New York Times

The former president believes his pick to lead the Republican National Committee, Michael Whatley, is more in sync with his views about voter fraud than Ronna McDaniel, whom he succeeded on Friday.

President Biden’s State of the Union address and former President Donald Trump’s victory speech on Super Tuesday conjured diametrically opposed visions of America’s past, present and future.

The G.O.P. has boasted about cutting the budget of what it calls the “weaponized” F.B.I. by 6 percent. Most of that came from wiping out the pet project of retired Senator Richard C. Shelby.

President Biden is expected to sign the legislation, the product of a bipartisan deal, ahead of the midnight shutdown deadline — but the spending fight isn’t over yet.

President Biden delivered a spirited speech, sparring at times with Republicans, and addressed concerns about his age.

But the new report suggests that the public’s belief that the government is hiding what it knows will probably continue.

In a raucous State of the Union address, the president’s goal was to reassure Americans that at 81 he is ready for a second term. He made his case, loudly and forcefully.

In an address that previewed the issues his campaign will focus on in the November election, President Biden made the case for a second term.

The special counsel, Jack Smith, filed an array of rebuttals to motions by former President Donald J. Trump to dismiss his documents case.

Ukrainian officials are disheartened about stalled aid. The Pentagon wants Kyiv to heed its advice on how to fight.