2024 Elections

The new ads are part of a push by Mr. Biden’s campaign for stability at a time when some members of his party have called for the president to drop out.

Republicans and Democrats live in radically different universes, interpreting the same set of facts through radically different lenses.

A former national security adviser says Washington “must test new nuclear weapons for reliability and safety in the real world,” while critics say the move could incite a global arms race that heightens the risk of war.

After years of horrendous returns, core bonds were beginning to look like attractive, ho-hum investments. Then the debate happened.

Donald J. Trump slapped tariffs on trading partners and cut taxes in his first term. But after inflation’s return, a repeat playbook would be riskier.

The president’s appearances have come under intense scrutiny since he appeared feeble in his debate against former President Donald J. Trump.

The former president has spent months painting President Biden as incapable of leading, but he has let Democrats do the doubting when it comes to whether Mr. Biden should leave the race.

At a meeting with Democratic governors at the White House, the president was grilled about the path forward as he worked to solidify support from elected leaders.

The party’s official nominating convention is in mid-August, but a virtual roll call vote is supposed to take place beforehand.

A small but vocal faction of party members are urging the president to withdraw from the race or consider doing so in time for a replacement to be chosen.

A public declaration from a megadonor is another crack in the armor in the president’s foundation of support.

His remarks came a day after Representative Lloyd Doggett, a Texas Democrat, became the first member of his party in the House to call on Mr. Biden to withdraw.

The first lady said President Biden would press ahead despite concerns about his acuity. Some Democrats said they wished he wouldn’t.

Picking a new nominee could give Democrats a jolt of energy. But it could bring division and a crash-course campaign with no room for error.

The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, stressed that President Biden was “absolutely not” considering withdrawing from the 2024 race, while trying to reassure the public of his cognitive capacity.

A 3-point move toward Trump in a new Times/Siena poll is not a fundamental change in the race, but it adds to longstanding concerns.

A pair of memos highlighted internal polling that showed a close race and strong fund-raising in an attempt to quiet fears about President Biden’s candidacy.

The private message from congressional leaders was that members should feel free to take whatever position about Mr. Biden’s candidacy was best for their districts.

Kevin Roberts, president of the group that has coordinated the Project 2025 policy plan, said it could be “bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

As Democratic donors increasingly warm to a change, a coalition of politically active executives is among the first to publicly speak out.

The president is trying to reassure his supporters that he can still win in November despite his debate debacle last week.

Democrats and donors are pondering who could be the best alternative to take on Donald Trump after faltering attempts to calm nerves following last week’s debate.

Some of the president’s past supporters want a new candidate, but they are leery of going public.

Leading Democrats have lent legitimacy to questions about the president’s mental acuity, and made clear that the matter of his stepping aside is far from settled.

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.

After days of quiet hand-wringing, a few Democrats went public with their concerns about the president, worried not only about his chances but also the party’s ability to hold the Senate and win the House.

Donald J. Trump has not named a running mate this week. He appears eager to avoid stepping on the controversy swirling around President Biden in the debate’s aftermath.

People who have spent time with President Biden over the last few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday’s debate, more worrisome.

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?”

Lloyd Doggett, a Texas progressive, was the first sitting Democrat in Congress to publicly call on the president to stand aside, but he gave voice to private concerns that have simmered for days.

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.

The Biden campaign said it had raised $127 million in June together with the Democratic Party, while the Trump team said that he and the allied Republican Party committees had taken in $112 million.

Confronting steep debts and some layoffs, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign is increasingly consumed by the battle for ballot access, with his allies quietly putting money into a new legal fund.

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.

Around Mr. Biden, a siege mentality has set in post-debate, one at odds with the persistent concerns of voters who view him as too old to be effective.

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