2024 Elections

Jack Smith plans to continue two criminal cases against Donald J. Trump until Inauguration Day if the former president wins, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

Representatives Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who are in tough re-election battles, added to widespread pessimism among Democrats about the election in November.

President Biden blamed his international travel schedule for his disjointed performance, calling it “not an excuse but an explanation.”

The veteran congressman, once a prominent voice for his party’s left flank on Capitol Hill, said aloud what some Democrats have privately whispered in the days since the president’s debate performance.

Democrats have rebuffed comparisons between 2024 and 1968. Recent events show they have more to do.

Mr. Castro, who was criticized for remarks questioning Mr. Biden’s memory in a 2020 primary debate, said Democrats should find another candidate.

Many conservative commentators have said President Biden’s performance during the debate was a sweeping validation of the alarm bells they’d been ringing for years about his age.

The interview, with the anchor George Stephanopoulos, will be the president’s first in-depth appearance with a journalist since last week’s debate.

The self-help author is again trying to revive her own bid, despite losing the nomination to President Biden in March.

The former speaker said Trump told lies during the exchange, and it is fair to ask of both candidates: “Is this an episode or is this a condition?”

The process, outlined by James Zogby, starts with an unlikely prospect: President Biden announcing that he would drop out of the race.

Senator Peter Welch of Vermont said that the campaign should acknowledge concerns about President Biden’s poor debate performance, not dismiss them.

The White House is also discussing having President Biden travel to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania this week as they work to move past his disastrous debate performance.

The former Ohio congressman said that he had lost confidence in President Biden’s ability to defeat former President Donald J. Trump.

Liberal outlets criticized the ruling as a biased move from a conservative Supreme Court. Conservative commentators admonished Democrats for opposing it.

The Tesla chief executive’s polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.

What the Supreme Court’s ruling means for Donald Trump, and how it may reshape presidential power for years to come.

Plus, NASA says astronauts aren’t stuck in space.

What the Supreme Court decision means for the former president, and for the presidency itself.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island said he was “horrified" by the debate. Representative Debbie Dingell said “the campaign needs to listen to us.”

President Biden spoke after the Supreme Court’s ruling that former President Donald J. Trump is entitled to substantial immunity from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election.

During the most challenging period of President Biden’s re-election bid, the first lady appears on the cover of a high-fashion bible.

A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.

The decision most likely delays Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case past the election, and if he wins in November, people close to him expect the Justice Department to drop the charges.

Voters worried about Biden’s age long before Washington Democrats were willing to talk about it.

The president, under scrutiny since his damaging debate appearance last week, did not stumble or falter during his brief remarks.

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The Supreme Court’s immunity decision directed the trial court to hold hearings on what portions of the indictment can survive — a possible chance for prosecutors to set out their case in public before Election Day.

Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.

Republicans praised the ruling as a rejection of what they characterized as Democrats’ using the government against Mr. Trump for political purposes, while Democrats expressed fear for the future of American democracy.

The three Democratic appointees railed against the ruling that former President Donald J. Trump has some immunity for his official actions, declaring that their colleagues had made the president into “a king above the law.”

The senior Biden officials downplayed the political fallout of President Biden’s debate performance but provided precious little new information.

The episode he recorded Monday will be his last for four months, but the longtime adviser to Donald Trump has no intention of surrendering his influence.

President Biden is trying to figure out how to tamp down Democratic anxiety after last week’s disastrous debate performance.

Surrogates on Sunday made the case for the president, who spent the weekend reassuring donors and supporters, with a message focused on his record and that of Donald J. Trump.

With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors.

Vice-presidential hopefuls are posturing as part of a bid to highlight their ties to wealthy donors.

In Virginia, Donald Trump and his supporters reveled in the moment, and mused about a shadowy Democratic plan to shift candidates.

The U.S. presidential debate and Sunday’s snap election in France have emboldened nationalist forces that could challenge NATO and undo the defense of Ukraine.

Some companies have banned political discussions at work, but that might be easier said than done.

What Kamala Harris, Jaime Harrison, Ron Klain and other party leaders have said about the liabilities of their candidate’s age.

In another sign of Donald J. Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, his team wants the party’s platform to be a succinct pro-Trump document, not an “unnecessarily verbose treatise.”

Some floated interventions and wondered about how to reach Jill Biden. Others hoped the president would bow out of the race on his own. Many came to terms with the low chances that he will do so.

With one big caveat, our columnist says most people are likely to be better off if they forget about politics when it comes to investing for the long haul.

President Biden’s stumbling performance at the debate has spurred interest in replacements. Here’s a roster of some possible backup candidates.

If President Biden seriously considered departing the race, the first lady would be the most important figure other than Mr. Biden himself in reaching that decision.

A day after his falsehoods largely went unchecked amid an unsteady debate performance by President Biden, former President Donald J. Trump argued that the president was unfit for office.

President Biden’s allies can no longer wave away concerns about his capacity after his unsteady performance at Thursday’s debate as worries among Democrats grow.

Vice President Kamala Harris tried to calm Democratic fears as her allies wondered what could be next for her.

It was the smallest TV audience for a presidential debate since 2004, but CNN’s telecast was still among the highest-rated programs of the year.

The most loyal, longstanding Democratic voters were perhaps the most shaken by President Biden’s performance. Some blamed the national party.

A day after a shaky debate performance that led to talk of a new Democratic candidate, President Biden was forceful and confident while speaking to supporters.

It was the biggest stage yet for his effort to rewrite the story of Jan. 6, 2021.

The official also said President Biden was committed to attending the next presidential debate in September.