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Haley Sweetland Edwards
Haley Sweetland Edwards is the Nation Editor at TIME.
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Why Trump's Call for a Special Prosecutor Is Different
Donald Trump promised at the presidential debate Sunday night that, if elected, he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server.“If I win, I am going to instruct...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
October 10, 2016
Here's What Trump Got Wrong About Mexico's Taxes
After Donald Trump suggested at the presidential debate last week that foreign countries’ value-added tax, or VAT, amounts to a tariff on American companies, the idea appeared, briefly, to gain steam.“When we sell into Mexico,...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
October 2, 2016
How Real Are the Risks of a Rigged Election?
When Donald Trump began telling crowds this summer that if he loses the race for the White House, it will be because Democrats “cheated,” he was doing more than hedging his bets. He was tapping...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
September 29, 2016
Trump's Plans Would Add $5.3 Trillion to the National Debt
Raising it by more than a fourth
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
September 21, 2016
Here's Why It's Almost Impossible to Hack the Election
Elections are decentralized, most voters will use paper ballots and voting machines aren't connected to the internet.
By Haley Sweetland Edwards and Chris Wilson
September 21, 2016
See How Likely It Is That Your Voting Booth Gets Hacked
The most vulnerable machines are largely in Republican-leaning counties
By Haley Sweetland Edwards and Chris Wilson
September 19, 2016
Clinton Proposes Fix to Epi-Pen Price Problem
After weighing in with a tweet last week on the drug company Mylan’s controversial decision to raise the price of EpiPens, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton proposed a new plan on Friday to combat similar price...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
September 2, 2016
Why the Generic EpiPen Still Doesn't Solve the Problem
It’s the oldest negotiating trick in the book: If you come off the starting block with an outlandish offer, any capitulation feels comparatively reasonable.After raising the list price of EpiPen, the life-saving severe allergy medication...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
August 29, 2016
Mylan's Fix to EpiPen's High Cost Still Hurts Consumers
When Mylan announced Thursday that it will take “immediate action” to reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients that rely on the EpiPen, it was a last ditch effort to quiet the furor that has battered the...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
August 25, 2016
Cracks In the Obamacare Crystal Ball
Health insurance companies make money by predicting the future. To set rates, quants with complex computer algorithms try to estimate not just the health of the people who will sign up for their plans but...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
August 18, 2016
What Trump Got Wrong About Unemployment
Correction appended, Aug. 9, 2016In his speech on the economy Monday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump touched on one of his favorite topics: the supposedly huge number of Americans who don’t have a job.Lamenting “a...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
August 8, 2016
Division On Trade Disrupts Democratic Convention
A building rebellion
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
July 28, 2016
Two Republicans Make An Unlikely Plea: Vote Hillary
Perhaps the last place you’d expect to find John Stubbs or Ricardo Reyes, two former George W. Bush administration officials and ardent Republicans who retired from politics years ago, is at the Democratic National Convention...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Philadelphia
July 26, 2016
Concern Over Two Beer Giants' Blockbuster Merger
Enforcement is the question
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
July 26, 2016
Fact-Checking Donald Trump's Acceptance Speech
Checking his facts
By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Cleveland
July 22, 2016
Protest Flares Up at Convention
Mass confusion erupted at a not-so-mass protest Wednesday afternoon outside the Republican National Convention in downtown Cleveland.A crowd of a few thousand people—a handful of protesters and counter-protesters, but mostly police officers and passers-by—gathered at...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Cleveland
July 20, 2016
The Disconnect Over the Economy at the Republican Convention
Judging only from a few of the keynote speeches at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night, you’d be forgiven for thinking that unemployment was skyrocketing, job growth was moribund and the American economy was in...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
July 19, 2016
Melania's Call for Cooperation
After several hours of outraged speeches and fevered anger at the Republican National Convention Monday night, presumptive candidate Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, used her speech to sound an unexpectedly calm and conciliatory note, calling for...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Cleveland
July 19, 2016
Republicans Embrace Populist Plank on Wall Street Reform
Republicans adopted a significant, if largely symbolic, populist plank in the party platform on Monday, calling for a reinstatement of Glass-Steagall, a Depression-era law designed to protect taxpayers from Wall Street’s excesses.That’s a surprise. The...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards
July 18, 2016
Few Mega Donors Are Ponying Up for the Conventions
With the Republican National Convention kicking off Monday, and the Democrats following the week after, one thing is clear: The American public has almost no idea which wealthy donors, corporations, super PACs or lobbyists have...
By Haley Sweetland Edwards / Cleveland and Chris Wilson
July 18, 2016
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