

Nervous about the election? Try these tips to stay calm.


It depends on how much Harris can run up the score.


Researchers have identified two groups more likely to endorse political violence. They aren’t who you think.


The tech billionaire’s political ambitions, explained


Women could deliver this election for Vice President Kamala Harris.


A field guide to the podcasts that dominated the 2024 campaign trail, from Theo Von to Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper.


Is it a problem that people are betting on Trump v. Harris?


Three reasons Trump’s lawyers have less to work with in 2024 if they attempt a coup.


Americans’ opinions on immigration are more complicated than any one question can capture.


Brat summer is over; “Trump is a fascist” fall is in.

Your home, health, and food are just some of what’s at stake this November.


Explain It to Me gets to the bottom of those pesky appeals for cash — and how to stop them.


Top Democrats understand that the Supreme Court is a problem, but fixing this problem is nightmarishly difficult.

What matters most to voters in the battleground states.


Will storm damage depress turnout in a key battleground state?

Even though Harris is running as a moderate, progressives are likely to get blamed for her defeat.


Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The polls are very close.


To win statewide, the party wants to “lose by less” in rural areas.


Progressives felt they were gaining. Now they’re on the defensive.


Arizona’s dueling ballot measures on abortion and immigration, explained.


It’s an erosion that’s taken place over the last decade.

Democrats’ immigration politics have taken a Trumpy turn since 2020. Would a Harris administration change that?


Harris isn’t talking about making history. That shows how much culture and politics have changed in eight years.


Despite Joe Biden’s historically pro-union policies, the Democrats’ share of the union vote is falling.


The vice president had a chance to defend immigrants on Fox News. She passed.


If Harris wins, the Republican Party will almost certainly be able to veto anything she does, thanks to our broken Constitution.


Latinos may be shifting right, but not for the reasons you think.


The state’s 12-week ban has already upended care. Anti-abortion leaders want to go further.

Progressives conquered economic policy under Biden. Would they lose it under Harris?


And is there a better way to ask for money?


Victory in Pennsylvania might be all about losing by less in the other party’s strongholds.


Howard Stern and Alex Cooper do something the New York Times simply can’t.


The dock workers’ strike could mean big wage gains but could further disrupt the fragile supply chain.


How the vice president seems to have fixed one of Biden’s biggest vulnerabilities.


Musk and Republicans have embraced falsehoods that undermine the legitimacy of the election.


The Republican VP candidate isn’t a moderate, but at the debate Tuesday, he played one on TV.


Tuesday night’s Vance-Walz matchup was more civil and substantive than the Trump-Harris one — with enough for both sides to claim victory.


Vance’s “damning non-answer” on the 2020 election exposed the true stakes for democracy in 2024.


The stakes are high. Vance and Walz have just 34 days to make their pitches to voters.


Border crossings are down and enforcement is up. But what about progressive goals?