You don’t hear his name as much. But as far as the G.O.P. is concerned, the former president rules.
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.
A recent OAN segment said there were “serious doubts about who’s actually president,” and another blamed “anti-Trump extremists” for the Capitol attack.
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.
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.
Five competing Democratic polling firms put their heads (and their data) together about 2020.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Following the 2020 election, Georgia Republicans have restricted voting rights. Other states are likely to follow suit.
This is what happens when a political party turns against democracy.
An interactive, street-level tour of America’s full political landscape.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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 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.
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.
Late-night hosts enjoyed this bit of comparatively lighter fare this week before returning to Trump. Here are some highlights.
Georgia’s vote audit found more than 5,000 new votes but left Joe Biden’s victory intact.
Though turnout was explosive for both candidates, President Trump found 10.1 million new supporters across the country, allowing him to expand his base.
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.
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.
See full results and maps for the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Here’s a look at when states finish voting and how to watch for results in the states that matter the most.
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Some of the candidates’ sharpest policy disagreements have been on these issues. Here’s where they stand.
Here are 20 counties in battleground states that are crucial for a White House victory.
It’s full of tricks and optical illusions.
Ballots are broken. So we redesigned them.
Let’s look at where the candidates stand on pre-existing conditions, Medicare, Medicaid and more.
What the contents of our refrigerators say about our politics — and our assumptions.
What the contents of our refrigerators say about our politics — and our assumptions.
An unlikely scenario with serious consequences.
More than 64 million Americans have already cast their ballots, with about half of them in states that will ultimately decide who wins the Electoral College.
Six re-election strategies and their dark roots.
Detailed viewership data shows which households tuned out of the debates first.
The presidential candidates sharply oppose each other on a number of environmental issues. Let’s take a closer look.
As the population of white voters without college degrees continues to decline, these charts show how demographics are not on President Trump’s side in this election.
Take our quiz showing seven ways the country has changed under Trump.
President Trump and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. debated for the first time, with Chris Wallace of Fox News moderating. Watch the full video with our fact-checks and analysis.
“The Apprentice” rescued Donald J. Trump, bringing him new sources of cash and a myth that would propel him to the White House.
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
Think of the gray sidewalks of Democratic-leaning New York City, or the endless stretch of green fields in Kansas.
On the second night of the Republican National Convention, speakers included First Lady Melania Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky. Our correspondents followed every speaker and provided live analysis and insights.
"I’m just looking to say — and this may be arrogant — how can I solve this problem?"
We tracked donations to President Trump and Joe Biden over the last three months, and the numbers offer another sign of the nation’s political divisions. See where each candidate had more donors.