New York became the latest state to move its primary in an attempt to limit the risk of spreading the virus.
The suggestion of a quarantine, which would have been a drastic exercise of power, drew swift condemnation and surprised top officials in the area.
Joe Biden tries to break through, Bernie Sanders signals he’s staying in and another Super Tuesday (of sorts) emerges.
The bill allots as much as $23.5 billion in assistance to farmers, a key constituency of President Trump’s, in the middle of an election year.
As many states postpone primaries amid the coronavirus outbreak, Wisconsin is plowing ahead with plans to vote on April 7. Now the governor wants to send everyone an absentee ballot — in under two weeks.
He’s a nominee in perpetual waiting.
Three options on the politics of the coronavirus.
As the coronavirus rages, Americans’ views of President Trump have risen slightly to reach record highs, polls show. But he remains polarizing.
President Trump is 73. His leading rival is 77. And many of their strongest supporters — vulnerable to the coronavirus but enormously influential politically — are eligible for Social Security.
American politics were rewired after the Great Recession. The current crisis could shake things up again.
With the odds of winning long, some Democrats wonder why Bernie Sanders is still in the presidential race. He’s still pushing his agenda, though it’s not clear who’s listening.
With the odds of winning long, some Democrats wonder why Bernie Sanders is still in the presidential race. He’s still pushing his agenda, though it’s not clear who’s listening.
Joe Biden and other Democrats were already talking about health care before the coronavirus, but the outbreak gives new urgency to a central issue for the party.
He’s making overly optimistic promises for the country, but new polling is promising for him.
“I think we should get on with this,” Joe Biden said, dismissing the idea that another debate is needed with his rival, Senator Bernie Sanders.
“I think we should get on with this,” Joe Biden said, dismissing the idea that another debate is needed with his rival, Senator Bernie Sanders.
President Trump said he would like to allow shuttered businesses around the United States to reopen within weeks, defying the advice of top health officials.
Congress shouldn’t concede more power to this president (or any other). That’s the last thing we need.
As many as 12 states may hold primaries on June 2, which now carries the biggest delegate haul since Super Tuesday. That could change how the rest of the Democratic race plays out.
With his coronavirus briefings, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has emerged as an authoritative voice in the crisis.
Primary elections are being pushed back. The Olympics are officially in 2021. The election-year calendar seemed set in stone and now it is up in the air.
Democratic strategists worry that President Trump’s consistent airtime is giving him a messaging advantage.
It was the strongest sign yet that he plans to keep competing against Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary.
His comments about reopening the economy sooner rather than later show us what he really values.
He already seems to be losing interest. Look elsewhere for hope.
Life has changed in big ways and small for our On Politics readers from around the world.
The coronavirus crisis has created uncertainty about whether the gathering, scheduled for mid-July in Milwaukee, can still take place.
Former campaign workers for Michael Bloomberg filed two proposed class-action lawsuits on Monday, arguing they and thousands of others were tricked into taking their jobs and are owed overtime pay.
As President Trump holds daily briefings, Mr. Biden has kept a low profile, worrying Democrats who feel the president needs to be challenged more robustly.
Senate wrangling and presidential promises: This is your morning tip sheet.
How the coronavirus has changed the stakes of the presidential race — and created a crisis candidate.
As President Trump appears at daily briefings, the Democratic front-runner faces the challenge of raising his profile in a presidential race that has moved almost entirely into the digital realm.
The president is brazenly grabbing his only clear option to bolster his re-election hopes, portraying himself as a take-charge leader the country can’t afford to lose.
For the first time, millennials and Generation Z have enough electoral clout to seriously compete with their elders. But many feel more disillusioned than empowered.
New figures show just how big a financial hole the former vice president was in before he pulled off a remarkable turnaround in the Democratic race.
Voting by mail is key to ensuring the integrity and accessibility of November’s vote.
After initially being dismissive, Republicans are starting to move closer to matching Democrats’ level of concern.
The Sanders campaign appeared on the brink of a commanding lead in the Democratic race. But a series of fateful decisions and internal divisions have left him all but vanquished.
A nation ravaged by the Spanish flu figured out how to vote back then. Not without incident, but with democracy intact.
The billionaire was in the race for just over 100 days and won the support of 58 delegates.
The former New York mayor, announcing he would donate $18 million to the Democratic National Committee, abandoned a plan to employ his campaign organizers through November.
Crisis management, with more than a touch of political maneuvering: This is your morning tip sheet.
It may be time to pull together, but Republicans are still doing plenty to pull us apart.
There’s no moving forward without understanding what’s going wrong.
