U.S. Politics

JD Vance has long spoken about his concerns about the falling birthrate — and it’s not just him.

By Jess Bidgood

Mr. Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, had been seen as one of the half-dozen top candidates to join the Democratic presidential ticket. It was not immediately clear why he withdrew.

By Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein

The president outlined his proposals for major changes to the Supreme Court, including imposing term limits and creating an enforceable code of ethics on the justices.

By The Associated Press

If President Biden’s proposed 18-year term limit had been in place during the most recent four administrations, the court’s 6-to-3 conservative split would be reversed.

By Elena Shao

House leaders picked 13 lawmakers with background in national security and law enforcement, including a Republican who trafficked in conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

By Luke Broadwater

Mark Lamb, a right-wing immigration hard-liner, once might have been the archetypal Republican Senate candidate in the border state. But he’s the underdog in Tuesday’s primary.

By Kellen Browning

The presidential candidates have offered few ideas for reducing the debt burden as red ink continues to mount.

By Alan Rappeport

An anonymous group of junior staff members has modeled its effort on an internal State Department messaging system, hoping to create an outlet for calls for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza.

By Maya C. Miller

She ran to the left as progressive ideas dominated the last competitive Democratic primary. Now, in a tough general election, Republicans are digging up her old stances.

By Reid J. Epstein

The bureau also provided the most comprehensive portrait to date of the gunman, revealing that he had carefully concealed more than two dozen online purchases of weapons and explosives using aliases.

By Glenn Thrush

In a speech in Austin, Texas, the president outlined a proposal that included term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the justices but that faces long odds in a divided Congress.

By Katie Rogers

Democrats could formally make Kamala Harris their nominee this week, as she narrows her running mate choices and attacks her rivals, Donald Trump and JD Vance, while they hit the trail.

By Kellen Browning and Maggie Astor

When Donald J. Trump tries to win over a crowd that is not inherently his own, the results can be awkward.

By Shawn McCreesh

Text messages, obtained exclusively by The Times, indicate that some law enforcement officers were aware of Thomas Crooks earlier than previously known. And he was aware of them.

By Haley Willis, Aric Toler, David A. Fahrenthold and Adam Goldman

The one-week total is more than President Biden’s haul in the first quarter of the year. About two-thirds came from first-time donors, according to the vice president’s campaign.

By Maggie Astor

The two governments said the moves were a response to growing aggression by China, whose rapid military buildup has many leaders worried.

By Edward Wong

The vice president is considering several men who also served as state attorneys general. Those relationships could inform her crucial decision in the days ahead.

By Katie Glueck

Some Asian American leaders are rooting for Kamala Harris to become the first Asian American president. But she is not widely known as Asian American, reflecting the complexity of the identity.

By Amy Qin

The Trump campaign sees Harris’s laugh as a vulnerability to exploit. But far from a liability, it is one of her most effective weapons.

By Jason Zinoman

After a few sluggish years under President Biden, liberal social media creators are seeing their messages resonate as Kamala Harris campaigns for the White House.

By Kevin Roose

With Patriot Party News, Michael Chesebro found a sense of community, and a place where conspiracy theories could become real in the form of the “medbed.”

By Eli Saslow

Timothy Mellon, a reclusive heir to a storied fortune, is spending tens of millions to elect Donald J. Trump. Precisely what he wants in return is one of many curiosities surrounding him.

By Alexandra Berzon and Mike McIntire

At a rally in Minnesota on Saturday, former President Donald J. Trump once more escalated his attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, painting her as extreme and mocking her demeanor.

By Michael Gold

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has shown off his attack dog chops in recent days, offering a message of unity in a state dominated by Republicans — but where Democrats say they’ve seen fresh energy.

By Ann Hinga Klein and Jonathan Weisman

Donald Trump, speaking at a Bitcoin conference, told cryptocurrency holders that he would end the “persecution” of their industry.

By Chris Cameron

In the 12 days since Ohio’s junior senator was tapped as the future of Donald J. Trump’s movement, old comments and a chorus of derision have blunted any sense of invulnerability.

By Jonathan Weisman and Shane Goldmacher

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris’s voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.

By Ken Bensinger

Gov. Tim Walz took jabs at Trump and his vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, at a rally in St. Cloud, Minn., hours before the Republican duo were scheduled to arrive for their own campaign event.

By Jay Senter and Neil Vigdor

At the event, which her campaign said raised more than $1.4 million, Vice President Kamala Harris deployed a sharpened message against Donald J. Trump and his running mate, JD Vance.

By Nicholas Nehamas

A judge ordered Spencer Gear into custody, citing threats to the district attorney and judge in New York days after Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush-money case.

By Isabella Kwai and Emily Schmall

The “Friends” actress, who has been open about her fertility struggles, recently criticized Mr. Vance’s 2021 comments on social media.

