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TIME's Joe Klein sat down for an interview with President Barack Obama in the White House on Jan. 15, the eve of his first anniversary in office

Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown talks with Karen Tumulty about his upset win in a heavily Democratic state

The U.S. State Department sends jazz musicians as cultural ambassadors to countries like Pakistan

Mujib Rahman wanted to be the first Bangladeshi elected to New York's City Council. His strategy: tell voters about his opponent's sexuality

Romesh Ratnesar, Joe Klein, and Michael Elliot tell us what Obama's recognition means now, and for the rest of his presidency

TIME's Jay Newton-Small talks with potential McCain challenger J.D. Hayworth

TIME's Steven Gray talks to Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm about the state's budget crisis and how she plans to restore the state's industry

The Texas Congressman has run for President twice: once as a Republican and once as a Libertarian. He answers reader questions here

Host Katherine Lanpher talks to TIME writer Kate Pickert about the Baucus Plan, the leading contender to fix health care

TIME's political team discusses how Ted Kennedy’s death will affect the health care debate, who’s likely to replace Kennedy - and how that process could play out.

Over the past year, the junior Senator from Massachusetts has become the man to see on health care reform, foreign policy and energy issues

TIME's Editor in Chief Rick Stengel talks with Kurt Andersen, author of Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America

TIME's political team talks about how scandal could further hamper New Jersey Gov. Corzine, Sarah Palin's replacement in Alaska and excerpts of Karen Tumulty's exclusive interview with President Obama

Katherine Lanpher breaks down what healthcare reform means to you with TIME writer Kate Pickert

Katherine Lanpher talks with TIME's National Political Correspondent Karen Tumulty about the stalemate over healthcare in Washington