Joe Biden’s advisers are planning an announcement for the middle of the week as his search concludes, people briefed on the selection process said.
If he accepts his nomination at the Civil War battlefield, the president will be conducting partisan business on federal property.
Times reporters discuss the realities of election coverage amid a pandemic.
Now he’s prescribing hydroxychloroquine to fight recession.
She is suddenly on Joe Biden’s shortlist. Can Michigan afford to lose her?
Speakers at the Democratic convention will include the Obamas, the Clintons and a former Republican governor.
Although they haven’t necessarily fallen in love with the Democratic presidential candidate, many on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley are falling in line.
It’s unclear whether the measures he signed will have any immediate effect, but the president pressed ahead anyway: This is your morning tip sheet.
‘One thing I have to give Trump credit for is a general lowering of expectations.’
While Joe Biden has criticized the largest tech companies, his campaign and transition teams have welcomed allies of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple onto its staff and policy groups.
"I’m just looking to say — and this may be arrogant — how can I solve this problem?"
Nostalgic for the sexism unleashed in response to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run? Welcome to the prolonged Democratic veepstakes.
The new referees in American politics are Facebook, Google and Twitter, and they would be wise to pay attention to lessons the old media tried to learn.
The highest-level American visit to Taiwan in decades shows the island’s importance as ties between the United States and China deteriorate.
It’s the best we can do — for a Democrat.
Led by Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, the channel’s pro-Trump lineup outranked every network from 8 to 11 p.m. in June and July.
Senator Harris is speaking out amid the police reform movement. But how did she oversee police misconduct as a district attorney and attorney general?
Donald Trump made a promise to white evangelical Christians, whose support can seem mystifying to the outside observer.
Through donations, finance executives played a critical role in helping Joe Biden turn his campaign around. They’ve mostly grown to like him, if not love him.
As the campaign enters a critical period, the pandemic, their primary strategy and their presumptive nominee have given Democrats a shot at winning the chamber.
As the two parties clash over how to conduct an election in a pandemic, President Trump’s litigiousness and unfounded claims of fraud have increased the likelihood of epic postelection court fights.
“Wicked Game” is slated for release in October, at the height of the presidential campaign, but Mr. Gates says, “It’s not a salacious book.”
After Ms. Noem, the South Dakota governor, flew to Washington on Air Force One, rumors about her ambitions ensued. She made a second trip to smooth things over with Mike Pence.
Has America grown since 1984, or will the knives still be out for Biden’s running mate?
Officials told The New York Times Magazine that the draft of a classified document reporting that Russia favored President Trump in the 2020 election was changed to soften its assessment.
As Biden works to win over progressive voters, he has empowered a Washington uber-veteran long trailed by allegations of personal and financial indiscretion.
Last year, intelligence officials gathered to write a classified report on Russia’s interest in the 2020 election. An investigation from the magazine uncovered what happened next.
President Trump wants to brand Joe Biden as a doddering gaffe machine. But the incumbent’s own rhetoric causes so much controversy it is overwhelming the strategy.
The president held what was billed as a news conference. But there was almost no news, he again said the virus would disappear and his audience seemed at times less the nation than his golf club members.
The Trump donor who runs the post office pledged that such changes would not affect the ability to deliver ballots on time this fall.
Voters instead backed Jerry Sheridan, Mr. Arpaio’s former chief deputy, who promised to revive many of Mr. Arpaio’s policies but without the showmanship.
But a new assessment says China would prefer to see the president defeated, though it is not clear Beijing is doing much to meddle in the 2020 campaign to help Joseph R. Biden Jr.
The American spirit gets a Lebanese makeover.
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The vice president’s decision underscored the different political wagers the two campaigns are making about the value of traveling to battleground states.
Ms. Bradshaw, an environmental justice advocate, is the first Black woman to be nominated for the Senate by a major party in Tennessee. “Working people showed that my viability was different,” she said.
Does this forum make sense for evaluating the candidates? Readers weigh in.
On issues big and small, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will not be rushed, including the critical choice of a running mate. He’s deliberative, and he doesn’t mind extending his timetable — again and again.
Vice President Mike Pence made plans to visit Wisconsin after Joe Biden opted out of traveling there for the convention. Democrats called for an audit of the Postal Service’s new policies, citing concerns about potential mail-in voting issues.
The Census Bureau’s move to cut its collection period short by one month in the midst of an already challenging pandemic has unnerved pollsters.
The president came into 2020 considering the state a lock, but his performance in managing the pandemic and delivering on his promises from four years ago could put it in play.
The senator on child care during a pandemic: “Women continue to have to manage it all.”
Washington sent offers to cellphones in Russia and Iran of rewards of up to $10 million for information on hackers trying to attack American voting systems.
Detailed results and maps from the Tennessee primary election.
The Trump campaign had argued that the current schedule would render the debates useless to the many Americans who will vote by mail before they take place.
Trump’s request for an earlier presidential debate is denied. After a member of his V.P. search committee reportedly criticized Kamala Harris, Joe Biden said she was still “very much in contention.”
