Carlos Menchaca, who bowed out of the New York City mayoral race last month, will endorse his former opponent.
The trial of Brendan Hunt, an avid Trump backer and New York City resident, will be one of the justice system’s first attempts to grapple with the events of Jan. 6.
You don’t hear his name as much. But as far as the G.O.P. is concerned, the former president rules.
The bill, which was recently softened, still includes measures like a ban on outside groups giving water to voters near polling places, and it would also empower partisan observers during the ballot-counting process.
The endorsement comes at a critical time for the city comptroller, who has struggled to gain traction in the race.
No woman with his résumé would have a chance of becoming New York’s mayor.
The company said it planned to limit posts that contain misinformation and hate speech related to the trial to keep them from spilling over into real-world harm.
The Biden administration is off to a good start on housing, but it could be doing much more.
The country is increasingly split into camps that don’t just disagree on policy and politics — they see the other as alien, immoral, a threat. Such political sectarianism is now on the march.
The ballot order for the June 22 New York mayoral primary was decided by lottery, not alphabetical order, but Andrew Yang will still appear last.
A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who’s actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who’s actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
The lawmakers, who encouraged their followers to protest in Washington on Jan. 6, have capitalized on the riot to draw huge campaign donations.
Democrats are breathing easier. Republicans are crying censorship. For all of the country’s news consumers, a strange quiet has descended after a four-year bombardment of presidential verbiage.
This year’s election is shaping up to be the city’s first in which super PACs play a major role.
A study by a liberal group found a reverse coattails effect in 2020: Down-ballot candidates may have helped elect President Biden, rather than the other way around.
Vernon Jones, a Democrat-turned-Republican and former state representative who has called Georgia’s presidential election “fixed,” will oppose Gov. Brian Kemp, one of Donald Trump’s top targets.
The Working Families Party endorsed three candidates, and Andrew Yang encountered some animosity.
Scott Stringer’s deep experience in New York City politics has yet to translate into momentum in the mayor’s race. Could an endorsement from the Working Families Party help?
Just like when Donald J. Trump was a candidate in 2016, rival Republicans are trying to avoid becoming the target of his attacks or directly confronting him, while hoping someone else will.
Just like when Donald J. Trump was a candidate in 2016, rival Republicans are trying to avoid becoming the target of his attacks or directly confronting him, while hoping someone else will.
Justice Democrats, a left-wing group that fueled the rise of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is backing Rana Abdelhamid’s primary bid.
Joe Biden never captured the hearts of Democratic voters in the way Barack Obama once did. But now that he is in office, he is drawing nearly universal approval from his party.
Justice Democrats, a left-wing group that fueled the rise of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, is backing Rana Abdelhamid’s primary bid.
Joe Biden never captured the hearts of Democratic voters in the way Barack Obama once did. But now that he is in office, he is drawing nearly universal approval from his party.
But the internal contradictions of “woke capitalism” are a mixed blessing for the Democratic Party.
The actions were driven by anger over the governor’s refusal to overturn the state’s 2020 results in favor of Trump.
Five competing Democratic polling firms put their heads (and their data) together about 2020.
State Republicans pushing a new voting law are threatening to use a rarely invoked option to circumvent a promised veto by the governor. And Michigan businesses are trying to get out ahead of the issue.
The company was responding to a motion filed by Fox that argued that mentions of Smartmatic were part of its reporting on a newsworthy event.
The super PAC, Priorities USA, argued in a new analysis that Democrats spent billions of dollars in campaign cash in ways that failed to target many of the voters needed to win down-ballot races.
The Democratic primary that will likely determine the next mayor is fast approaching, and the race is heating up among top contenders.
Candidates vied for the backing of the influential teachers’ union and other players, and one contender made a journey to Minneapolis.
With the primary weeks away, candidates are sharpening their attacks, ramping up in-person events and preparing to spend the millions of dollars that they have stockpiled.
Even as New York has veered toward the left, two more-moderate candidates, Andrew Yang and Eric Adams, lead the mayoral race.
After resisting Donald Trump’s demands to overturn Georgia’s election results, Gov. Brian Kemp was an outcast in his own party. Now he’s embraced the state’s new voting bill as a way to rebuild his standing.
Mike Pence. Mike Pompeo. Rick Scott. They share big ambitions, but one name hovers above them all …
An uneasy détente has emerged between congressional Republicans and Democrats after the Jan. 6 attack, but relationships are badly frayed.
The National Republican Congressional Committee says to donors who opt out of recurring monthly donations: “We will have to tell Trump you’re a DEFECTOR.”
The National Republican Congressional Committee says to donors who opt out of recurring monthly donations: “We will have to tell Trump you’re a DEFECTOR.”
Republican lawmakers and the state’s Democratic governor backed a new law that proved the exception to the trend of G.O.P.-led legislatures moving to restrict ballot access.
Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s talk, on the nature of the court’s authority, had a valedictory quality.
