New York Times

The unelected body that shapes voting rules has a new conservative majority who question the state’s 2020 results. They now have new power to influence the results in 2024.

An unusual and chaotic set of political circumstances forced Illinois’s billionaire governor to take the lead in securing the Democratic convention for Chicago.

A far-right plank on immigration that is rooted in a baseless theory has found purchase among Republicans and right-leaning independents in parts of Ohio.

As President Biden’s understudy, Ms. Harris did not often get to lead on signature issues. But she found roles to play on abortion rights, gun safety and a Supreme Court appointment.

We examine the two candidates’ criticisms of each other’s policies, promises and records.

The former president’s vision of using the military to enforce the law domestically would carry profound implications for civil liberties.

The vice president’s brain trust is younger, more racially diverse and larger than President Biden’s. Her advisers can expect a lot of phone calls in the coming weeks.

The order maintained halts by lower courts on federal rules prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in schools.

Former President Donald J. Trump was supposed to focus on the price of groceries at an event on Thursday. His attention wandered.

The secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, has spent $500,000 defending himself in court. He says the plaintiff will only settle if he effectively endorses a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2020 election.