If he accepts his nomination at the Civil War battlefield, the president will be conducting partisan business on federal property.
Now he’s prescribing hydroxychloroquine to fight recession.
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.
"I’m just looking to say — and this may be arrogant — how can I solve this problem?"
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.
Donald Trump made a promise to white evangelical Christians, whose support can seem mystifying to the outside observer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Does this forum make sense for evaluating the candidates? Readers weigh in.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Joe Biden raised $140 million last month. A record-setting pace of money continues to flood into the presidential campaign.
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.
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.
Two investigations appear to be potential fodder for pre-election political machinations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The president sidestepped Congress when it became clear that his nominee for a top Defense Department position would not win Senate approval.
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump’s accountants should turn over his tax returns.
Nearly six weeks later, two congressional races remain undecided, and officials are trading blame over the mishandling of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots.
They’ve become unrevealing quip contests.
Besides delaying the election, what else could alter his political trajectory?
Operation Warp Speed has moved along at a rapid clip. But some people involved in the process fear pressure to deliver an October surprise for President Trump.
We may not know the results for days, and maybe weeks. So it’s time to rethink “election night.”
In the president’s world, he is never to blame for failure.
Readers urge vigilance against threats to the democratic process.
Many of his aides and close allies are veteran Washington hands who have profited from advising big corporations. The Sanders-Warren wing of the party is not happy.
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman’s retirement from the Army after more than 21 years of service took effect on Saturday, the same day his sharply critical op-ed of the president was published.
Especially amid the pandemic, it’s the surest path to a more inclusive, more accurate and more secure election.
Demon sperm meets alien D.N.A., as President Trump teeters.
Demon sperm meets alien D.N.A., as President Trump teeters.
President Trump’s more sober messaging on the coronavirus crisis didn’t last long. For Joe Biden, the search for a running mate may last a little longer.
The president’s long campaign against the Postal Service is intersecting with his assault on mail-in voting amid concerns that he has politicized oversight of the agency.
The court refused to lift a year-old stay notwithstanding an appeals court ruling that the construction was unlawful.
The six-day pause was ordered by the president’s new campaign manager, Bill Stepien.
Progressives pushed for the platform language after President Trump’s drive put 200 conservative judges on the federal bench and Senate Republicans blocked President Obama’s nominees.
One reader views the floating of the idea as “a measure of how desperate he is to stay in power.” Also: Maskless shoppers; uncertain in Australia.
Say this about President Trump’s approach to Moscow: It’s been consistent.
Americans overwhelmingly support increased access to mail voting, but they also appear to be susceptible to misinformation about it.
If Joe Biden wins the November election, Britain would face a president who opposed Brexit, would look out for Ireland, and may have little interest in a trade deal.
The president doesn’t seem to know what democracy is; the congressman embodied it.
Floating the idea of delaying the election was the latest step in the president’s running effort to discredit the election, risking long-term damage to public trust in the system.
By walking away, he can save the lives of supporters who have listened to his lethal quackery.
The former president could only dream of wielding the police powers Mr. Trump has seized for himself.
His publicly dismissive attitude about the pandemic reflected the hands-off inconsistency of many party leaders.
The president’s suggestion that the Nov. 3 vote could be delayed — something he cannot do on his own — drew unusually firm Republican resistance and signaled worry about his re-election bid.
In the middle of the election season, Democrats hopeful of capturing the White House and Congress intensify their talk of ending the filibuster to thwart Republican opposition.
But he sure can stir up a lot of anxiety about voting.
In the middle of the election season, Democrats hopeful of capturing the White House and Congress intensify their talk of ending the filibuster to thwart Republican opposition.
Respondemos algunas preguntas clave sobre la realización de elecciones durante una crisis. Y no, el presidente de Estados Unidos no puede cancelar una elección por su cuenta.
Mr. Trump has become a heckler in his own government, failing to marshal leaders in Washington to form a robust response to the health and economic crises. Instead, he is raising doubts about holding the election on time.
He should be removed unless he relents.
We answer some key questions about holding elections in a crisis. And no, the president cannot cancel an election on his own.
