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Tim Walz ultimately pleaded to a reduced charge of reckless driving after the 1995 incident, which his critics resurface to question his fitness to serve.

The law, which was passed in Minnesota last year, includes language requiring menstrual products to be available in bathrooms of all schools for grades 4 to 12 as a way to accommodate transgender students.

Opinion asked eight columnists and contributors to weigh in on how much the Minnesota governor will help Harris against Trump.

Kamala Harris’s V.P. pick, known for his folksy persona and rural Midwestern roots, has elevated the issue of climate change in his state.

The vice president is said to have liked Mr. Walz’s policies, his Midwestern appeal, and the likelihood that he would be a loyal running mate and governing partner.

Some believe that Gov. Tim Walz should have deployed the Minnesota National Guard sooner when riots broke out following the police murder of George Floyd.

Mr. Walz captured Democrats’ attention with his “weird” takedown of Republicans. Here’s a look at the new vice-presidential candidate.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s disclosure that he had left a cub’s carcass in Central Park overshadowed his court battle to remain on New York State’s ballot this fall.

Ukrainian troops are engaged in a harsh struggle for Toretsk, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine that has been under relentless assault by Russian forces.

Evangelicals who have found the weaponization of Scripture distasteful are showing us that their vote is very much up for grabs.

Ms. Jaffe spent decades covering politics and aging in America, and she was the first editor of the NPR program “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity. “We can all see that you’re Black.”

Biles won her second Olympic vault title — eight years after her first in Rio — with her signature Yurchenko double pike and then a vault called a Cheng.

Mr. Vance has been blunt about wanting to break norms and test constitutional limits to execute his ideas: “We have to get pretty wild, pretty far out there.”

Ignoring the efforts of President Biden and the condemnation of many allies, the Israeli prime minister is forcing the pace of the war and feeding the revolt of the far right.

Hawaiian Electric is expected to pay the largest share — nearly $2 billion — but avoided a heftier price tag that could have forced the utility into bankruptcy.

What three columnists are thinking about possible Democratic presidential tickets and the state of the race between Harris and Trump.