Discussions with 60 Democratic officials found that three former candidates — Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar — were their leading choices, followed by Stacey Abrams.
There are ways to prevent a crisis of public health from becoming a crisis of democracy.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. keeps winning, and winning voters who say they care about climate change. But some of the most ardent climate activists still are not with him.
The representative from Hawaii, who often defied her own party, announced the end of her campaign and said she would back Joe Biden.
Election and household stasis set in: This is your morning tip sheet.
The coronavirus has left states rapidly searching for ways to protect democracy’s most sacred institution.
The editorial board’s health writer Jeneen Interlandi shares appropriate responses to Covid-19.
In a triumph for progressives, Ms. Newman defeated longtime Representative Dan Lipinski, a conservative Democrat, in an Illinois primary.
Mr. Yang championed putting money in the pockets of every American adult during his presidential campaign. Now, amid the coronavirus crisis, “This thing is going to pass,” he says.
The state Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee sued elections officials to extend voting deadlines ahead of Wisconsin’s April 7 primary because of the coronavirus crisis.
The former governor of Massachusetts carried out a long-shot primary campaign focused on appealing to moderate Republicans.
The former governor of Massachusetts carried out a long-shot primary campaign focused on appealing to moderate Republicans.
Despite its liberal reputation, the state is where insurgent candidacies have come to die.
In state after state, voters say they support liberal policies like single-payer health care, canceling student debt and the Green New Deal. But many are voting for Joe Biden, who has proposed largely moderate ideas.
But for the sake of the Democratic Party and the nation, it’s time to step aside and join forces with Joe Biden.
With an increasingly narrow path to the nomination, Mr. Sanders and his advisers were weighing his options amid a national health crisis.
Here's what you need to know.
For some college students who support Mr. Sanders, leaving campus means more time to phone bank, and a captive, if skeptical, audience at home.
Joe Biden swept Arizona, Florida and Illinois and Bernie Sanders continued to lose ground in the Democratic primary’s delegate count.
Ms. Newman, a progressive challenger, upset Mr. Lipinski, a conservative House Democrat who had broken with his party on abortion rights and health care.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s winning streak has now given him a lead that will be nearly impossible for Senator Bernie Sanders to overcome.
Chicago’s chief prosecutor is one of several district attorneys who have pledged to take a different approach to criminal justice.
Participating in a healthy democracy isn’t supposed to be at odds with staying healthy. Today it is.
With victories in two big, diverse states, Joseph R. Biden Jr. took a dominating lead over Bernie Sanders that could add to pressure on him to end his campaign.
With a broad coalition, Joseph R. Biden Jr. defeated Bernie Sanders in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, in a rout that could add to pressure on Mr. Sanders to end his campaign.
For a while it continued to schedule new rallies. Now, one ally — Karl Rove — says canceling them will create “pent-up demand.”
Biden’s three victories give him an all but insurmountable lead, even as postponed primaries could draw out the process.
Most bets are off as worries over the coronavirus hover over voting in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries, but Joe Biden has led in surveys of all three states.
Get the latest primary results form Florida, Illinois and Arizona on March 17.
See full results and maps from the Presidential primaries.
Attendees of the bash for Kimberly Guilfoyle at the president’s private club chipped in — including financial backers of the Trump re-election campaign.
The Biden campaign and a long list of surrogates are striving to engage progressive Democrats who have so far been cool to Mr. Biden’s presidential bid.
Florida, Illinois and Arizona pressed ahead with their presidential primary elections on Tuesday, but chaos and confusion in Illinois sent in-person turnout diving amid coronavirus fears.
Joe Biden captured an easy victory in Florida as Illinois and Arizona counted results.
In the time of coronavirus, it’s no longer a rhetorical question.
Some states are postponing their primary elections. Others are preparing to give out hand sanitizer.
Mr. Sanders and his aides are now struggling to reconcile a sense of resignation with a desire to press on, and some allies are urging the senator to stay in the race.
The companies funded Russia’s social media-fueled interference in the 2016 election, prosecutors said. But they tried to weaponize the case instead of fight it.
The Biden-Sanders matchup attracted 10.8 million viewers, down from prior forums in Nevada and South Carolina.
Arizona’s primary is on Tuesday, and Democrats there are holding onto the idea that they still have control over something: “I want to believe that voting takes away some of the fear.”
Gov. Mike DeWine ignored a court ruling and said the state’s health director was closing the polls on Tuesday based on worries that the coronavirus placed voters and poll workers in potential danger.
The Senate majority leader has encouraged judges thinking about stepping down to do so soon to ensure that Republicans confirm their replacements this year.
