Donald Trump
Reporting and commentary on the forty-fifth President.
The Lede
The Election-Interference Merry-Go-Round
Claims and counterclaims of “election interference” are ubiquitous these days. What does the term actually mean?
By Jon Allsop
The Lede
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Steps Aside for Donald Trump
As Kennedy’s 2024 election campaign collapses, he has embraced a new role as the former President’s latest ally.
By Clare Malone
The Weekend Essay
Democracy Needs the Loser
The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence.
By Barbara F. Walter
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Speech of Kamala Harris’s Lifetime
The Democratic Presidential nominee leaves Chicago with her party united, but Donald Trump is not yet defeated.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Political Scene Podcast
Unity, Millennial Cringe, and Overwhelming Relief Abound at the D.N.C.
Why the “cringe-millennial” production value of the 2024 D.N.C. is outplaying the macho bravado of this year’s R.N.C.
Infinite Scroll
How the Harris Campaign Beat Trump at Being Online
Trump has always drawn ideas from the darker corners of the Internet, but his new opponent has found a different kind of traction by embracing the Web’s native formats.
By Kyle Chayka
The Financial Page
Has Kamala Harris Risen Above the Vibecession?
Voters are still concerned about high prices, but inflation has dropped below three per cent, interest-rate cuts seem inevitable, and Donald Trump can’t focus.
By John Cassidy
Comment
Trump’s Got Troubles
His campaign is careening, his poll numbers are slipping, and, after something of a summer lull, he is due for several confrontations in court.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
Q. & A.
What the Latest Presidential Polls Say and What They Might Be Missing
Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, breaks down Kamala Harris’s performance in the battleground states and how we should think about polling error.
By Isaac Chotiner
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Kamala Harris’s Best Campaign Surrogate Is Donald Trump
The ex-President’s tired old show is a great advertisement for his new rival.
By Susan B. Glasser
The Political Scene Podcast
Elon Musk’s Pivot from Online Troll to Political Machinator
Musk’s recent spat with Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, is the billionaire’s most recent attempt to put his thumb on the geopolitical scale.
The Lede
Elon Musk’s Surging Political Activism
The X C.E.O. has been using his platform to sound off on topics including Venezuela’s election, Trump’s campaign, and racial violence in the U.K.
By Jon Lee Anderson
American Chronicles
The Vigil Keepers of January 6th
In the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol, a trio of women with family members who participated in the riot moved to D.C. to seek their own kind of justice.
By Antonia Hitchens
Daily Comment
Kamala Harris’s Youth-Vote Turnaround
For most of the year, young people seemed to be flocking to the Republican Party. Was Trump doing something right, or was Biden doing something very, very wrong?
By E. Tammy Kim
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Does Anyone in America Miss Joe Biden as Much as Donald Trump?
The ex-President is having a very hard time pivoting to Kamala Harris.
By Susan B. Glasser
Daily Comment
What Tim Walz Brings to Kamala Harris’s Campaign to Beat Donald Trump
The Minnesota governor with a progressive agenda becomes the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee after capturing the Zeitgeist with a single word.
By Peter Slevin
The Financial Page
Trump’s Dangerous Embrace of Bitcoin and the Crypto Bros
Having suffered a series of legal and regulatory setbacks in recent years, the cryptocurrency industry is pouring millions of dollars into the upcoming election. To what end?
By John Cassidy
Q. & A.
Inside Donald Trump’s Effort to Woo Arab Americans
Will voters fed up with Biden’s approach to Gaza turn to a man who once called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”?
By Isaac Chotiner
Fault Lines
The Politics of “Weird”
Kamala Harris’s campaign has smartly positioned her as the normal candidate. But disagreements and distractions lie ahead.
By Jay Caspian Kang