TIME’s photo editors bring you the best political pictures from May.
Scandal, Storms and Weiner: The Best Political Photos in May
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President Barack Obama checks to see if he still needs the umbrella held by a U.S. Marine to protect him from the rain during a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 16, 2013.