After nearly 13 hours, Sen. Rand Paul ended his filibuster over the government’s legal authority to kill, via drone strike, a …
Debates
Watch a Live Google+ Hangout with TIME’s Politics Team
Join TIME’s politics team at 11 a.m. (EST) Tuesday for a Google+ Hangout discussing Monday night’s presidential debate.
What Happened at the Last Presidential Debate
Twenty-four debates ago, the nation began a democratic journey, a live-television experiment in primetime controlled chaos, filled with flubs, one-liners, crosstalk and body shots. Now it is all coming to an end.
Debate Finale: Romney Agrees with Obama, Says Give Peace a Chance
Romney didn’t draw a clear policy contrast but sounded like a plausible Commander in Chief. And he avoided the Dick Cheney Halloween mask that Obama wants to pull over his face
The Third Debate: Obama Wins on Style and Substance
President Obama won the foreign policy debate, cleanly and decisively, on both style and substance. It was as clear a victory as Mitt Romney’s in the first debate.
Obama, Romney Spar on Mid East Policy in Final Presidential Debate
President Obama took aim at Mitt Romney‘s foreign policy Monday night, using the final presidential debate to portray the Republican nominee as callow and unsteady on international affairs while emphasizing his own role in …
Liveblogging the Final Presidential Debate
TIME’s politics team brings you up-to-the-minute Twitter commentary and coverage throughout the Boca Raton, Florida debate.
Five Things to Watch for in Monday’s Foreign Policy Debate
On Monday night, just two weeks and a day before the election, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will square off in Boca Raton, Fla., for their third debate. The subject matter of this final …
How to Lose a Winnable U.S. Senate Race
Arizona Senate Candidate Richard Carmona had everything going for him. Until he made one very ill-advised joke.
Unpacking Tuesday Night’s Libya ‘Moment’
Perhaps the most dramatic moment of Tuesday night’s debate was the tense exchange over how Barack Obama first described the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate that led to the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. …
Watching the Second Presidential Debate–With the Sound Off
As my colleagues listened to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s town hall debate Tuesday night, I pushed the mute button once again and prepared to determine a champion based on pantomime alone.
What Happened at the Second Presidential Debate
0 minutes. Both men mean business. They are out with smiles, mouthed “Thank You’s” and a perfunctory handshake. The American people have been subjected to political debates for more than a year. But this one is bigger than …
Finally, Obama Makes the Case for Four More Years
The argument for reelecting President Obama is not obvious, since the economy is bad, but it’s not all that complex either. I’d say it’s a five-part argument. And tonight, the president finally made all five parts. The big news from this debate will probably be the searing exchange over Libya, but after I shredded Obama’s no-show …
