2024 Elections

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.

In Virginia, Donald Trump and his supporters reveled in the moment, and mused about a shadowy Democratic plan to shift candidates.

The U.S. presidential debate and Sunday’s snap election in France have emboldened nationalist forces that could challenge NATO and undo the defense of Ukraine.

Some companies have banned political discussions at work, but that might be easier said than done.

What Kamala Harris, Jaime Harrison, Ron Klain and other party leaders have said about the liabilities of their candidate’s age.

In another sign of Donald J. Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, his team wants the party’s platform to be a succinct pro-Trump document, not an “unnecessarily verbose treatise.”

With one big caveat, our columnist says most people are likely to be better off if they forget about politics when it comes to investing for the long haul.

If President Biden seriously considered departing the race, the first lady would be the most important figure other than Mr. Biden himself in reaching that decision.

Vice President Kamala Harris tried to calm Democratic fears as her allies wondered what could be next for her.

It was the smallest TV audience for a presidential debate since 2004, but CNN’s telecast was still among the highest-rated programs of the year.

The most loyal, longstanding Democratic voters were perhaps the most shaken by President Biden’s performance. Some blamed the national party.

A day after a shaky debate performance that led to talk of a new Democratic candidate, President Biden was forceful and confident while speaking to supporters.

It was the biggest stage yet for his effort to rewrite the story of Jan. 6, 2021.

The official also said President Biden was committed to attending the next presidential debate in September.

The former president faced a similar crisis of confidence in his re-election campaign after a bad debate performance in 2012, and he defended his former running mate in a social media post.

Bickering about their golf handicaps in Thursday’s presidential debate was panned as a petty exercise between two aging men trying vainly to outdo one another.

The debates between contenders to be U.K. prime minister showed that Britain’s political culture, and the leaders who have emerged from it, are far removed from those across the ocean.

Successive successes reinvigorated Donald Trump’s campaign a month after he became the first major party nominee convicted of a felony.

Former President Donald J. Trump continued to spread fear of immigrants, while the president did not define any broader strategy on the issue.

President Biden tried to minimize concerns about his fitness for office, saying he would not be running if he didn’t think he was up to the job.

The president’s surrogates acknowledged his struggles in the debate but said that one night did not reflect his successes, or the dangers of a second Trump term.

The MSNBC host Joe Scarborough urged him to consider dropping out. So did other pundits the president had long viewed as his strongest allies in the news media.

Leaders of the anti-abortion movement sent a letter to Donald J. Trump amid worries he may try to weaken the anti-abortion language in the party platform.

The CNN presidential debate kept the volume down, for a change. That didn’t make it more intelligible.

An unsteady debate performance by President Biden has scrambled the thinking among some donors about whether the party needs to find an alternative.

The president’s shaky performance in his first 2024 debate against Donald Trump has deepened concerns about his age.

The court’s strategy of avoidance and delay cannot last and may have been shaped by a desire to avoid controversy in an election year.

Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington’s commitment to alliances.

President Biden struggled through his first debate of the 2024 campaign against Donald J. Trump, meandering and mumbling through answers as the former president pressed his case for a second term with limited resistance from his rival.

Supporters of both candidates were at the debate to sell their version of reality. One group seemed to have an easier time with it.

Supporters who gathered at an Atlanta hotel cheered President Biden’s performance even as Democratic leaders elsewhere were voicing concern and distress.

During brief remarks to reporters after his showdown with former President Donald J. Trump, Mr. Biden said he felt he “did well” but noted that he had a sore throat.

Hosting a live “Daily Show” after the Biden-Trump spectacle, Stewart said he needed “to call a real estate agent in New Zealand.”

The anchors mostly receded into the background on Thursday night. That was exactly what CNN leadership had in mind.

In a tense interview, Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Biden’s record in office and downplayed the moments during the debate where he faltered.

Democrats found President Biden’s performance disconcerting, while Republicans were in a jubilant mood. Swing voters were flummoxed.

In a testy, personal clash, President Biden failed to ease worries about his age, Donald Trump forcefully made his case (with wild claims and exaggerations) and the moderators held their fact-checking fire.

The former president’s remarks onstage, repeated often on the campaign trail, were striking with his opponent standing a few feet away.

The independent presidential candidate answered the same questions that the CNN hosts asked of former President Donald J. Trump and President Biden.

President Biden needed to calm concerns about his age and mental acuity. Instead, he inflamed them, raising questions about whether he could carry on as the Democratic nominee.