In his new book, John Boehner, the Republican former House speaker, sharply rebukes the former president for his role in the “mob violence” at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
It affects everyone from Joe Manchin to Joe Biden.
At a debate for Virginia governor, Mr. Fairfax, the state’s lieutenant governor, denounced Mr. McAuliffe for urging him to resign after women accused Mr. Fairfax of sexual assault in 2019.
On the campaign trail, Joseph R. Biden Jr. had pledged to reverse his predecessor’s land mine policy. A Pentagon spokesman said the matter was under review.
Lynne Patton recruited and interviewed public housing tenants in New York City for a pro-Trump re-election video. The residents accused her of tricking them into participating.
A reminder from a January phone call that the reform bill by congressional Democrats may not have the proper protections.
Can sidewalks, pickup trucks and American flags offer clues? Revisiting readers’ perceptions of politics, density and place.
The Democratic candidates vowed to stop Zooming and get out more, and a rap video earned mixed reviews.
Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump’s struggling campaign afloat.
Making voting convenient doesn’t necessarily translate into more votes, research shows.
After losing an ugly congressional race last year, Denver Riggleman is leading a charge against the conspiracy-mongering coursing through his party. He doesn’t have many allies.
While Latinos played a major role in Democratic victories last year, Donald Trump’s outreach to them proved successful in states around the country, not just in certain geographic areas.
Biden’s new $2 trillion-plus jobs plan recognizes that homes are part of the nation’s infrastructure.
Democrats will need their votes to keep control of the Senate and House after the midterms.
As struggles over voting rights loom across the United States, Georgia’s first Black senator shares his vision for the future.
And it isn’t all about the filibuster.
Following the 2020 election, Georgia Republicans have restricted voting rights. Other states are likely to follow suit.
A true story about election fraud.
This is what happens when a political party turns against democracy.
The late entry of the City Council speaker, Corey Johnson, inserted tension, money and name recognition into the comptroller’s race. The winner will guide New York’s post-pandemic economic recovery.
The daughter-in-law of former President Donald J. Trump appeared as a frequent guest on the cable channel during the 2020 campaign. Her hiring was the latest example of the revolving door between Fox and Mr. Trump’s circle.
New Jersey, a state controlled by Democrats, will offer more than a week of early in-person voting for the first time before November’s election.
The campaigns of Andrew Yang and Eric Adams exchanged harsh attacks, and Carlos Menchaca, a city councilman from Brooklyn, dropped out of the race.
An interactive, street-level tour of America’s full political landscape.
Civil rights groups quickly challenged a new law placing restrictions on voting, while President Biden denounced it as “Jim Crow.” Republicans in other states are determined to follow suit with their own measures.
Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company, accused the channel of advancing lies that devastated its reputation and business.
Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company, accused the news channel of advancing lies that devastated its reputation and business.
The law, which has been denounced by Democrats and voting rights groups, comes as Republican-controlled legislatures across the country mount the most extensive contraction of ballot access in generations.
The state’s new Republican-crafted law is set to restrict voting access in ways that Democrats and voting rights groups say will have an outsize impact on Black voters.
The law makes Georgia the first major battleground state to sharply limit voting access amid a nationwide Republican effort.
The bill’s passage cleared a major hurdle in the Republican-led effort to limit ballot access in the state. The legislation will now go back to the State Senate.
Democrats characterized the far-reaching elections overhaul as the civil rights battle of modern times. Republicans called it a power grab that would put their party at a permanent disadvantage.
G.O.P. lawmakers in at least eight states controlled by the party are trying to gain broad influence over the mechanics of voting, in an effort that could further undermine the country’s democratic norms.
Fifty percent of likely Democratic voters still don’t know whom they want to be the next mayor of New York, a poll found.
Fifty percent of likely Democratic voters still don’t know whom they want to be the next mayor of New York, a poll found. “It’s an open race,” the founder of the firm that sponsored it said.
Fifty percent of likely Democratic voters still don’t know whom they want to be the next mayor of New York, a poll found.
If it’s gone, the consequences are enormous.
The 10-year plan, which would lengthen promised delivery times and reduce post office hours, among other provisions, drew immediate condemnation from Democrats in Congress.
After one of the closest contests in American history, the House must now decide whether to unseat Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican.
Instead of conspiracy-mongering about an election they did well in, they could try to win real majorities.
The hard-right Republicans’ entry to the races for open Senate seats heralded fiercely contested G.O.P. primaries in the two deeply conservative states.
By supporting a challenger to Georgia’s current secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, the former president signaled that he wants Republicans who opposed his election falsehoods to pay politically.
Mr. Raffensperger, a Republican, is among the top targets for former President Donald J. Trump, along with the state’s governor, Brian Kemp.
See full results and maps from the Louisiana special primary elections.
New York Times reporters covered the second day of former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The proceeding on Wednesday included the beginning of the prosecution’s case that the former president incited violence at the Capitol.
