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2 TIMESeptember 3–10 2018

ON THE COVER:

Illustration by Tim

O’Brien for TIME

4 |Conversation
6 |For the Record

The Brief
News from the U.S.
and around the world

7 |At theU. S.-
Mexico border
families remain
in limbo

10 |A resurgence
ofmeaslesin the
U.S. and Europe

13 |Remembering
Aretha Franklin

14 |TIME with...
defending U.S.
Open champion
Sloane Stephens

20 |Stargazing
in Vermont

The View

Ideas opinion

innovations

25 |Pope Francis

sexual abuse and

the future of the

Catholic Church

27 |Ian Bremmer

on the state of the

United Nations

30 |Susanna

Schrobsdorf on

older familyand

hard choices

31 |How to

raiseoptimistic

children

32 |Jon Meacham

on the parallels

betweenTrump

Nixon and

McCarthy

Time Of

What to watch

read see and do

99 |Troye Sivan

apop icon for the

digital generation

103 |New

parentingbooks

104 |The

summer of the

documentary

106 |New

romantic

comedies satisfy

a craving

108 |9 Questions

for actorJason

Bateman

Features

All the President’s Men

After two top allies are found guilty in

court Trump’s presidency enters its most

treacherous phase yetBy Brian Bennett 34

Trade Warrior

Former Hillary Clinton ally Peter Navarro

is now Trump’s most inluential trade

adviserBy Molly Ball 42

On Afghanistan’s Front Line

A irsthand account of a Taliban onslaught

and the U.S. military’s response

By W.J. Hennigan 48

Firebrand of Brazil

Far-right presidential hopeful Jair

Bolsonaro wants to take his country back

By Matt Sandy 58

The Real Power of Fake Pills

A new method of placebo treatments gains

legitimacyBy Alexandra Siferlin 64

The World’s Greatest Places

100 destinations to experience now 71

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On Aug. 16

residents of

Ghazni view

buildings

damaged

during a recent

Taliban siege

Photograph by

Emanuele Satolli

for TIME

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