Other fabricated Time magazine covers drew from real-world tensions. For instance, a viral image compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler on what appeared to be a Time cover.

It is unlikely that Mr. Trump didn’t know whether Time magazine was still in business. His own face had, after all, stared out from its cover only two months ago, when the magazine anointed him ...

In a provocative move that could be aimed at stoking President Donald Trump’s ire, Time magazine’s latest print cover features Elon Musk behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. The ...