As Barack Obama campaigns for a second term, TIME’s photo editors recap his White House tenure to date.
Congress
Obama’s Tax Stance: Averting a Class War Within the Democratic Party
President Obama said Monday that he wants Congress to immediately pass an extension of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts for families’ first $250,000 in income. Republicans won’t do this unless Obama agrees to extend the tax cuts …
The Future of the Affordable Care Act: Uncertain, At Best
There are two health care-related sideshows playing out in Washington. One is a semantic argument about whether the fine for not having health insurance under Obamacare is a “penalty,” as the law’s author’s originally …
Political Pictures of the Week, June 23-29
From the healthcare ruling to the campaign trail, TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Obama’s Big Health Care Win: An Incredible Stroke of Luck
During the Tea Party summer of 2009, when suburban revolutionaries with funny hats and nasty signs began screaming about Obamacare and tyranny, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel urged the President to settle for a less comprehensive …
Political Pictures of the Week, June 1-8
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Dire Jobs Report Throws Washington into the Pressure Cooker
It’s bad, man. The May unemployment report released Friday morning didn’t just announce one month of lethargic job growth — 69,000 added, fewer than necessary to even keep up with population growth. The government’s regular …
Political Pictures of the Week, May 5-11
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
Richard Lugar and the Death of the GOP Foreign Policy Moderates
Everyone understands that Tea Party-era Republicans have moved right on domestic policies like taxes and entitlements. At the same time, there’s a sense that In the Tea Party era, there’s a sense that Republicans have mellowed on foreign policy—that the post-9/11 neocon-hawk moment has passed, and restraint has taken over among …
Political Pictures of the Week, March 17-23
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.
What We’ve Learned from Paul Ryan’s New Budget
Republicans’ cherubic budget crusader, Paul Ryan, unveiled the latest House GOP budget on Tuesday morning. It won’t become law anytime soon, but it can still tell us a few things about the state of fiscal politics in 2012.
Can an Upstart Occupy-Supporter Compete with Michele Bachmann?
Anne Nolan formally announced her bid for Minnesota’s 6th-district House seat on March 9. The following Monday, she was still her own campaign manager and press secretary, a one-woman-show without an official website. This level of organization places her in a very different league from her competition: Rep. Michele Bachmann, the …
Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 25-March 2
TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures of the past week from the Beltway and beyond.