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