Gun shops and ammunition dealers say they’ve seen a surge in purchases, particularly from first-time buyers.
With no spectators in the house, the substantive Democratic debate on Sunday drew praise, though the in-studio broadcast was defined by the pandemic outside.
A crisis can provide a sharper view of how candidates approach the problems facing the country.
Our columnists and contributors give their rankings.
The coronavirus has changed everything.
Conditions are ripe: The pandemic is sweeping right into campaign season, and Trump’s response is highly contested.
Mr. Biden said he would pick a woman to be his vice presidential nominee. Here are several names in the mix, as well as factors on Mr. Biden’s mind.
Throughout his insurgent campaign, he remained steadfast in his radical vision — and forced a reckoning for the Democratic Party.
The largest presidential battleground state looked to be slipping away from Democrats. Then Joe Biden started winning primaries.
On a night largely overshadowed by the global pandemic, Bernie Sanders pressed Joe Biden on his past Senate voting record as Mr. Biden sought to woo the left.
The crisis brought them together for an unusual debate. And the debate highlighted their distance.
In their first one-on-one matchup, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders discussed how they would deal with the coronavirus pandemic and disagreed on health care policy.
In a presidential debate, former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders clashed over how to handle health care during the coronavirus crisis.
Here’s a sampling of the reactions to the first one-on-one debate between the two remaining major Democratic candidates.
With the coronavirus as a backdrop, and with no audience in attendance, the two Democrats were at times feisty discussing their differences over health care. Mr. Biden also committed to choosing a woman as a running mate.
The clash at Sunday’s debate over Joe Biden’s record was the first in a litany of criticisms Bernie Sanders leveled at his former Senate colleague’s voting history.
Mr. Biden said for the first time at Sunday’s Democratic debate on CNN that he would choose a woman to be his running mate.
The two septuagenarian Democratic candidates were asked at Sunday’s debate what they were doing to ensure they remained healthy.
Our reporters are following all of the exchanges and fact-checking the two candidates, providing context and explanation.
We watched the Democratic presidential debate — a one-on-one matchup between Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bernie Sanders during the coronavirus pandemic — and analyzed it in real time.
In another overture to the Democratic Party’s left wing, Mr. Biden embraced a version of an idea championed by Senator Bernie Sanders, his chief rival for the Democratic nomination.
Discussions to push back the state’s primary because of the coronavirus crisis came as several states that vote on Tuesday were cautiously moving ahead, and as Bernie Sanders voiced concerns.
Progressives hope Mr. Sanders will push Joe Biden on the issues they care about most, and they realize that anything resembling a personal attack may seem off-putting amid the coronavirus crisis.
Lots of hand sanitizer and a closed set are part of the cable network’s preparations for a debate between two septuagenarian Democrats.
Politics is personal. So what happens when people can’t be near one another?
A reader says the Never Trumpers need to make sure that Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee. Also: Advice for choosing a running mate; keeping track of children.
Georgia and Louisiana have delayed their primary elections. Wyoming has suspended its in-person Democratic caucus voting. Here are the latest updates on changes to the 2020 presidential race.
Georgia and Louisiana delayed their primary elections, and Bernie Sanders questioned whether elections should be held right now. Here are the latest updates on changes to the 2020 presidential race.
The debate between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders was hosted by CNN and Univision. It took place in Washington, D.C., because of concerns over the coronavirus.
A decade after the recession hit hard, Arizona’s economy is a magnet for technology companies and for workers seeking an affordable middle-class life.
Sunday’s debate will be the first one-on-one matchup between Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Bernie Sanders. So, how do they actually compare on policy?
The amicable relationship the two have maintained could become an important factor in the Democrats’ ability to unite quickly against President Trump.
The two clashed over bankruptcy policy more than a decade ago. But Joseph R. Biden Jr. now supports Elizabeth Warren’s plan that allows student debt to be relieved in bankruptcy.
Georgia joins Louisiana as the second state to delay voting because of the coronavirus. Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio are still set to vote on Tuesday.
They’re confident, for perhaps the first time in his presidency, that the experts on call aren’t out to sabotage the president.
People with the most to gain from his agenda have also been the most disappointed by politics.
He’s been on the road in 2020 with a serious message about inequality in this country. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t found time to make fun of his age.
Readers offer different diagnoses for why Ms. Warren faltered, ranging from misogyny to likability to policies.
With Louisiana and Georgia delaying their primary votes, we answer six key questions about holding elections in a crisis. And no, a president cannot cancel an election with executive authority.
The coronavirus has dominated the news and is wreaking havoc on the political world. Nonetheless, the race for the Democratic nomination continues (with some modifications).