U.S. Politics

Word of the deal emerged in a letter from prosecutors to family members of victims of the attacks.

By Carol Rosenberg

Her quiet, elegant manner added to the mystique behind her husband, Colin Powell, and she figured strongly into his decision not to run for president in 1996.

By Penelope Green

President Biden had anticipated using his remaining time in office to finally bring an end to the war in Gaza. But that was Monday.

By Peter Baker

The group, America PAC, is in some disarray for now as it overhauls its program to turn out voters for Donald J. Trump.

By Theodore Schleifer

The United Automobile Workers had backed President Biden but did not immediately endorse the vice president. Ms. Harris will rally with U.A.W. members in Detroit next week.

By Nicholas Nehamas and Noam Scheiber

Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person to be convicted in connection with the 9/11 attacks, had requested to serve the rest of his life sentence in his native country instead of a prison in Colorado.

By Carol Rosenberg

Right-wing lawmakers and candidates have made baseless suggestions that the shooting was orchestrated by Democrats or government actors who targeted former President Donald J. Trump.

By Annie Karni

The inquiry, which found that the attorney general did not order the forced removal of protesters, covered Donald J. Trump’s polarizing decision to walk through Lafayette Park for a photo opportunity nearby.

By Glenn Thrush

Even with control of the White House and Congress up in the air, lawmakers and lobbyists are gearing up for a big debate next year over expiring measures in former President Donald Trump’s tax law.

By Andrew Duehren

In an appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists, Donald Trump also said his choice of Senator JD Vance as vice president will not matter to voters.

By Jonathan Weisman and Maya King

The group, including Democratic donors such as Reid Hoffman and Vinod Khosla, has been organized under an effort called VCsForKamala.

By Theodore Schleifer, Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith

The company, which has been under pressure since a panel blew away from a 737 Max plane, appointed Kelly Ortberg, an aerospace industry veteran, as its chief executive.

By Niraj Chokshi

Democrats are buzzing, but sustaining the momentum is the next challenge. “How long does the honeymoon last?” one Republican pollster asked. “Who knows.”

By Lisa Lerer, Maya King and Reid J. Epstein

Republicans blame Vice President Kamala Harris for the surge of migrants into the United States over the past several years. But a review of her involvement shows a more nuanced record.

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Jazmine Ulloa

A new super PAC was formed to supplement the Trump-Vance campaign’s efforts to mobilize voters in swing states.

By Kenneth P. Vogel and Theodore Schleifer

The Republican firebrand and fierce Trump ally prevailed over Mark Lamb, while Representative Ruben Gallego was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

By Kellen Browning

An investigative report, which also documents widespread sexual and physical abuse in a program of forced assimilation, calls on the federal government to apologize and “chart a road to healing.”

By Aishvarya Kavi

Mr. Vance honed his attacks against the vice president in two of the battleground state’s Democratic strongholds, Las Vegas and Reno, in his first trip to the Southwest since joining the ticket.

By Chris Cameron

The vice president, speaking to thousands in Atlanta, poked fun at the former president’s reluctance to commit to a debate with her.

Speaking to the campaign’s largest crowd to date, Kamala Harris acknowledged the realities of the race, but vowed to contest and win a state Democrats had begun to fear was off the map.

By Maya King and Rick Rojas

The city’s leaders are forged in a mix of wealth, diversity and a good bit of political nastiness.

By Heather Knight

Ms. Dunn, the president’s senior adviser, will consult for a super PAC supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s fledgling presidential campaign.

By Peter Baker and Katie Rogers

The group, which represents some officers in charge of carrying out President Biden’s asylum measure, said in a court filing that the policy illegally limited migrants’ protections.

By Hamed Aleaziz

After a spate of positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, the World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating why China and other countries are citing contaminated food as an explanation.

By Michael S. Schmidt, Jenny Vrentas and Tariq Panja

Wealthy Democrats who support Pete Buttigieg are working behind the scenes to help him win a spot on Kamala Harris’s ticket.

By Theodore Schleifer

Paul Dans oversaw the project for the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank behind the proposal to reshape the federal government. Democrats have used the plans to attack Donald Trump, who has sought to distance himself from it.

By Neil Vigdor and Shane Goldmacher

After Philadelphia, she and her new vice-presidential candidate will go to western Wisconsin; Detroit; Raleigh N.C.; Savannah, Ga.; Phoenix; and Las Vegas, the Harris campaign said.

By Reid J. Epstein

With very little time to prepare for the campaign trail, the vice president is sticking to her suits — a political move of its own.

By Vanessa Friedman

Vice President Kamala Harris will rally in the battleground state on Tuesday as crucial parts of the party’s base, particularly Black voters, are re-energized. But excitement still has to be translated into votes.

By Maya King, Nicholas Nehamas and Rick Rojas

It was the latest in a series of vicious personal attacks Republicans have lobbed at the vice president since Democrats coalesced around her as their presidential nominee.

By Neil Vigdor

The legislation would impose stricter privacy rules and safeguards for children on the internet and social media, but concerns about free speech and fierce industry lobbying pose challenges.

By Maya C. Miller

Ronald Rowe Jr. said communications problems between the Secret Service and local law enforcement led to a failure to protect former President Donald Trump during a shooting on July 13.

By Eileen Sullivan and Luke Broadwater

The proposed acquisition of the American company by Japan’s Nippon Steel has become a sensitive political matter, with both President Biden and Donald J. Trump decrying the deal.

By Alan Rappeport

A complaint filed in federal court said Norfolk Southern had “regularly” failed to follow federal law requiring that it give preference to Amtrak passenger trains.

By Mark Walker and Peter Eavis

The former president, in an interview on Fox News, declined to back away from his comments and repeated his argument that if he’s elected, “the country will be fixed” and their votes won’t be needed.

By Maggie Astor

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III warned Beijing against engaging in hostilities with U.S. allies in the South and East China Seas.

By Edward Wong

The vice president released an ad called “Fearless” that focuses on her time as a prosecutor, while a spot from the former president attacked her as soft on immigration.

By Reid J. Epstein and Nicholas Nehamas

Central bankers are paying more attention to the strength of the job market as inflation cools. But it’s a tough time to gauge its resilience.

By Jeanna Smialek

The spot, running on television in six battleground states, reflects an effort by the former president to center immigration that predates Kamala Harris’s rise to the top of the Democratic ticket.

By Shane Goldmacher and Michael Gold

Before Kari Lake can take on Representative Ruben Gallego for a Senate seat, she must win her Republican race. And two House races set up by the primaries will be hotly contested in the fall.

By Kellen Browning