By Neil Vigdor

Mr. Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire, is coming around to Donald Trump’s candidacy again after bumps in their relationship. But he thinks his money wouldn’t really help Trump.

By Theodore Schleifer

Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups are backing the vice president, despite their clashes with the Biden administration on border policy.

By Jazmine Ulloa

Donald Trump, after lamenting that conservative Christians are not “big voters,” urged the religious right to turn out for him “just this time.”

By Michael Gold

The U.S. secretary of state pressed China’s top foreign policy official on Beijing’s support for Russia’s efforts to rebuild its military industries during the Ukraine war.

By Edward Wong

By Simon J. Levien

Heads of state and diplomats who have interacted with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee say she uses humor, and talk of food, to help leaven hard discussions.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

The Democrat talks about the election vibe shift and what a Kamala Harris win would mean for both parties.

By Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of a deep-red state, is an intriguing Southern contender to become Kamala Harris’s running mate. He’s already straining to go after JD Vance.

By Nick Corasaniti

Here is what we know about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s views on issues like migration and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

By Eve Sampson

His political views differed from a transgender classmate’s, but they forged a bond that lasted a decade — until Mr. Vance seemed to pivot, politically and personally.

By Stephanie Saul

Speaking to religious conservatives in Florida, former President Donald J. Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of wanting to use left-wing values to transform the United States.

By Michael Gold

The explanation was the most definitive to date after the bureau’s director had earlier suggested the former president might have been hit by shrapnel, igniting a political storm.

By Adam Goldman

The vice president’s expressions of concern for Palestinian suffering marked a shift in emphasis from the president’s statements as she moved to establish herself as the leader of her party.

By Peter Baker

The former president met with the Israeli leader in Florida, a day after his main opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and he both criticized Israel’s conduct of the war.

By Michael Gold and Matthew Mpoke Bigg

The improbable arrest of Ismael Zambada García, who for decades had evaded the authorities, at a small airport outside El Paso appears to be a tale of subterfuge and betrayal.

By Alan Feuer, Natalie Kitroeff and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Peter Strzok, a former F.B.I. agent, and Lisa Page, a former lawyer for the bureau, accused the Trump administration of violating their privacy after it provided explosive texts to the news media.

By Adam Goldman

Donald J. Trump’s running mate said in an interview with Megyn Kelly that Democrats believed they could “replace American children with immigrants.”

By Jazmine Ulloa

Calling to offer their endorsement, the former president and first lady sounded like parents in a Lifetime movie talking to their child at summer camp.

By Rebecca Davis O’Brien

The agency charged with protecting presidents and foreign leaders has its largest ever budget, but employees say it is still unable to recruit and retain enough people to carry the load.

By Kate Kelly

The Republican vice-presidential nominee has spoken often about drug-afflicted communities like the one he escaped. But those communities have tempered their expectations for his help.

By Robert Draper

Former President Donald J. Trump also attacked Vice President Kamala Harris as insufficiently supportive of Israel after his meeting with the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

By Michael Gold

Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.

By Edward Wong

The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues.

By Ana Swanson

The Arizona senator, a Navy veteran and former astronaut, has an almost impossibly strong political résumé. But an overlooked asset is his expertise on the Southern border.

By Jonathan Weisman and Jazmine Ulloa

The president’s decision to exit the race received overwhelming support. Only a few other things have drawn as much consensus in polling.

By Francesca Paris and Ethan Singer

Lobbyists and lawyers are raising money for Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, and assessing what her term might look like.

By Kenneth P. Vogel

A review of JD Vance’s writings and interviews reveals the gradual, complicated process behind his conversion from anti-Trump author to pro-Trump senator.

By Michael C. Bender and Chris Cameron

Russia’s defense minister said he needed to talk to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.

By Eric Schmitt

An absence of medical records or official accounts has stirred confusion, but a Times video and trajectory analysis indicates a bullet, not debris, wounded the former president.

By Malachy Browne, Devon Lum and Alexander Cardia

The former president, who had held back in the days immediately after President Biden left the race, joined the wave of support from Democratic leaders.

By Jazmine Ulloa and Reid J. Epstein

By Michael Gold and Chris Cameron

Vice President Kamala Harris launched her account on Thursday with an eight-second video that has since been viewed 5.8 million times.

By Ken Bensinger

The former president suggested moving a debate from ABC News to Fox.

By Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher

An accomplished Yale-educated lawyer, she has left her job at a top firm as she adjusts to the life of a high-profile political spouse.

By Joseph Bernstein and Katherine Rosman

The Olympics are opening amid outright antagonism between international sports authorities and the United States over American investigations into the handling of doping allegations abroad.

By Michael S. Schmidt and Tariq Panja

The bureau is assessing what caused the former president’s wound during an assassination attempt. The question has turned political.

