Exclusives

+National Security | 32 days ago

The Last Days of Osama bin Laden

By Massimo Calabresi
B.K.Bangash / AP

As U.S. Navy Seals burst into his fortress-like compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, nearly one year ago, Osama bin Laden turned to the youngest of his four wives and said his last words: “Don’t turn on the light.”

+96 days ago

Exclusive Interview: Marco Rubio Challenges His Own Party on Latino Outreach

By Michael Scherer
Peter Hapak for TIME

In an interview for the upcoming cover story in TIME, Republican Senator Marco Rubio says he wants his party to adopt a new tone to appeal to Latino voters. Excerpts of that conversation follow.

+Interviews | 112 days ago

Prosecutor Preet Bharara in His Own Words: Battling ‘a Creeping Culture of Corruption’

By Massimo Calabresi
Martin Schoeller for TIME

For this week’s cover story, Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who has been making high-profile busts on Wall Street, gave TIME a rare and extensive on-the-record interview at his Manhattan offices on January 24.  An edited version of that conversation follows.

+Interviews | 130 days ago

Inside Obama’s World: The President talks to TIME About the Changing Nature of American Power

By Fareed Zakaria
Christopher Morris / VII for TIME

In an exclusive interview with TIME’s Fareed Zakaria, President Obama opens up on Iran, Afghanistan, China and the challenges the U.S. faces in navigating a rapidly changing world. A full transcript of their conversation follows

+131 days ago

President Obama: Romney Foreign Policy Attacks Will Wither in ‘Serious Debate’

By Michael Scherer
Christopher Morris / VII for TIME

President Obama dismissed Republican rival Mitt Romney’s critiques of his foreign policy credentials Wednesday in an exclusive TIME interview, saying the GOP front runner’s attacks are little more than primary posturing that will wither under the glare of “a serious debate.”

+Interviews | 256 days ago

Rick Perry Exclusive: The GOP’s Fiery Front-Runner

By Dennis Wong
Photograph by Platon for TIME

The hard-charging governor commands a Texas-sized lead in the polls. In an interview with TIME’s Richard Stengel and Mark Halperin, Perry defends his controversial résumé and explains why Americans aren't looking for "political correctness" in 2012. Lightly edited excerpts follow.

+268 days ago

Big Name Investors Behind Obama’s Failed Green Tech Bet First in Line to Recoup Losses

By Michael Grunwald
Ken James / Bloomberg via Getty Images

Republicans are already dancing on the grave of Solyndra, the solar panel manufacturer that received a $535 million federal loan in 2009 and collapsed on Wednesday. Here’s more music they can dance to: Sources tell me the Obama administration restructured the loan this winter, so taxpayers probably won’t even be the first creditors to get [...]

+Video 291 days ago

Q&A: Rick Perry Is Ready to Run

By Adam Sorensen

Rick Perry is primed to announce his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Saturday in South Carolina. TIME’s Mark Halperin caught up with the Texas governor in Austin and asked him about his feelings on a White House run, his conservative credentials and his rumored rocky relationship with the Bushes. Lightly edited highlights from [...]

+325 days ago

Has Nancy Pelosi Been Marginalized in the Debt Debate?

By Jay Newton-Small
Alex Brandon / AP Photo

At Thursday’s White House meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner laid out in stark terms the awful economic repercussions of allowing the debt ceiling to lapse. Everyone in the room agreed that defaulting on U.S. debt would be disastrous and that something must be done. At that point, Nancy Pelosi [...]

+382 days ago

Behind the Decision to Ask Bob Mueller to Stay at the FBI

By Barton Gellman
REUTERS / Jason Reed

Attorney General Eric Holder stunned Bob Mueller when he told the FBI director late last month that President Obama wanted him to stay on for two more years. Mueller, 66, was already the longest serving director since J. Edgar Hoover, and he is poised to become the first to outlast the 10-year term that Congress [...]