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It’s a change from 2016, when House Republicans were the preferred candidates. At least two senators — J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio — are on the short list for the vice president slot.

The House minority leader scheduled a virtual meeting for Sunday.

While speaking at a campaign event in Wisconsin, President Biden reaffirmed his pledge to stay in the 2024 presidential race, despite a weak debate performance last week and calls from some House Democrats to drop out.

While some House Democrats have been outspoken about the president’s debate performance, most senators have so far been quieter about their concerns.

A mysterious former Republican’s victory over Mondaire Jones in a third-party primary could help shape one of the nation’s most important congressional swing races this fall.

Impeachments, bankruptcies, fraud judgments, felonies. Nothing sticks. Nothing matters.

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.

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.

Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, met with Democrats on Capitol Hill as well as Biden administration officials, seeking more help to combat the unrest in his country.

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.