong-david-crowley/) by Philip Elliott  Alex Wong—Getty Images ## [Trump Says Voters Are Angry With Republicans—But Not With Him. Here’s What Polls Show](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/trump-republicans-polls-approval-rating-midterms-economy-iran-war/) by Chantelle Lee  Susan Walsh—AP ## [Hunter Biden Says His Father’s Cancer Has Spread Further](https://time.com/article/2026/08/09/-very-debilitating-hunter-biden-says-his-father-s-cancer-has-spread-further/) by T. Michelle Murphy *  [Republican](/tag/republican/) ## [Cassidy to Support Trump-Backed Blanche for Attorney General](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/blanche-confirmation-attorney-general-republicans-murkowski-revolt-trump-pick/) by Tiago Ventura and Olivia-Anne Cleary [Republican](/tag/republican/) *  [citizenship](/tag/citizenship/) ## [Trump Seeks to Restrict Birthright Citizenship With New Orders](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/trump-executive-orders-birth-tourism-birthright-citizenship/) by Chad de Guzman [citizenship](/tag/citizenship/) *  [Republican](/tag/republican/) ## [Cassidy to Support Trump-Backed Blanche for Attorney General](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/blanche-confirmation-attorney-general-republicans-murkowski-revolt-trump-pick/) by Tiago Ventura and Olivia-Anne Cleary [Republican](/tag/republican/) *  [citizenship](/tag/citizenship/) ## [Trump Seeks to Restrict Birthright Citizenship With New Orders](https://time.com/article/2026/08/07/trump-executive-orders-birth-tourism-birthright-citizenship/) by Chad de Guzman [citizenship](/tag/citizenship/) *  [Republican Party](/tag/republican-party/) ## [Tucker Carlson Lays Out Manifesto After Vow to Help Form a Third Party](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/tucker-carlson-manifesto-third-party-speculation/) by Chantelle Lee [Republican Party](/tag/republican-party/) *  [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## [A Senate Panel Has Voted to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress. What Happens Next?](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/fauci-contempt-of-congress-vote-senate-what-next/) by Connor Greene [Congress](/tag/congress/) More Politics Stories ## Explore Politics *  Aug 6, 2026 ### [What's the Status of Trump's Border Wall?](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/trump-border-wall-immigration/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Connor Greene *  Aug 6, 2026 ### [Canada's Carney Mocks Trump Over Conspiracy Claims](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/canada-carney-trump-rift-teleprompter-malfunction-conspiracy/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Tiago Ventura *  Aug 6, 2026 ### [Congress May Phase Out Billions in Military Funding to Israel—but Deepen Ties Another Way](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/us-israel-military-funding-defense-bill-ndaa/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Miranda Jeyaretnam *  Aug 6, 2026 ### [Trump Labels Abdul El-Sayed a Hateful ‘Communist’](https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/trump-abdul-el-sayed-hate-communist/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Chad de Guzman *  Aug 5, 2026 ### [Todd Blanche Kept Trump’s Tax Audit Shield. It Could Erase a $100 Million IRS Bill](https://time.com/article/2026/08/05/trump-tax-audit-immunity-shield-blanche-irs-settlement/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Chantelle Lee *  Aug 5, 2026 ### [Progressives Rack Up Primary Wins, Testing Electability Assumptions](https://time.com/article/2026/08/05/progressives-rack-up-primary-wins/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Rebecca Schneid *  Aug 5, 2026 ### [Michigan Senate Primary's Winners and Losers](https://time.com/article/2026/08/05/the-winners-and-losers-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-primary-win/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Philip Elliott *  Aug 5, 2026 ### [Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary](https://time.com/article/2026/08/05/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-michigan-democratic-senate-primary-election-result/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Nik Popli *  Aug 5, 2026 ### [Feds Investigate Armed Man Arrested at Trump Golf Course Before President’s Visit](https://time.com/article/2026/08/05/jeanine-john-taele-arrested-charged-gun-trump-golf-club-california/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Chad de Guzman *  Aug 4, 2026 ### [These 25 U.S. States Are Suing the Trump Administration. Here's Why](https://time.com/article/2026/08/04/us-states-suing-trump-administration-tariffs-backlash/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Tiago Ventura *  Aug 4, 2026 ### [Why ICE Is Quietly Buying Up Private Detention Centers](https://time.com/article/2026/08/04/ice-detention-strategy-private-prisons-immigration-deportation/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Philip Wang *  Aug 4, 2026 ### [Democrats Lead Republicans in Polls Three Months Ahead of Midterms](https://time.com/article/2026/08/04/midterm-elections-republicans-democrats-polls-economy-trump/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Chad de Guzman *  Aug 3, 2026 ### [Michigan’s Senate Primary Turns Ugly](https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/michigan-el-sayed-stevens-democrats-israel/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Philip Elliott *  Aug 3, 2026 ### [Blanche Wins GOP Backing After Rescinding ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’](https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/blanche-wins-gop-backing-after-rescinding-anti-weaponization-fund-/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Rebecca Schneid *  Aug 3, 2026 ### [Sen. Bernie Moreno Says Former Son-in-Law Max Miller Shouldn’t Serve in Congress](https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/bernie-moreno-max-miller-ohio-abuse-allegations-congress/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Chad de Guzman ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"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"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}}]}] ```