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The Great American Redistricting Race Has Begun

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By Philip Elliott October 13, 2021

Why Regulating Facebook’s Algorithm Could Be Unconstitutional

Taking aim at the algorithm instead of breaking up the company through antitrust law would be a novel approach that would almost certainly invite legal challenges

By Julia Zorthian October 13, 2021

How Ravkoo Pharmacy Sold Millions Worth of Ivermectin

A TIME investigation reveals how a company with a history of criminal behavior secured taxpayer funds to prop up a business distributing dubious drugs to misinformed patients

By Vera Bergengruen October 13, 2021

Boston Marathon Bomber Supreme Court Case Exposes Split Between Biden and Justice Department on Death Penalty

Attorneys will stand before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday and argue the fate of one of the most infamous members of federal death row: Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. While the case could have...

By Madeleine Carlisle October 12, 2021

Abortion Cases Are Waning America's Trust in the Supreme Court

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. When the Supreme Court Justices settled in this morning...

By Philip Elliott October 12, 2021

Health Experts Condemn Biden's Border Rules

Biden is using Title 42, a 75-year-old public health measure, to expel more than 700,000 migrants

By Jasmine Aguilera October 12, 2021

As Bannon Bucks Subpoena, Trump Fights Power of Jan. 6 Probe

For months, the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has waited to hear from the people closest to Donald Trump to shed light on what the former President was doing as hundreds of...

By Nik Popli October 8, 2021

Trump Hotel Lost $70M Despite Millions in Foreign Business

Trump's company lost more than $70 million on his D.C. hotel during his time in office despite taking in millions from foreign governments.

By BERNARD CONDON / AP October 8, 2021

This Is the White House's Plan to Take on Facebook

President Joe Biden wants Congress to strengthen antitrust laws, make sure privacy is better protected, and rewrite Section 230

By Brian Bennett October 7, 2021

What Facebook’s Very Bad Week Means for Antitrust Reform

Facebook's week of bad news has brought urgency to long-running calls to update the country’s laws governing monopolies

By Abby Vesoulis October 7, 2021

McConnell’s Debt Ceiling Deal Just Kicks Democrats’ Problems Down the Road

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. Mitch McConnell faced two futures. Both featured scorched earth....

By Philip Elliott October 7, 2021

Thousands of Public Servants Could Get Student Loans Erased

The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements—a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, social workers,...

By COLLIN BINKLEY / AP October 6, 2021

Execs Pocketed Millions During Meltdown

We’re talking about a grand total of $571 million in bonuses to more than 16,600 leaders at companies that were—or are—in deep, deep trouble

By Philip Elliott October 6, 2021

What Americans Don’t Know About the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Hurts All of Us

After two years as a representative of OxyContin’s victims in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy, I’m finally breaking my silence. I served as a co-chair of the Unsecured Creditors Committee inside the case, appointed by the...

By Ryan Hampton October 6, 2021

How Fixing Facebook's Algorithm Could Help Teens—and Democracy

Frances Haugen's testimony depoliticized the conversation about Facebook, making it less about extremism and more about kids' mental health.

By Charlotte Alter October 5, 2021

Biden Is Feeling the Climate Pressure As COP26 Looms

"People's worst fear is that...the political system in the United States can't deliver."

By Justin Worland October 5, 2021

Gen. Stanley McChrystal Would Have Done Things Differently in Afghanistan

Stanley A. McChrystal’s only child, Sam, used to be in a punk rock band. Two, actually: The Welfare Babies and The Lucky Scars. They played the circuit a bit back in the early 2000s, when...

By Belinda Luscombe October 5, 2021

Promised U.S. Aid to Haiti Has Yet to Arrive

As the United States moves quickly to deport thousands of Haitians, the Biden Administration has repeatedly promised to support the migrants upon their return to their impoverished home country. But more than a week after...

By Jasmine Aguilera October 4, 2021

The Problem With Housing Choice Vouchers

The only thing that's clear after a week of Democratic infighting on Capitol Hill over a proposed $3.5 trillion social spending package is that lawmakers will have to trim hundreds of billions—if not trillions—from their...

By Abby Vesoulis October 4, 2021

The Battle Over Funding for At-Home Care

With moderate Democrats threatening to tank the White House's sweeping, $3.5 trillion economic package, President Joe Biden's long-standing promise to support older and disabled Americans is in jeopardy. As a candidate during the height of...

By Abigail Abrams October 4, 2021

Inside the U.S. Base Where Afghans Wait

On the last morning of September, dozens of Afghan children cheered on their older brothers as they played a lively game of soccer with U.S. Army soldiers on a military base in rural Wisconsin. As...

By Vera Bergengruen/Fort McCoy, Wis. October 4, 2021

What Does Kyrsten Sinema Want?

When Arizona Republican Steve May was first introduced to then-state legislator Kyrsten Sinema in the early 2000s, she wouldn’t even say hello. “At the time, all she knew about me was that I was an...

By Charlotte Alter October 2, 2021

Surprising Data Shows Political Letter-Writing Still Gets Out the Vote

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. I’ll be the first to admit it: I rolled...

By Philip Elliott October 1, 2021

Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tests Positive for COVID-19

(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since January....

