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Presidential Candidates

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.
Cover Story

Barry Blitt’s “Roller Coaster”

The highs and lows of the campaigns for America’s highest office.
Dispatch

A Mood of Optimism at Kamala Harris’s First Campaign Stop

Less than a week after the Republican National Convention took over Milwaukee, Harris spoke at a high-school rally there to a crowd of ebullient Democrats.
Dispatch

The Controlled Normalcy of Kamala Harris’s Trip to Las Vegas

On Tuesday, with Joe Biden’s reëlection campaign in free fall, the Vice-President travelled to Nevada for what some hoped would be her launch as the Democratic Presidential candidate.
Fault Lines

The Case for Joe Biden Staying in the Race

The known bad candidate is better than the chaos of the unknown.
The Political Scene

Tim Scott’s Racial Absolution

The senator from South Carolina presents an early electoral victory—he became president of his high school, years after a “race riot”—as a tidy tale of prejudice overcome. Is that the full story?
The Political Scene

Nikki Haley’s Consensus Appeal

A canny establishment conservative may be Biden’s greatest threat in 2024. But can she solve the Trump problem?
Letter from Biden’s Washington

2024 Preview: Bidenomics Versus the Trump Freak Show

The President’s feel-good tour offers a stark contrast to his predecessor’s summer of conspiracies and criminal indictments. But will it work?
Q. & A.

The Alternative Facts of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The Democratic Presidential candidate talks about his right-wing admirers, his distrust of scientists and the media, and his belief that the C.I.A. was involved in J.F.K.’s death.
Daily Cartoon

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 6th

“Where is your section for books by people who aren’t obviously running for President?”
Our Columnists

The Serious Takeaway from CPAC: Trump and Trumpism Are Still a Threat

Behind all the craziness is a movement that has given up on truth and respecting democracy.
Our Columnists

Is Donald Trump Losing His Mojo?

The former President’s political and legal challenges are mounting, even as some polls indicate that he still has a lot of support among Republicans.
Our Columnists

Can Any Republican Rival Take Down Donald Trump?

The only way for non-MAGA Republicans to consign the former President to history is for them to unite against him.
Postscript

Remembering Walter Mondale

The former Vice-President and Presidential candidate told voters the hard and politically costly truths they didn’t want to hear.
Comment

Trump’s Bitter, Vainglorious Fantasy of America on the Debate Stage

Biden’s challenge was that the President lies in a manner that is so unanchored to reality that it becomes disorienting for anyone watching.
The Political Scene

The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump

This Presidency poses stark questions about the ideological future of both parties.
The Stakes

The New Yorker Endorses a Biden Presidency

It would be a relief simply to have a President who doesn’t abuse the office as a colossal grift. But a new President must also address the failures that have been festering in American life for decades.
American Chronicles

How the Promise of Normalcy Won the 1920 Election

A hundred years ago, the U.S. was riven by disease, inflamed with racial violence, and torn between isolation and globalism. Sound familiar?
Profiles

Can Biden’s Center Hold?

After a career built on incremental progress, Joe Biden is promising a Presidency of transformational change. The election will test whether his campaign can bring together a divided Party and a beleaguered country.
Wyoming Postcard

Who Is Kanye’s Running Mate?

Residents of Cody, Wyoming—where Kanye West has a ranch—compare notes on Michelle Tidball, the local mystic who works in a dentist’s office and says she can communicate with God.