George Wallace’s speeches and interviews from his 1968 campaign feature language and appeals that sound familiar again as the “law and order” president sends federal forces into the streets.
Raking in cash for Biden, the former president eases off the gloves: This is your morning tip sheet.
Seth DuCharme returns to Brooklyn as U.S. attorney after serving a Justice Department that faced criticism of increased politicization.
Barack Obama has spoken candidly about President Trump to party donors, bringing up the sexual assault allegations against Mr. Trump and warning of his efforts to push “nativist, racist, sexist” fears.
People living the ‘Suburban Lifestyle Dream’ tend to support recent protests and disapprove of the president’s handling of race.
President Trump painted a false picture of suburbs under siege, saying he was protecting them from low-income housing, as he seeks to win over white voters who were key to his 2016 victory.
The president has his politically driven narrative. And then there’s reality.
Meme 2020, the social media collective that supported Michael Bloomberg’s presidential primary run, is back with a new focus: mail-in ballot registration.
President Trump said he and Vladimir Putin did not discuss reported Russian bounties for killing American troops. A new poll shows Mr. Trump and Joe Biden locked in a tight race in Georgia.
The president has started spending more money on ads in much smaller Electoral College prizes like Iowa and Nevada, and in recent days his campaign stopped buying ads in Michigan entirely.
Registered Republicans were actually more likely than registered Democrats to respond to the Times/Siena survey.
Can his aggressive version of ethnonationalist populism prevail in 2020? The answer is not obvious.
The deployment of federal agents to confront protesters and rioters and attacks on the Russia investigation highlighted a contentious hearing.
Or are they too busy organizing protests, posting links to bail funds and discussing antidotes for tear gas?
Which states do campaigns view as true battlegrounds? Follow the money.
In the last of four proposals laying out his vision for economic recovery, Joseph R. Biden Jr. pledged to lift up minority-owned businesses and to award them more federal contracts.
Some energy executives are pleased that the former vice president is not calling for a fracking ban and said they could work with him.
Joe Biden also said he would “have a choice” on his running mate by the first week in August. President Trump wondered aloud why his approval ratings were not as high as Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s.
Plus, how Fred Trump shaped his son’s approach to empathy: This is your morning tip sheet.
A rise in coronavirus-related deaths in a given community tends to reduce support for Republicans.
And consider, what will it take for the Republican Party to begin to heal itself?
Could Democrats be heading for a landslide in November?
El presidente estadounidense ha comentado que los sondeos que no lo muestran a la cabeza en la carrera por la reelección son falsos y sus asesores han empezado a evitar darle malas noticias.
Readers condemn President Trump’s use of armed forces in Portland, Ore. One reader describes “a real war on American cities in a feeble attempt to save his presidency.”
The first lady’s renovation of the garden, a signature showcase of power used by presidents for decades, is taking place as her husband enters a crucial stretch of his re-election effort.
The race between Steve Daines, the Republican incumbent, and Steve Bullock could prove crucial in a year when Democrats need to win in conservative-leaning states where President Trump may still prevail.
Can Biden — and his vice-presidential pick — take us there?
It’s a lot easier to run a cautious, inoffensive campaign when you’re not up against a culture of misogyny.
This is how the president operates when he is desperate and in trouble.
That’s no more fantastical than the rest of his re-election campaign.
President Trump baselessly rages about voter fraud, while Joe Biden warns of foreign interference.
For the Cave Man President and his party, clubbing women is not a path to victory.
For the Cave Man President and his party, clubbing women is not a path to victory.
President Trump’s cancellation of the convention in Florida and sudden embrace of masks may signal his acceptance of a political landscape transformed by the pandemic.
Mr. Trump tried to convey a measure of seriousness about the coronavirus pandemic, backtracking on previous positions and behavior. How long will it last?
Successfully hosting a Republican National Convention during a pandemic could have been a big moment for Florida’s biggest city. But the coronavirus got in the way.