Donald J. Trump’s lies and calls to action were embraced by his supporters, then amplified by rioters at the Capitol.
New York Times reporters covered the first day of former President Donald J. Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial. The trial began Tuesday with a debate about the constitutionality of putting a former president on trial.
An interactive map that lets readers explore in new detail how most states voted in the 2020 presidential election.
Americans have often ignored the political implications of the country’s enormous arsenal of privately owned, military-style weapons. Did Jan. 6 change that?
This interactive photo shows you who was there and where they sat.
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New York Times reporters provided live coverage of Inauguration Day, as former President Donald J. Trump departed the White House and President Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
The Georgia pastor will be just the 11th Black U.S. senator. His victory came amid an attempt to delegitimize election results — a pattern for more than a 150 years.
Joe Biden’s journey from local government to the White House spanned half a century, with political triumphs and devastating personal tragedies along the way.
The handoff from Obama to Trump was fraught and unprecedented in ways the public didn’t see at the time. It was a prelude to so much that followed.
Hundreds of people barreled past fence barricades and clashed with police officers in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College results.
The debate in Congress to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory has renewed hours after the proceeding was disrupted by a pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol. We covered the evening’s events as they unfolded.
A normally perfunctory joint session will be more dramatic than usual on Wednesday as some Republican lawmakers plan to object to the electoral vote count. Their effort, based on spurious claims of widespread voter fraud, is all but certain to fail.
See full results and maps from the Georgia Senate runoff elections.
See full results and maps from the Georgia Senate runoff special election.
Modeling the Senate runoff election results.
See full results and maps from the Georgia Senate runoff election.
An analysis of voting times based on anonymous smartphone location data.
These maps show how areas with Latino and Asian residents shifted the vote in a way that may scramble the future of electoral politics, according to a New York Times analysis of 28,000 precincts.
Vaccines, Joe Biden's victory and bombshells from Trump's world provided a perfect recipe for late night. Here's what the hosts had to say.
See how the 538 members of the Electoral College voted for president.
See full results and maps from the Louisiana congressional runoff election.
Late-night hosts enjoyed this bit of comparatively lighter fare this week before returning to Trump. Here are some highlights.
Here’s a look at how many electoral votes have been certified — or made official — so far.
Georgia’s vote audit found more than 5,000 new votes but left Joe Biden’s victory intact.
Over a Zoom call, Eric Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, officially announced his run for New York City mayor.
Huge gains in the Atlanta suburbs make up for a decline in the Black share of the electorate.
Though turnout was explosive for both candidates, President Trump found 10.1 million new supporters across the country, allowing him to expand his base.
The counties won by Joe Biden experienced worse job losses, on average, during the initial wave of pandemic layoffs than the counties where President Trump was strongest.
See how well President Trump fared among his most ardent supporters from four years ago.
The presidential race in Arizona remains close, but Joseph R. Biden Jr. was able to draw voters in Phoenix who could help him flip the state.
As eastern counties shifted left, Joe Biden was propelled into victory in a state that President Trump narrowly won in 2016.
“What a year this week has been,” said every American every week of 2020. To infuse a little levity, here are highlights from this week’s late-night talk shows.
As these areas diversify, the president’s law and order appeal did not prevent a tilt toward Biden.
Joe Biden was propelled to victory in this historically Democratic battleground with the help of increased turnout in Detroit and its wealthy suburbs.
Rural voters continued to support President Trump, but some counties that swung far to the right in 2016 moved left in 2020.
Rural voters continued to support President Trump, but some counties that swung far to the right in 2016 moved left in 2020.
The Rio Grande Valley shifted decisively toward President Trump, cancelling out votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in urban and suburban areas.
President Trump held a lead in North Carolina, as he appeared to gain traction with Black voters while maintaining support from his base.
President Trump held a lead in North Carolina, as he appeared to gain traction with Black voters while maintaining support from his base.
President Trump on Wednesday held a narrow lead in the state as votes were counted in Atlanta, where Joseph R. Biden Jr. has made big gains in support.
President Trump on Wednesday held a narrow lead in the state as votes were counted in Atlanta, where Joseph R. Biden Jr. has made big gains in support.
President Trump won Florida by a larger margin than in 2016, bolstered by support from Cuban-American voters in Miami-Dade County, a Democratic stronghold.
President Trump won Florida by a larger margin than in 2016, bolstered by support from Cuban-American voters in Miami-Dade County, a Democratic stronghold.
Select a winner in the states below to see either candidate’s paths to the presidency.
These nine news organizations weigh a range of data before declaring or projecting winners, and some may be more cautious than others.
How different groups voted
How different groups voted
See full results and maps from the Texas election.
See full results and maps from the Texas election.
How different groups voted
See full results and maps from the Utah election.
How different groups voted
See full results and maps from the Utah election.
See full results and maps from the Virginia election.
How different groups voted
See full results and maps from the New Jersey election.
How different groups voted
How different groups voted