Why do the president and many of his opponents act as though American political life is just another film noir?
Calling Mr. Trump ‘completely unfit,’ Mr. Walsh, a conservative radio host, will adopt a television-centric strategy to try to rattle a media-obsessed president.
Kamala Harris has the home-state advantage, but the other Democratic presidential hopefuls are not ceding the state.
Trailing badly in the polls and in fund-raising for 2020, Mayor Bill de Blasio hopes that an hour on CNN Sunday before the nation’s voters can change his standing.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
Presidential candidates come with a message — and a playlist. We look at how music helps set the tone.
An interview with the 2020 presidential candidate
Joe Walsh, now a conservative radio show host, is expected to announce a primary challenge to Mr. Trump.
The president’s lawyer wants investigations of the Biden family and reports that Ukrainian officials tried to damage the Trump campaign in 2016.
Presidential candidates should follow the example of my boss, John McCain, in avoiding divisive politics.
Democratic candidates are pushing ideas that were considered radical just a few years ago. But the American public has changed its views, too.
Presidential campaigns have a sound. We analyzed the playlists of 10 contenders to see how the songs aligned with the messages.
“You may like another candidate better, but you have to look at who is going to win,” she said, while campaigning for Joe Biden in New Hampshire.
The president has a long history of calling protesters names. But there’s no other known instance of him mocking one of his own supporters by accident.
The president has a long history of calling protesters names. But there’s no other known instance of him mocking one of his own supporters by accident.
As the markets wobble over fears of a slowdown amid an escalating trade and currency war with China, the president defended policies that are rattling many businesses and investors.
As the markets wobble over fears of a slowdown amid an escalating trade and currency war with China, the president defended policies that are rattling many businesses and investors.
As associates of the president consider running for office, a potential bid by his former campaign manager could serve as a trial balloon.
After the shooting in El Paso, Mr. O’Rourke decided to abandon his focus on early primary states and more directly confront the president over immigration and gun control.
Even as she demonstrates why she is a leading presidential candidate, Ms. Warren is facing persistent questions and doubts about whether she would be able to defeat President Trump.
Greed, ego and willful blindness at the top.
Readers react to David Brooks’s appeal for “an uprising of decency” by the Democrats to counter President Trump.
Matt Flegenheimer, a political reporter for The Times, set out to do what the New York City mayor running for president seems to believe few others have done — understand him.
We can’t misuse the charge in an effort to suppress protected speech.
In the Trump era, a number of companies have found themselves, willingly or not, tossed by partisan storms.
Calling out campaign donors isn’t a new political tactic, but the question of how much should be publicly disclosed about them has been an issue repeatedly raised by Republicans in recent years.
Calling out campaign donors isn’t a new political tactic, but the question of how much should be publicly disclosed about them has been an issue repeatedly raised by Republicans in recent years.
A look at what happens when politics enters every spandex-clad corner of life, especially in the Hamptons.
And are Democrats breaking up with Obama?
In an interview, Senator Elizabeth Warren said President Trump had “done everything he can to stir up racial conflict and hatred in this country.”
In an interview, Ms. Warren said the president had “done everything he can to stir up racial conflict and hatred in this country.”
It’s not what you think it is.
Millions of Americans who did not like the president in 2016 now say they do.
In areas like Sugar Land, Tex., a burgeoning multiethnic population and suburbanites repelled by President Trump are giving Democrats more hope.
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In the wake of two shootings, one of which is being investigated as domestic terrorism, some said the president creates a culture that lets white nationalism thrive.
His race-baiting is impulsive and unpopular, not a brilliant strategy to win white votes.
Bringing the energy and hope to stare down Trump and his movement.
A growing number of young voters, including conservatives, identify climate change as a top priority. Republican strategists fear that could soon pose a big problem.
Delivering a reliably red-meat speech to supporters who gathered Thursday in Ohio, President Trump took the stage to paint prominent Democrats as “left-wing extremists.”
The fissures displayed at the Democratic debates in Detroit left senior Trump campaign officials predicting a bump in their poll numbers in critical Rust Belt states.
We need an uprising of decency.
Unemployment is low and growth is solid, but the president’s 2020 rivals are challenging the Trump economic record on several fronts.
Our columnists and contributors give their rankings.
The former vice president had a lot to prove. To those who had written him off after the first debate, he had this to say: “malarkey.”
Does standing erect count as winning the day?
Sure, it’s way too early to be thinking about running-mate pairings. But what the heck.
Readers assess how the candidates did, suggest a different format and discuss “Medicare for all.”
The self-help author had some standout moments in Tuesday’s Democratic debate, and the right propped her up as a way to portray the whole field as wacky and unserious.
Our columnists and contributors give their rankings.
President Trump said a group of congresswomen should “go back” to the countries they came from — remarks Democrats roundly condemned as racist and divisive.
Republican senators and conservative anti-tax groups are increasingly pushing to redefine how capital gains are calculated, a change that would primarily benefit the rich.
The law requires that all presidential candidates release their tax returns in order to be placed on the ballot for the state’s primary next year.
Mr. McConnell, the Senate leader, has typically embraced nasty nicknames by critics. But criticism of his role in blocking election measures has taken hold in an unusual way.
It’s the right thing to do — both morally and electorally.
On the eve of another round of presidential debates, it’s not just the candidates and the incumbent that The Times is scrutinizing.
Yes, the two-night, 20-candidate format is ludicrous, but can we please have a reasonable debate about America’s future?
The Democratic candidate for president and the powerful House freshman are building on the Green New Deal with a plan to prioritize low-income communities.
Have Democrats forgotten?
As the next debates loom, the progressive wing of the party wants sweeping change. Many others just want to jettison the president.
Steve Bullock may not be the most charismatic candidate, but he can teach his party how to get conservatives to do liberal things.