Faced with a surging pandemic, resistance from local officials in Florida and deadlines for items like hotel payments, Mr. Trump chose to cancel the convention in an effort to cast himself as putting safety first.
A president who once claimed that “the worst days of the pandemic are behind us” now acknowledges that it has surged through much of the country and will “get worse before it gets better.”
The government statement was short on details, reminiscent of the vague warnings in 2016 that, in retrospect, failed to seize the attention of officials and voters before the last presidential election.
President Trump is trying to revive a 2016 campaign promise to control the rising price of medicines, but new executive orders are coming when he needs drugmakers to deliver coronavirus treatments.
Ms. Guilfoyle has raised money from donors and has made inroads with some who have rejected calls from others. Yet Trump supporters inside and outside the campaign say the operation she’s built hasn’t lived up to expectations.
It’s fun to make jokes about “person, woman, man, camera, TV.” But the party should not be distracted from what’s really at stake.
From lobsters in Maine to ethanol in Iowa to the oil fields of Texas, the president has tried to bolster his case for re-election by promoting localized — and factually challenged — accomplishments.
Despite the stock market’s “knee-jerk” distaste for the prospect of a Democratic victory, stocks could prosper if Joe Biden wins, a new analysis says. The coronavirus and trade are two big factors.
The president is insisting that schools reopen in the fall, but polls show that Americans are gravely concerned about the prospect, setting up the issue as a key question for November.
The president is insisting that schools reopen in the fall, but polls show that Americans are gravely concerned about the prospect, setting up the issue as a key question for November.
Republican structural advantages in the House, the Senate and the Electoral College would be in jeopardy.
And the minority he represents.
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.
A new documentary peers inside the secretive world of immigration enforcement. The filmmakers faced demands to delete scenes and delay broadcast until after the election.
After forcing the convention to move from Charlotte to Jacksonville because he wanted a big celebration, President Trump called off the Florida portion, citing the health risks from the coronavirus.
The president said on Fox News that he had to remember those words as part of a test that he said demonstrated his mental acuity. But the test, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, is meant to detect signs of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other conditions.
The move coincides with efforts by the president’s re-election campaign to shore up support among white suburban voters.
The former president and vice president released a new video Thursday meant to cast President Trump as unbefitting of the office, while trumpeting the credentials of Mr. Biden.
It is time for Congress to investigate the emergency authorities given to the chief executive.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called President Trump “racist” during an event with service workers on Wednesday.
Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he was returned to prison as retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir about President Trump.
And if surveys of likely voters don’t look promising, turn to other measures. Like boat parades.
Trump’s America has accelerated “the authoritarian dynamic.”
The Trump campaign is spending millions on ads that promote a dark and exaggerated portrayal of Democratic-led cities, a tactic that reinforces his “law and order’’ campaign message.
Rather than just “embers” of the disease, as he has repeatedly characterized recent outbreaks afflicting much of the country, President Trump conceded that there were now “big fires.”
Rather than just “embers” of the disease, as he has repeatedly characterized recent outbreaks afflicting much of the country, President Trump conceded that there were now “big fires.”
The president is looking for a dangerous domestic enemy to fight.
For the past three weeks, the Trump campaign has been spending tens of millions of dollars on ads depicting a protest movement out of control, both to stoke fear among his base and rationalize his deployment decisions.
Readers urge President Trump to use federal resources to fight the coronavirus rather than citizens.
New campaign filings show that President Trump’s campaign paid more than $2.2 million for the event, which last month had a lower-than-expected turnout that disappointed his campaign.
Readers urge President Trump to use federal resources to fight the coronavirus rather than citizens.
President Trump seems to think there’s no such thing as too much of him on TV. He’s been wrong about that before.
Despite a disjointed primary season and the challenges of holding elections during a pandemic, the party is seeing a surge in energy among voters.
How can this be a job for Homeland Security?
Despite a disjointed primary season and the challenges of holding elections during a pandemic, the party is seeing a surge in energy among voters.
Not under his own power. Only events can save him now.
As federal agents patrol Portland and head to Chicago, Democrats call the president’s plan “an American crisis,” barely 100 days before the election.