This Month
A month out, Harris and Trump campaigns brace for ‘trench warfare’
Top officials in both campaigns describe it as a grind-it-out race, where movements measured in a few thousand votes could sway the election outcome.
- Lisa Lerer, Reid J. Epstein and Maggie Haberman
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Donald Trump’s secret sauce - he just gets very lucky
From The Apprentice to Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, something always seems to turn up for Trump. But every gambler knows his luck will run out.
- Pamela Paul
September
- Opinion
- US Votes 2024
Kamala Harris has the measure of Donald Trump
By any objective measure, the vice president won the debate – even some Fox News pundits called it a bad night for her rival. Voters, however, might not agree.
- Edward Luce
August
Republicans fear Trump’s campaign strategy is failing
Republicans are anxious about Trump’s failure to mount effective attacks on the vice president and his embrace of fringe politicians.
- James Politi, Steff Chávez and Alex Rogers
- Opinion
- US election
The astonishing metamorphosis of Kamala Harris
Her shift from indifferent vice president to source of Obama-scale enthusiasm has caught many unaware. Yet Democratic talk of victory is dangerously premature.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
‘I gave my best’: Biden defends legacy as he passes torch to Harris
One month after an unprecedented mid-campaign switch, the opening night of the convention in Chicago was designed to give a graceful exit to the US president.
- Matthew Cranston
Democrats, protesters in Chicago to cheer or challenge Harris and Biden
The Democratic National Convention kick-off was expected to draw tens of thousands of protesters, many opposed to the Biden administration’s support for Israel.
- Steve Holland, Doina Chiacu and Nandita Bose
- Opinion
- Kamala Harris
The big risk in Kamala Harris’ surprise choice for VP
Tim Walz’s down-to-earth language was transformed into the equivalent of a political magic wand, but there’s a risk in overlooking Josh Shapiro in the must-win swing state of Pennsylvania.
- Jennifer Hewett
July
Democrats jostle to be Kamala Harris’ VP as race takes off
Leading Democrats swiftly fell into line behind Kamala Harris, as the Trump campaign team prepared to launch scathing attacks ads.
- Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher and Katie Glueck
Democratic donors warn of campaign funds ‘drying up’ as Biden holds on
Donors have become crucial in the fight over the president’s future, with some pushing for him to withdraw even as Democrats on Capitol Hill waver.
- Alex Rogers and James Fontanella-Khan
- Analysis
- US election
Clash of clans: Democrat leaders split over Biden crisis
The president brought together a party riven on class, age and racial issues. What will happen if he goes?
- Joshua Chaffin, James Fontanella-Khan and Lauren Fedor
Is this Kamala Harris’ moment?
Donors are sceptical of the US vice president, but she has a base of party support if the Democrats decide to replace Joe Biden.
- Joshua Chaffin, James Fontanella-Khan and Lauren Fedor
- Opinion
- US election
Feckless liberals are to blame for Biden’s downfall
The left worldwide ignores problems on its own side, and recent history has turned on that failure.
- Janan Ganesh
June
- Opinion
- US election
Why next week’s Biden v Trump debate is so important
A set piece clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will turn less on policies than on manner and appearance. What they say will matter less than how they seem.
- Updated
- Edward Luce
- Opinion
- US election
It will be a miracle if American democracy survives this election
Bit by bit, the United States is becoming like some Central American banana republic, where presidents who lose office expect to be jailed by their successors.
- Daniel Hannan
‘Guilty on all 34 felony counts’: Biden’s major Trump strategy shift
President Joe Biden has warned denouncing a New York jury’s guilty verdict against Donald Trump is “reckless,” “dangerous” and “irresponsible.”
- Peter Baker
May
Judge threatens Trump with jail over ‘hush money’ gag order
The former US president suggested that he would be willing to risk incarceration after the judge’s warned him over repeatedly breaching the gag order.
- Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan
March
Why Biden is focused on this Michigan county
Leaders in both parties have said that it will be next to impossible for either presidential candidate to win the White House this year without winning Michigan.
- Joey Cappelletti
- Opinion
- US election
Why women will swing the US election
Joe Biden’s State of the Union address was an attempt to recapture the 2022 midterm wave driven by women angry about reproductive rights.
- Ava Kalinauskas
- Analysis
- US election
The Trump-Biden rematch is here, and the ‘double haters’ are aghast
Rarely have so many Americans been so unhappy with the direction of the country for so long. Rarely have so many voters said for so long that they want different leaders.
- Lisa Lerer