New York Times

President Biden spent decades seeking the highest office, only to drop his bid for re-election under pressure. These final months before the November election are bittersweet, his allies say.

Congressional Republicans in races around the country are seeking to appeal to women by pledging support for I.V.F. and abortion access, even if they have opposed them in the past.

Karen Dunn, who is preparing the vice president for next week’s clash, has trained Democrats for debates in every election since 2008. Her approach, as Hillary Clinton put it, is “tough love.”

The battle over who Ms. Harris is — and what she stands for — will take center stage on Tuesday when she and Donald Trump debate for the first time.

Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign reported raising $361 million in August, her first full month as the Democrats’ nominee, far surpassing the $130 million reported by Mr. Trump in the same month.

Mr. Biden took the unusual step of entering a so-called Alford plea, acknowledging there was enough evidence to convict him even as he expressed innocence toward the same charges.

Activists, party lawyers and state officials are mobilizing behind a crackdown on a supposed scourge of noncitizens’ casting ballots. Voting rights advocates say the effort is spreading misinformation.

The vice president is relying on tax proposals as a way to show she is different from both President Biden and her Republican rival, Donald Trump.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is expected to raise national security concerns about selling the iconic steel producer to Japan’s Nippon Steel.

As both sides prepare for the start of jury selection on Thursday, there are no indications that any deal is likely, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.