By Adam Goldman and Glenn Thrush

For many Democrats, a race that felt like a dispiriting slog suddenly feels light. Even hopeful.

By Jess Bidgood

Funds from the ransomware attacks on hospitals subsidized military espionage activities, prosecutors say.

By Michael Crowley

The inspector general said he was troubled by William Barr’s decision in 2020 to brief President Trump on an inquiry over nine discarded ballots, which might have encouraged Mr. Trump’s false election claims.

By Glenn Thrush

Former President Barack Obama had been reluctant to endorse Ms. Harris too quickly, to avoid the perception that he was overseeing her coronation, people familiar with his thinking say.

By Glenn Thrush

JD Vance’s 2021 insult of “childless cat ladies” has sparked bipartisan outrage at a moment when women’s choices are seen as a galvanizing political force.

By Katie Rogers

“We want to ban assault weapons, and they want to ban books,” she told the crowd of 3,500 people at the convention of the American Federation of Teachers.

By Erica L. Green

The bipartisan legislation would impose stricter privacy rules and safeguards for children on the internet and social media, but free speech concerns and fierce industry lobbying pose obstacles.

By Maya C. Miller

The changes among groups cancel out for now, and Trump leads narrowly, but there’s a tie when candidates like Kennedy Jr. are considered.

By Nate Cohn

In a survey taken after President Biden stepped aside, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are locked in a tight race separated by a single percentage point among likely voters.

By Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Camille Baker

A meeting with the Israeli prime minister amounted to a debut on the world stage for the vice president since her rapid ascension as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.

By Peter Baker

Donald J. Trump began turning Vice President Kamala Harris, his new opponent, into a nemesis. But his crowd still wanted to hear the hits.

By Shawn McCreesh

Given weeks instead of years to cultivate donors, the vice president’s allies are armed with a new logo and burning up the phones.

By Theodore Schleifer

Trends already underway make for a sunny outlook over the next few years. The question is who will get to take credit.

By Jeanna Smialek

In the days since President Biden ended his re-election bid and passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s campaign has been crowded out of the headlines.

By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

In a speech from the Oval Office, President Biden said it was time to “pass the torch to a new generation.” But he said nothing about his own age or capacity that led so many Democrats to desert him.

By Peter Baker

“The best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation,” the president said in a rare Oval Office address. And he told voters, “History is in your hands.”

In an Oval Office address, President Biden praised Vice President Kamala Harris and said “it’s been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years.”

By Katie Rogers

Here are six takeaways from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to U.S. lawmakers.

By Ephrat Livni

The Trump campaign has sought to tie Vice President Kamala Harris to unpopular Biden administration policies and paint her as too liberal for independent or moderate voters.

By Michael Gold

Some of his remarks have been disputed by human rights groups, and others are unverifiable or lacked context. Here’s a closer look.

By Linda Qiu

The Justice Department’s in-house watchdog released its report on the reduction of Roger Stone’s sentence in a 2019 case related to the Trump-Russia investigation.

By Glenn Thrush

The likely Democratic presidential nominee faces toxic discourse unlike anything Biden ever has.

By Tiffany Hsu

Some pollsters were already in the field when news of his withdrawal broke; others scrambled to conduct quick surveys.

By Camille Baker and Christine Zhang

The litigation stems from a March 10 interview in which George Stephanopoulos, the network’s star anchor, referred to a civil case brought against Mr. Trump by E. Jean Carroll.

By Michael M. Grynbaum

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel forcefully defended Israel’s military campaign in Gaza during his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.

By Ang Li and Brent McDonald

Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.

By Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler

The speech by Israel’s leader was charged with symbolism, as the war in Gaza has divided lawmakers. He portrayed the conflict as a proxy fight with Iran that must be won at all costs and condemned protesters.

By Annie Karni and David E. Sanger

Vice President Kamala Harris has already secured the support of enough delegates to win the nomination, according to The Associated Press.

By Jazmine Ulloa

This year’s election had been a no-fun zone for Democrats. Suddenly, they have a new candidate, and can’t stop breathlessly speculating about her buffet of white-guy options for No. 2.

By Lisa Lerer and Katie Glueck

Her speech was a clear effort to make the election a referendum on the former president.

By Nicholas Nehamas and Simon J. Levien

The California governor was working out on a treadmill when he got the news that President Biden was ending his campaign.

By Shawn Hubler

She worked the phones. Her team worked the delegates. When it was over, she had quickly locked down the nomination in a “well-orchestrated cascade,” as one party leader put it.

By Shane Goldmacher

Thousands of peaceful protesters gathered west of the Capitol, and smaller breakoff groups clashed with the police nearby and outside Union Station. Fifteen people were arrested, the Capitol Police said.

By Maya C. Miller, Robert Jimison and Luke Broadwater