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Carlos Barria / Reuters Stay Alive, Joe Biden
Democrats need little from the front-runner beyond his corporeal presence.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Anachronism
Joe Biden’s inclination toward physical contact tags him as a creature from another era.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Michael Cohen’s Made-for-TV Mea Culpa
In Trump’s television presidency, a former confidant has weaponized the medium.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Pelosi Won, Trump Lost
The government shutdown has revealed a new dynamic in Washington: The president has met his match.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Mattis’s Departure Was a Turning Point
And it is further proof that this president will attempt to destroy the reputation of anyone who crosses him.
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Mortiz Hager / Reuters Taking a Blowtorch to Debate
Steve Bannon and Colin Kaepernick share little in common, but the backlash each faces is rooted in a common rage.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Church of Trump
At the president’s rallies, his devotees find the relief of belonging—and something more, besides.
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Edgard Garrido / Reuters The Lost Ones
What will happen to the 463 migrant children whose parents have been deported?
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Loren Elliott / Reuters Can the Trump Administration Solve Its Own Disaster?
The deadline has passed to reunite the youngest migrant children with their families, but thousands of other children remain alone in the system.
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Edgard Garrido / Reuters The Republican Party Moves From Family Values to White Nationalism
The migrant crisis signals an end to one era for the GOP—and the terrifying start of a new one.
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Patrick Fallon / Reuters Extinguishing the Beacon of America
The Trump administration’s policy of separating families is designed to erase hope—with devastating consequences for thousands of children.
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Bryan Snyder / Reuters Melania Trump Derangement Syndrome
The first lady—and her extended withdrawal from public view—has been weaponized. To what end?
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Mark Makela /Reuters What Starbucks Got Right—and ABC Got Wrong—About Racism
A useful lesson in corporate contrition and the difference between trying to solve a problem and simply getting rid of one
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Jorge Silva / Reuters Burma's Collective Amnesia
Our family turned a blind eye to the country’s violence against Indians in the 1930s. But that pattern of persecution and denial continues to play out in Burma—and beyond—today.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The People Who Want to Be Americans
Amid the roar of the immigration debate, there are still those working quietly and diligently to become citizens.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Trump Battles Constraints on His Power
Frustrated by restrictions on his authority, the president seems to be finding new ways to pursue his political objectives.
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Alexander Koerner / Getty Will Harvey Weinstein Finally Kill the Old Boys' Network?
How many more days are left for the “dinosaurs” of media and entertainment to roam the Earth?
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump’s Most Lasting Legacy?
America’s courts—presently a thorn in the president’s side—are about to get a lot more conservative. And they will probably stay that way for a very long time.
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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Trump’s Selective Responses to Terror
The president is vocal when violence is perpetrated in the name of Islam—but remains mostly quiet when it comes from other corners.
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Reuters Staff The Pontiff Versus the Mogul
President Trump prepares to meet Pope Francis as his recently released budget shows just how different his philosophy is from the one that drives the leader of the world’s Catholics.
