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The vice president met with abortion providers and staff members in Minneapolis, a striking political move that shows how assertive Democrats have grown on the issue.

For a few weeks in October 2022, the White House was consumed in a crisis whose depths were not publicly acknowledged at the time. It was a glimpse of what seemed like a terrifying new era.

The MAGA break with Reagan Republicans is so severe that they should ally with Democrats against Trump.

The Alabama senator used a story about sex trafficking to criticize the Biden administration’s border policies. But the events occurred in Mexico years ago.

In a raucous State of the Union address, the president’s goal was to reassure Americans that at 81 he is ready for a second term. He made his case, loudly and forcefully.

The Alabama senator, 42, who has been floated as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, gave a tonally jarring speech that toggled between strained cheerfulness and ominous warnings.

In an address that previewed the issues his campaign will focus on in the November election, President Biden made the case for a second term.

Steve Nikoui yelled “Abbey Gate, Abbey Gate” during the speech, a reference to where his son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, and 12 other troops were killed during the chaotic final days of the U.S. presence in Kabul.

A presidential contest between two older candidates is an opportunity for us to start recognizing the crucial needs of our aging population.

Bewildered by tepid enthusiasm for a president they see as transformative, these Democrats occupy a lonely place in U.S. politics: “I feel like I’m the only one.”

Three Air Force cargo planes dropped 38,000 ready-to-eat meals in Gaza, but critics called that insufficient. A U.S. official said it was the beginning of a broader campaign.

A new poll shows that nearly two in five Democrats say that the president should not be their nominee. But no one who matters to the president seems willing to suggest he step aside.

Donald Trump has the largest national lead in an NYT poll since first running for president in 2015.

The 2,000-mile frontier has become a symbol in American politics as the debate over immigration grows increasingly polarized.

A protest vote against President Biden’s policies on Israel will show the extent of Democratic divisions, while Donald Trump is favored to win again as Nikki Haley presses on.

Israel’s very legitimacy is being undermined by the enormous casualties in Gaza and its government’s failure to provide a credible postwar plan.