President Joe Biden

Readers offer a range of views after an editorial that called on the president to leave the race after his poor debate performance.

What is the Democratic Party for if not for dealing with a situation like this?

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.

The president had a bad night, but the fundamentals of this race have not changed.

A second Biden term would be unusually dangerous for the country in a very significant way.

Readers share their biggest takeaways from the presidential debate.

Do the Democrats really want to stop Trump? What are they prepared to do?

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

Some floated interventions and wondered about how to reach Jill Biden. Others hoped the president would bow out of the race on his own. Many came to terms with the low chances that he will do so.

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.

President Biden’s stumbling performance at the debate has spurred interest in replacements. Here’s a roster of some possible backup candidates.

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.

A day after his falsehoods largely went unchecked amid an unsteady debate performance by President Biden, former President Donald J. Trump argued that the president was unfit for office.

La actuación insuficiente del presidente en el debate dejó claro que no es el hombre que era hace cuatro años.

President Biden’s allies can no longer wave away concerns about his capacity after his unsteady performance at Thursday’s debate as worries among Democrats grow.

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

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

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

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.

At a rally in North Carolina, the first lady’s frock said it all.

The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.

The Education Department said it would put the borrowers in forbearance while it recalculated their payments to comply with recent court rulings.

En un enfrentamiento tenso y personal, el presidente Joe Biden no logró mitigar las preocupaciones sobre su edad, Donald Trump expuso con contundencia sus argumentos (con afirmaciones descabelladas y exageraciones) y los moderadores se mantuvieron al margen.

None of the options ensure victory against Trump — and some of them could badly split the party.

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.

During a rally in North Carolina, President Biden tried to minimize concerns about his fitness for office by reassuring the crowd that he is up for the job.