‘The Tonight Show’ joins ‘The Daily Show’ and other late-night programming with more live coverage of a political event than in the past.
A six-way race was down to two candidates, with absentee ballots likely to decide whether Tiffany Cabán or Melinda Katz wins the Democratic nomination.
Four years after Donald J. Trump blew up the expectations for how a candidate is expected to behave in a debate, he will loom over the 20 Democrats who take the stage in Miami this week.
One of the hallmarks of President Trump’s 2016 campaign was his norm-breaking debate style. These were the techniques he used.
Millions of Americans start paying attention once the candidates start sparring on national TV, which puts a spotlight on both cringe-worthy gaffes and successful zingers.
Ted Cruz, Chris Christie and others from the crowded, chaotic 2016 Republican race offered tips to Democrats on surviving the debate stage.
Debate moderators: You can do better.
Tuesday: The election is the borough's first competitive district attorney's race in decades.
Tuesday: The election is the borough's first competitive district attorney's race in decades.
Activists wanted a Democratic debate focused entirely on climate change. They aren’t getting one, but in Miami this week, the issue will be inescapable.
Mr. Miller called Representative Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, “fat and nasty” for his treatment of Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director, during a closed-door hearing last week.
Donald J. Trump carried several key states on a vow to end manufacturing job losses. That has not happened.
Though many African-Americans in South Carolina have favored Joseph R. Biden Jr. they are taking a hard look at several other candidates and considering all issues, not just race.
Democrats and Republicans agree: Corruption ails the country.
The wife of Bernie Sanders had a bold plan to save Burlington College. Within six years, it was defunct, and federal prosecutors were on the case.
The Democratic primary may show whether a progressive vision for criminal justice resonates in a borough with a law-and-order past.
As politicians swarm the state, readers debate whether we should reconfigure the caucus and primary system.
Talking about compromise is smart.
In reaction to his provocations, many white Democrats are seeing race relations in a new light.
The president opened his 2020 bid in Florida with a familiar message. We look at what the rally signals about the campaign ahead.
Behind closed doors, lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee pressed Ms. Hicks, one of Mr. Trump’s closest former aides, for nearly seven hours on Wednesday.
Trump 2020 may sound a lot like Trump 2016, but this time around the fusion of president and party is complete.
What many of those in Orlando really wanted to do was relive their historic victory.
President Trump began his re-election rally by hammering his rivals and heralding his perceived successes.
Jerry Falwell Jr. defied expectations when he supported Donald J. Trump in 2016. Now details are emerging about behind-the-scenes maneuvering before the endorsement.
Readers offer suggestions about turning the party’s fortunes around in Middle America.
For a man who wants to be seen as an outsider despite occupying the Oval Office, the rally on Tuesday night presented an opportunity to, at least for one night, turn the clock back to 2015.
Jamaal Bowman will take on Mr. Engel, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Committee, with help from a group that backed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year.
Michael Savage was one of the first radio hosts to endorse Mr. Trump. Now he thinks the president’s fans are too uncritical. But his listeners aren’t so sure.
He shouldn’t run for president, but he’s been a good mayor.
Black voters’ complex views on slavery payments.
About income inequality. About corporate power. About corrupt politics. And about being America’s next president.
Mr. Biden is betting that his widespread name recognition and early poll results free him to focus on President Trump — and brush off his 22 Democratic opponents.
The West and oil-rich areas have seen stronger gains than the industrial Midwest, which was hit hard by outsourcing and automation, a new analysis shows.
He’s responsible for the bloat, tenor and dynamics of the party’s primary.
Readers are appalled at the president’s willingness to accept dirt on an opponent from foreign governments.
The 2020 contender talks Trump, jobs and higher education.
Sleepy Joe versus insomniac Don.
The hearing will be the first time that an aide to President Trump has taken the witness stand in the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation into whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice.
The interview plans suggest a focus in part on the intelligence agencies’ conclusion that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia intervened in 2016 on behalf of the Trump campaign.
Mr. Trump told the Senate Intelligence Committee he had been truthful in past testimony, as the House Intelligence Committee started its own Russia investigation.
How do you unite a fractious base and defeat President Trump? No one seems to know, but that isn’t stopping them from giving it a try.
This is no way to pick a presidential nominee.
Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe, sued to stop its use by the far-right website. Infowars agreed on Monday, paying a $15,000 settlement.
They hold enormous potential for progressives.
Is he the operator who spun the then-secret Mueller report? Or the straight shooter who later disclosed portions that were damaging to President Trump?
Some troubling-to-outright-damning episodes have been lost in the noise around its release.
Security experts warn that time is running out for campaigns to create protections against the cyberattacks and disinformation seen in recent elections.
As Ms. Warren emerges from Mr. Sanders’s shadow, the two standard-bearers of the progressive base find themselves competing for voters, and donors.
Regaining control of the upper chamber may lie just outside the party’s grasp, but it is not out of reach.
We edited the articles against Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, and came up with articles against President Trump.
After years of voting late in the presidential nominating process, most California Democrats can start casting ballots by mail in February as Iowans head to their caucuses.
The announcement will come a little over four years after he declared his presidential bid at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The announcement will come a little over four years after he declared his presidential bid at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The White House coddles the president, even by disparaging a warship, its crew and a Navy hero.
Our deputy managing editor who oversees The Times’s investigative and enterprise journalism answers readers’ questions on our coverage of the Mueller report.
As Joe Biden runs for president, there is evidence that his family tragedies have helped him form connections with voters grappling with their own grief.
Speaking at Hunter College commencement in New York City, Mrs. Clinton urged Americans to confront Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
And address intergenerational injustice at the same time.
The competitive lanes are set as candidates vie for black voters, women, younger voters — but they are fluid. One thing seems sure: Joseph R. Biden’s lead will be tested.