President Trump’s request for an earlier presidential debate was denied. Polls show tight Senate races in Maine, South Carolina and Kentucky. And Kanye West said he’s “not denying” that his bid to enter the 2020 race is meant to harm Joe Biden.
His next book, “Liberal Privilege,” comes with an unusual distribution plan and no publishing house behind it, making it something of a curiosity in the industry.
The Democrats bowed to the realities of the pandemic and canceled the major in-person speeches that were still planned for their convention this month.
Joe Biden raised $140 million last month. A record-setting pace of money continues to flood into the presidential campaign.
The Democrats bowed to the realities of the pandemic and canceled the major in-person speeches that were still planned for their convention this month.
Consumers are probably entitled to millions of dollars in rebates under Obamacare rules that cap companies’ profits.
After Bernie Sanders fell to Joe Biden, the young left mourned what could have been. Now, after a series of victories in congressional races, it’s hopeful again.
Do we really need the spectacle of the traditional political conventions? We’re about to find out.
By his calculations, the fewer people of color and noncitizens who are counted, the better.
Readers respond to a front-page article about the president’s assault on the Postal Service and attendant voter fears.
The first-term Michigan representative, part of a group of liberal congresswomen of color, widened her margin of victory against a Democratic opponent who first challenged her in 2018.
The first-term Michigan congresswoman, part of a group of liberal women of color known as “the squad,” widened her margin of victory against a Democratic opponent who first challenged her in 2018.
Citing coronavirus concerns, Democrats announced that their convention would be almost entirely virtual. In primary races, progressives triumphed and a polarizing Republican fell.
Democrats announced that their Milwaukee convention would be almost entirely virtual, citing coronavirus concerns. Biden will skip the convention and accept the nomination in Delaware. In primary races, progressives triumphed and a polarizing Repu...
Kris Kobach falls, and Cori Bush rises: This is your morning tip sheet.
By far the biggest reservation of the 2020 race by either campaign, it is a sign of the swift turnabout in Joe Biden’s finances since he became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
In the Senate primary race to replace Lamar Alexander, two candidates are fighting to see who can better emulate the president. It isn’t pretty.
Two investigations appear to be potential fodder for pre-election political machinations.
A set of voter testimonials hopes to convince Biden-curious Republicans that they’re not alone.
By far the biggest reservation of the 2020 race by either campaign, it is a sign of the swift turnabout in Joe Biden’s finances since he became the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Most historians just study the past. But Allan Lichtman has successfully predicted the future.
Most historians just study the past. But Allan Lichtman has successfully predicted the future.
The upset of the veteran congressman from St. Louis sent tremors though the Democratic establishment in Missouri and Washington, D.C.
Representative Carolyn Maloney and Councilman Ritchie Torres won in New York City after a Democratic primary that raised concerns about mail-in voting.
Mr. Kobach, a polarizing figure in Kansas politics and an ally of President Trump’s, was defeated by Roger Marshall, the preferred choice of many Washington Republicans.
In Missouri, Cori Bush, a progressive activist, upset the 10-term incumbent William Lacy Clay Jr., marking another major step forward for the progressive movement in its bid to threaten centrist officials.
At least four people involved in the effort to get Kanye West’s name before voters in several states have G.O.P. connections, renewing questions about the aim of his campaign.
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Millions of Americans can’t wait while the Senate takes the rest of the summer off.
Game designer Adrian Hon says the conspiracy theory parallels the immersive worlds of alternate reality games.
After going dark on the TV airwaves last week, the Trump campaign has returned, targeting early voting states.
Federal relief has ended, and the need grows worse.
The president’s assertion undercuts diplomats who have said withdrawals will depend on the Taliban’s commitment to its peace deal with the United States.
Get the latest primary results from Arizona, Kansas, Michigan and Missouri.
President Trump was asked by an interviewer to reflect on the late congressman’s contributions to the civil rights movement. He talked up his own record instead.
At every step in her political career, the California congresswoman had to be coaxed to run for a higher office. Now she’s a top contender to be Joe Biden’s running mate.
New York prosecutors may be circling the president’s business practices: This is your morning tip sheet.
Government of the minority, chosen by a minority, on behalf of a minority, is not what Lincoln had in mind at Gettysburg.
The coronavirus relief debate has Republicans falling back into pre-Trump grooves.
In St. Louis, Cori Bush, a progressive activist, will try again to unseat William Lacy Clay, a 20-year incumbent. Joe Arpaio, the immigration hard-liner, is trying to reclaim his job as a sheriff in Arizona.
The president has been raging against voting by mail for several months, claiming without evidence that the process is plagued by fraud.
The president and his aides are holding out hope for ambitious convention programming, and have considered a return to Mount Rushmore or a speech by Melania Trump from Seneca Falls, N.Y.
The pandemic is particularly dangerous for older Americans, and Trump is losing their support.
He would be wise to remember that Barack Obama didn’t pick him simply because they were “simpatico.”
The president sidestepped Congress when it became clear that his nominee for a top Defense Department position would not win Senate approval.
The Michigan Democrat is facing a rematch against a challenger who says she hasn’t done enough for her district in Detroit.