Elections
After dismissing suggestions President Biden could withdraw, the Trump team is beginning to consider having to retool the campaign.
By Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVineJuly 3, 2024
The House Democratic leader, who hopes to be speaker under a Democratic majority post-November, is seeking to stem defections among his rank-and-file.
By Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Jacqueline AlemanyJuly 3, 2024
Elections
Critics have been shaken by his relative inaction to directly address the panic ignited by his halting debate performance last Thursday.
By Michael Scherer, Tyler Pager and Matt ViserJuly 3, 2024
Elections
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
By Mariana Alfaro, Azi Paybarah, Patrick Svitek, Tyler Pager and Matt ViserJuly 3, 2024
President Biden presented posthumous Medals of Honor to Civil War troops Philip Shadrach and George Wilson for a mission known as the Great Locomotive Chase.
By Alex HortonJuly 3, 2024
Most of them assured Americans that a president isn’t “above the law.” Some went further.
By Aaron BlakeJuly 2, 2024
The ruling is a win for Trump for a few reasons and is likely to reverberate in the 2024 campaign and beyond. Here’s what it means.
By Aaron BlakeJuly 1, 2024
The blows just kept coming for Democrats. But how much could Thursday’s debate and two key Friday Supreme Court decisions actually mean?
By Aaron BlakeJune 28, 2024
Making a change would be far from easy, despite concerns about President Biden’s debate performance. But here’s who has surfaced before — and could again.
By Aaron BlakeJune 28, 2024
The president stumbled repeatedly, and the former president made false claims repeatedly.
By Aaron BlakeJune 27, 2024
A handful of Democrats have started calling for President Biden to step aside as the party’s presidential candidate.
By Derek Hawkins, Kati Perry, Hannah Dormido, Eric Lau, Mariana Alfaro and Nick MourtoupalasJuly 3, 2024
Analysis
One question answered: The debate made Biden’s position worseCountless questions, most unanswerable, remain.
By Philip BumpJuly 3, 2024
“I don’t know who can beat Trump in this current moment,” said the Democratic congressman from Maine. And he panned the Biden campaign’s focus on safeguarding democratic principles as a winning message against Trump, calling it a “complete, abject failure.”
By Marianna SotomayorJuly 3, 2024
Several party leaders suggest that if Biden steps aside, Harris would have to be his replacement.
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Leigh Ann Caldwell and Nicole MarkusJuly 3, 2024
It’s not too late for Democrats to replace their nominee, but it gets more complex closer to Election Day.
By Hannah Dormido, Kevin Uhrmacher and Sarah FrostensonJuly 3, 2024
Analysis
Biden and Democratic legislators undercut their party’s central messageMost supporters of President Biden plan to vote for him because he isn’t Donald Trump. But Biden and his party have downplayed that distinction.
By Philip BumpJuly 3, 2024
Analysis
The target of the right’s ‘revolution’ is pluralistic democracy itselfThe president of the Heritage Foundation said, “We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
By Philip BumpJuly 3, 2024
The FixAnalysis
The subtext of what leaders like Nancy Pelosi and Jim Clyburn are saying is clear — and it’s a marked contrast to how the Biden campaign is talking about this.
By Aaron BlakeJuly 3, 2024
White House
But some Democrats say that after Thursday’s debate performance, the question is about the country’s future — not the president’s past.
By Toluse OlorunnipaJuly 3, 2024
The Trump Cases
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has pursued complicated racketeering cases with multiple defendants. Critics say it’s a drain on an overwhelmed court system.
By Holly BaileyJuly 3, 2024
Elections
Meeting with governors, television interview come as small fissures begin to emerge in the party’s unified front
By Tyler Pager and Matt ViserJuly 2, 2024
White House
The former president told allies that Biden’s already tough path to reelection grew more challenging after his debate performance on Thursday.
By Tyler Pager and Michael SchererJuly 2, 2024
The Trump Cases
What may be considered “official acts” and how will a judge interpret the legal lines drawn by the high court in Donald Trump’s federal criminal election obstruction case in D.C.
By Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel WeinerJuly 2, 2024
Elections
Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
By Azi Paybarah, Mariana Alfaro and Patrick SvitekJuly 2, 2024
The Trump Cases
If Donald Trump is elected president, the finish line for federal prosecutors is Inauguration Day, not Election Day, people familiar with the discussions said.
By Devlin Barrett and Perry SteinJuly 2, 2024