By Associated Press October 1, 2021

Progressives Throw Biden's Agenda Into Doubt

Progressives claimed victory Thursday night after a planned infrastructure vote was delayed following their vows to oppose it

By Charlotte Alter October 1, 2021

Joe Biden Signs Bill to Avert a Partial Government Shutdown

The legislation is needed to keep the government running once the current budget year ends

By KEVIN FREKING / AP September 30, 2021

Dems’ Infighting Jeopardizes Housing Vouchers

As Democrats spar over a sweeping bipartisan infrastructure bill and an even bigger budget reconciliation package that includes funding for everything from universal pre-k to free community college, the fate of a historic investment in...

By Abby Vesoulis September 30, 2021

Kathy Hochul Faced Childcare Struggles and Sexism at Work. Now She’s New York’s First Woman Governor

A month into New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s term, Andrew Cuomo has become a ghost. Almost nobody in the governor’s office mentions his name. In a recent hour-long interview, Hochul called him only “this past...

By Charlotte Alter September 30, 2021

What the U.S. War on Terror Looks Like After Afghanistan

Despite Biden’s pledges to end America’s 'forever wars,' the U.S. is embroiled in counterterrorism efforts at Camp Lemonnier.

By W.J. Hennigan/Camp Lemmonier, Djibouti September 30, 2021

Why Joe Biden Isn’t Strong-Arming the Senate Democrats Holding Up His Agenda

Senators have spent hours on the custard-colored couches of Joe Biden’s Oval Office over the past several days. Dozens of chocolate chip cookies have been passed out. Irish poetry has been quoted. In one White...

By Brian Bennett September 29, 2021

The Major Supreme Court Cases to Watch This Fall

The nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench to hear oral arguments on Oct. 4, kicking off what could be one of the most monumental terms in years. After an...

By Madeleine Carlisle September 29, 2021

Donald Trump Still Leads The Republicans—And That’s Bad for Almost Everybody

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. Donald Trump is out of office. That doesn’t mean...

By Philip Elliott September 29, 2021

To Build Back Better, Tax Ultra-Wealthy Families Like Ours

After a summer of speculation, the contours of the deal needed to pass President Joe Biden’s popular “Build Back Better” agenda are becoming clear. To win key votes, Congress will have to find fresh sources...

By Liesel Pritzker Simmons September 29, 2021

Progressives Are 'Holding the Line' for Spending Bill

After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested that she may push through the bipartisan infrastructure bill ahead of the Democrats' larger social spending package, some House progressives say they are sticking with their original position: they...

By Charlotte Alter September 28, 2021

Democrats Head Toward Piecemeal Infrastructure Votes As Coalition Frays

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. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had never wavered. She said...

By Philip Elliott September 28, 2021

Biden's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Frustrated OSHA

When President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Sept. 9 to impose strict COVID-19 vaccination and testing protocols on large businesses, the OSHA employees were ready. It marked the first...

By Julia Zorthian September 27, 2021

Germany's Election Produced No Clear Winner. What Happens Next?

Now the coalition building begins

By Eloise Barry September 27, 2021

Infrastructure and Reconciliation: A Guide to Congress’ Week

It’s crunch time on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue. Both the White House and Democrats in Congress are scrambling to pass two bills that will form the cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s legislative legacy: a...

By Alana Abramson September 27, 2021

Joe Biden Gets His Booster Shot

After regulators approved a third dose for some at-risk groups

By Zeke Miller / Associated Press September 27, 2021

Joe Biden's Effort to Pass His Domestic Agenda

This is not how Joe Biden wanted September to go. He expected to be barnstorming the country in the closing weeks of negotiations on his signature spending plan, pitching the expansion of health care benefits...

By Brian Bennett September 24, 2021

Haaland: Petito Case a Reminder of Missing Native Americans

Deb Haaland said news coverage of the Gabby Petito case should be a reminder of hundreds of indigenous women who are missing or murdered.

By MATTHEW DALY / AP September 24, 2021

EU Climate Chief: U.S. and Europe Need to Tackle Climate Change Together

A few short months before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, announced an ambitious initiative to tackle climate change that would transform every sector of...

By Justin Worland September 24, 2021

U.S. Lawmaker Wants to Ban Booze ‘To Go’ at Airports

Rep. Peter DeFazio said he witnessed a passenger at an airport bar order three shots of alcohol in a cup he could take with him

By Alan Levin and Keith Laing/Bloomberg September 24, 2021

‘Defund the Police’ Was a Catchy Slogan. It’s Also Why a Policing Bill Fell Apart

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. Richard Nixon had an energy crisis on his hands...

By Philip Elliott September 23, 2021

Former U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis Testifies in Elizabeth Holmes Fraud Trial

Mattis joined the Theranos board of directors in 2013, though he had no medical background, and invested in the company

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE/AP September 23, 2021

Joe Biden Scrambles to Unite Democrats Behind His Agenda

Joe Biden ran for president promising to be a savvy dealmaker in Congress. But now, with his domestic agenda threatened by disagreements within his own party, he is facing the ultimate test. Biden spent Wednesday...

By Alana Abramson September 23, 2021

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The Biden Administration Frames Climate Change as a 'Systemic' Economic Risk

Why It's Critical that Jan. 6 Rioters’ Rights Are Respected

Biden's IRS Bank Reporting Proposal Will Foster Tax Fairness

Social Security Benefits Get the Biggest Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 39 Years

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