Lisa Lerer

With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors.

A range of despairing Democrats began to reconsider their nominee after his rough debate showing, but there was no agreement on how, or whether, to urge him to step off the ticket.

A New York Times/Siena College poll shows Republicans with greater enthusiasm for their candidate.

Plus, the soaring costs of caring for pets.

Across the country this week, Democrats are focusing on abortion issues and emphasizing Donald Trump’s role in nominating the justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade.

The matchup on Thursday will be the earliest presidential debate in American history, and any potential missteps could linger for weeks or months.

They are veering from cautious optimism to complete pessimism about their long odds this year, with two liberal-leaning state ballot measures having the potential to lift turnout.

The decision does not eliminate efforts to restrict the availability of the pill.

A ruling limiting access to a widely available abortion pill would have given Democrats another way to hammer their opponents on an issue that’s become politically damaging for Republican politicians.

Justice Samuel Alito’s secretly recorded remarks come as many conservatives have openly embraced the view that American democracy must be grounded in a Christian worldview.

The group, known as the Danbury Institute, opposes abortion in all cases and has asserted that life begins at the moment of fertilization.

The political fallout is far from certain, but the verdict will test America’s traditions, legal institutions and ability to hold an election under historic partisan tension.

Several G.O.P. Senate candidates used to embrace anti-abortion views. Now they are shifting their positions on an issue that has become an electoral liability for their party.

A conservative Christian coalition’s plan to end the federal right to abortion began just days after Trump’s 2016 election.

In an interview for a forthcoming book, Mrs. Clinton also suggested that if Donald Trump won in November “we may never have another actual election.”

In roughly 24 hours on Tuesday, former President Donald J. Trump reposted a video with an echo of Nazi Germany, hinted at restricting contraception and made news in two of the criminal cases against him.

The former president suggested he might support letting states place restrictions on contraception, then said amid criticism that he didn’t support restrictions.

Maggie Tamposi Goodlander, the wife of the national security adviser, is navigating a personal landscape with little precedent in her run for Congress in New Hampshire.

In an interview with The Times, Vice President Kamala Harris deepened her criticism of the conservative justices who overturned Roe and singled out Clarence Thomas’s views on other settled cases.

Plus, the shadow over the Kentucky Derby.

With tensions escalating and Republicans pouncing, President Biden finally weighed in and sought to increase the distance between himself and some of the more radical activism on colleges.

“Civil War” has tapped into a dark set of national angst. In polls and in interviews, a segment of voters say they fear the country’s divides may lead to actual, not just rhetorical, battles.

President Biden’s push to transform the race into a binary choice between him and Donald Trump has been aided by blanket coverage of Mr. Trump’s courtroom appearances.

The president’s campaign and other Democrats believe that the court proceedings will do their work for them and that messaging should focus on Mr. Biden’s record.

A new poll by The New York Times and Siena College finds that voters think highly of the former president’s record on the economy, but memories of his divisiveness largely remain intact.

At a rally in Tucson, Ariz., days after the state’s top court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, Vice President Kamala Harris placed the blame directly on former President Donald J. Trump.

Across the country, fractures are emerging among conservative and centrist women, as they confront a steady drumbeat of new abortion restrictions and court rulings.

Lisa Lerer, a political correspondent for The New York Times, explains how protests over the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war are disrupting the activities of Democratic officials from city halls to Congress to the White House.

The vice president is set to lean into a partywide attack on Donald Trump and fellow Republicans, who are newly on the defensive over the issue.

The party is unifying around a blunt message that Vice President Kamala Harris pushed for privately ahead of her Friday trip to Arizona, where Democrats hope to keep Republicans reeling.

After months of mixed signals, the former president said abortion rights should be left to the states.

Lawmakers voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the fight over the law.

Democrats quickly aimed to capitalize on a ruling by the state’s highest court upholding an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions.

With his video statement on Monday, Donald Trump laid bare how faulty a messenger he had always been for the anti-abortion cause.

From President Biden to the mayors of small cities, Democrats have been trailed by demonstrators who are complicating the party’s ability to campaign in an election year.

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President Biden raised $25 million at a Radio City Music Hall event, adding to his huge cash edge, after Donald Trump pushed his law-and-order message at a wake for a police officer killed on duty.

A fund-raiser on Thursday intends to raise $25 million to help re-elect the president, who has amassed a roster of achievements, but whose approval ratings are the lowest of the three.

Republican strategists and officials acknowledge that the politics have shifted rapidly against them after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022.

Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch.

The strategy has risks, especially in red states like Ohio.

The trip made history and offered a vivid look at how the politics of abortion rights have transformed since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

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

Plus: Trump flips on a TikTok ban.

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What campaign themes will he lay out? How directly will he attack Donald Trump? Will he say the word abortion?

As recently as a year ago, less than half of Republican voters named Trump as their preferred candidate.

They’ve worked through denial, bargaining and grief over the 2024 matchup. Are discontented voters inching toward acceptance?

President Biden tries to take on worries about a tough race by turning to TikTok influencers, a late-night talk show and more give-and-take with reporters.

Several states are hosting consequential primary contests.

A New York Times/Siena College poll revealed how much even his supporters worry about his age, intensifying what has become a grave threat to his re-election bid.

The former president shows no sign of being shaken from his controlling position in the G.O.P. — not in 2024, and not in the foreseeable future.

As some Republicans rushed to distance themselves from a decision that upended popular fertility treatments, Democrats vowed to tie them to it.

His supporters are seeking to attack abortion rights and abortion access from a variety of angles should he regain the White House, including using a long-dormant law from 1873.

In supporting a 16-week ban with exceptions, Donald Trump appears to be trying to satisfy social conservatives who want to further restrict abortion access and voters who want more modest limits.

Our guide to the themes dominating the race.

The Democratic-allied Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy intends to lift President Biden and important House and Senate races.

The White House’s cloistered nature reflects the concern of aides who worry that even small mistakes will be amplified. Lately, the president has burst through that bubble, with mixed results.

White House officials traveled to Dearborn to meet with Arab American leaders as the president faces mounting frustration within his party over his refusal to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.

Stumping for the president ahead of South Carolina’s Democratic primary, Ms. Harris has been working to shore up his vulnerabilities with Black voters and younger voters.

Plus: A Taylor Swift endorsement is Biden’s wildest dream.

Watching Donald Trump ascend, the newly energized Biden campaign is aiming to make the general election all about him. It’s also hoping for some big endorsements.

As Donald J. Trump pivots to a general election, early results point at the rough road ahead with critical independent voters.

Donald Trump made history with a second straight victory, as Nikki Haley and her supporters look increasingly adrift in his Republican Party.

The aides, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Mike Donilon, will move from the White House to his re-election headquarters in Wilmington, Del.

This was featured in live coverage.

This was featured in live coverage.

This street corner tells the tale of the Republican primary.

As Nikki Haley celebrated Ron DeSantis’s departure from the Republican primary, Donald J. Trump turned his firepower toward his final rival.