Deborah Lipstadt came to her job as U.S. Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism with a boatload of credentials and a lifetime of experience. Her authority as a historian of the Holocaust had won not only awards, but also a historic...
As a journalist, I try not to reveal personal opinions. But I’m breaking that rule today, because as an American, there’s something I, a progressive Democrat and a journalist who has covered crypto for more than nine years, have...
At 17, I—a hijab-wearing Politics obsessed child of Sudanese immigrants growing up in the eastern suburbs of Minnesota’s Twin Cities—related to thousands of American Muslims who saw Somalia-born American politician Ilhan Omar’s...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Police said Monday that a “suspect vehicle” has been identified in connection with incendiary devices that set fires to ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state.Surveillance images captured a Volvo stopping...
When I step into the voting booth next week, I will participate in making my voice heard on local, state, and federal issues that range from a local transit tax, all the way to who will represent me in the U.S. House, Senate, and ultimately...
It’s that time of year again.Open enrollment is when you can sign up for Health insurance, make changes to your plan, or cancel your plan—whether that plan is through your job, Medicare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace....
The tone was lively while also sobering at TIME’s second annual Latino Leaders celebration in Los Angeles on Thursday, as guests acknowledged both the strides made and the challenges that remain in amplifying Latino voices, perspectives,...
LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors in Los Angeles say they will ask a court Friday to resentence Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989 and are serving life without the possibility of parole.Los Angeles...
DENVER — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animal rights group is trying to release the elephants from what they say is...
In less than two weeks, we will find out whether the inroads Donald Trump made with Latino voters in 2020 were an anomaly—or a sign of a deeper realignment. Yet the votes Latinos cast this November will tell us more about the way...
There is much to be gleaned from the U.S. government’s recent exposés of Russian state-backed influence operations. In documents unsealed in September, the Department of Justice detailed how organizations are using increasingly...
The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.With election day two weeks away, the group accused the former...
Stress levels, unlike the stubbornly static polling margins, are climbing to astronomical levels as we approach Election Day. I’m getting daily texts from far too many friends about the state of the ground game, biased polling practices,...
WASHINGTON — The assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened,” according to a bipartisan House panel that is investigating the shooting...
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she's going to make on a daily basis is a constant source of stress.“For every...
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump’s campaign stop at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday has sparked bemusement and bewilderment from onlookers. But the Golden Arches photo op was far from...
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Arkansas’ capital city of Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of white segregationists yelled threats and insults, has died at age 83.Mothershed Wair...
Two crew members who were missing following the crash of a fighter jet in mountainous terrain in Washington state during a routine training flight have been declared dead, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.The EA-18G Growler jet from the Electronic...
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Georgia authorities said Sunday they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven on Sapelo Island, where crowds had gathered for a fall celebration by the island’s...
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s Politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.As early voting kicked off on Saturday in Detroit, Kamala Harris was in one of the city’s high school...
When Bridgette Blount’s first grandchild was born in 2020, she knew it was time to transition from renting to homeownership. Her rent had been going up for years, and she wanted to ensure that her grandchild could come stay with...