I haven’t read any stories about the innocent children and teachers whose lives were cut short because they went to school at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday. I couldn’t read about the innocent victims who died because they …
White House
‘These Tragedies Must End’: Obama Promises Change at Newtown Vigil, but Can He Deliver?
At a moment of almost incomprehensible horror and suffering, Barack Obama delivered elegiac remarks at a Sunday-night prayer vigil in Newtown, Conn. The powerful speech hit a haunting apex as the President quietly read off …
Obama Pledges ‘Meaningful Action’ After Connecticut Shooting
Wiping tears from his eyes, President Barack Obama urged the nation to “come together” in the wake of a shooting that left more than two dozen people dead, many of them children, Friday morning at a Connecticut elementary school.
Susan Rice Bows Out from Secretary of State Consideration
There’s a view that politics and national security should be oil and water–that some iron rule of Washington should make the two impossible to mix. In reality, it doesn’t work that way. Even so, Susan Rice’s removal of her name …
Obama: Susan Rice Withdraws from Secretary of State Consideration
Statement by the President on Ambassador Rice
Today, I spoke to Ambassador Susan Rice, and accepted her decision to remove her name from consideration for Secretary of State. For two decades, Susan has proven to be an extraordinarily capable, patriotic, and passionate public servant. As my Ambassador to the United Nations, she plays …
Politics
In 55 wide-ranging lists, TIME surveys the highs and lows, the good and the bad of the past 12 months
Obama Abroad: Scenes of a U.S. President in Burma
Images capture President Obama’s historic tour of Burma, the first visit to the isolated nation by an American head of state.
Exclusive: Obama’s 2012 Digital Fundraising Outperformed 2008
Nearly a year ago, Barack Obama’s campaign manager Jim Messina took to YouTube with an expletive-laden post-holiday message for supporters. “People have speculated that this is a billion dollar campaign,” Messina said. …
Refinishing the Cabinet
As President Obama ponders the shape of his second cabinet, here are some of the names in line for key posts
What Happened at the Vice-Presidential Debate
2 minutes. They lock eyes from across the room, and neither man can look away. Big flag pin and little flag pin. Bulky suit and fitted suit. Lots of hair and little hair. A match is made, a connection struck. Their whitened …
The Vice-Presidential Debate: Biden in Command
This was a fine, fascinating, energetic debate. Joe Biden won — certainly on the substance, although he lost a bit on the body language. His frustrated smiles, head shakes, etc., etc., will become a Republican talking point and …
Blue Truth, Red Truth
Both candidates say White House hopefuls should talk straight with voters. Here’s why neither man is ready to take his own advice
Campaign Poll: Which Candidate Is Being More Truthful?
Both the Obama and Romney campaigns have made claims that the other side is lying, and that the ensuing scrutiny of such claims has been biased. Now it’s time to cast your vote.