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Two other House Democrats who are part of the left-wing “squad” lost primary contests this summer after an influx of spending by pro-Israel groups.

By Neil Vigdor

Mr. Hovde, a wealthy businessman endorsed by Donald J. Trump, won the Republican primary Tuesday night to challenge Senator Tammy Baldwin, the Democratic incumbent.

By Maggie Astor

William Lester Suff, 70, was already on death row for a dozen murders in Southern California. Now, he has confessed to killing a 19-year-old woman, shutting a 1986 cold case, officials said.

By Orlando Mayorquín

After President Biden dropped his re-election bid, his administration released records showing that while he was vice president, his son solicited U.S. government assistance.

By Kenneth P. Vogel

Republicans accused Democratic officials of trying to sway the results. But prosecutors found that the problem stemmed from an employee whose attention was diverted.

By J. David Goodman

Dunyadar Gasanov admitted he had lied to investigators about how long he had known the driver of the truck and altered drivers’ logs to evade federal regulations.

By Hank Sanders

President Biden said eight research centers would receive research awards aimed at pioneering new methods of precision cancer surgery as part of his administration’s cancer “moonshoot” initiative.

By The New York Times

Donald J. Trump’s campaign has accused Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, of exaggerating his service in 2018 remarks. The Harris campaign has said he misspoke.

By Kellen Browning

The diverse group is turning out in record numbers. Neither party can take its support for granted.

By Amy Qin

President Biden has had a deep personal interest in cancer research since his son Beau died of an aggressive brain cancer in 2015.

By Zach Montague

The United Automobile Workers union accused the pair of threatening workers during their livestreamed conversation on Monday.

By Tim Balk

The event is planned for Tuesday, when Barack Obama speaks in Chicago, and the campaign hopes to hold it at the arena where Republicans held their convention, people briefed on the planning said.

By Reid J. Epstein

John Legend is set to headline one of the week’s biggest events so far — a bash by Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois — but despite speculation, there’s no sign yet of Beyoncé or Taylor Swift in Chicago.

By Jonathan Weisman

Connor Grubb, 29, of the Blendon Township Police Department faces multiple charges in the fatal shooting of Ta’Kiya Young, 21, who was shot in her car outside a Kroger last year after being accused of theft.

By Jesus Jiménez

The groups are building a voter outreach effort around a unified message from the left targeting Democrats and independents in battleground states.

By Jazmine Ulloa

The vice president long had a reputation as an uneven political messenger prone to missteps. That has steadily been changing.

By Nicholas Nehamas, Erica L. Green and Ang Li

Arizona, a swing state, and Missouri will be among the states voting on whether to establish abortion rights in state constitutions. Democrats have used the issue to turn out voters.

By Kate Zernike

Under a $45 million settlement, Customs and Border Protection agreed to adjust its policy around pregnancy. Some women say the agency has instilled a culture of shame and perpetuated a fear of retaliation.

By Eileen Sullivan

The leading mayoral candidates are racing to hire influential activists in the city’s large Chinese community and looking for every opportunity to reach Chinese-speaking voters.

By Amy Qin

Elon Musk offered frequent praise as he proved a sympathetic partner to help amplify Donald J. Trump’s views on a social-media platform that once barred him for pushing his false election claims.

By Michael Gold

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s claims about immigration, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden and more.

By Linda Qiu

She could face multiple years in prison when she is sentenced in October.

By Alan Feuer and Nick Corasaniti

The move to raze the church in Sutherland Springs, which had served as a memorial to the victims of the 2017 massacre, came over objections from some in the community.

By Edgar Sandoval

Arizona state troopers rescued Stitch, the giant sulcata tortoise, from an interstate highway after it escaped from its enclosure at a ranch.

By Sara Ruberg

A Trump campaign official said that the aircraft was provided by a charter jet service after his own jet had a mechanical failure, and that the campaign had been unaware of the plane’s previous ownership.

By Chris Cameron and Michael Gold

His quick thinking saved fellow soldiers in Vietnam. Later, he had a role in the presidential runs of Ross Perot, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama.

By Alex Traub

The Minnesota governor, No. 2 on the ticket, might not win his old House seat if he were to run now.

By Jess Bidgood

Three New York Times reporters who attended the rally confirmed that the crowd numbered in the thousands.

By Bora Erden, Malika Khurana, Ashley Wu, Kalina Borkiewicz and Kellen Browning

The president, two of his predecessors and the party’s 2016 nominee are said to be planning speeches at the party’s gathering next week in Chicago.

By Reid J. Epstein and Nicholas Nehamas

The bureau has repeatedly warned about foreign countries meddling in the upcoming election, including using artificial intelligence to spread misinformation.

By Adam Goldman, Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush

Polar bear attacks on humans are rare, but last week’s was the second fatal encounter since 2023.

By Johnny Diaz

A quiet diplomatic effort to ease tensions with uncommitted delegates and head off televised confrontations inside the Democratic convention hall next week has been underway for months.

By Jonathan Weisman

How did the letter, sent from a Naval base in Virginia, make its way more than 800 miles to Florida? Who wrote it, and for whom? These mysteries remain.

By Jesus Jiménez

The government has reduced a backlog of applications that built up during the Trump administration. New citizens say they are looking forward to voting in November.

By Miriam Jordan

Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania was in the audience with family, including three of his grandchildren, during the shooting.

By Luke Broadwater

The quake was centered about five miles northeast of downtown, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no initial reports of serious damage.

By Soumya Karlamangla and Jill Cowan

View the location of the quake’s shake area and aftershocks.

The popularity of the Affordable Care Act has changed the political strategy of Republicans, who are no longer campaigning to end the law.

By Noah Weiland

A 35-year-old contractor with Baltimore Gas and Electric was investigating an issue at the home, which exploded early Sunday morning.

By Ali Watkins

Representative Jason Crow of Colorado, whom Democrats tapped for impeachment, investigations and tough questioning of President Biden, is their top member of a task force investigating the shooting.

By Luke Broadwater

The recently established U.S.-China Financial Working Group is set to meet for discussions about financial stability and curbing the flow of fentanyl.

By Alan Rappeport

Looking to oust a Democratic district attorney in rural West Texas, Republicans have an unusual candidate: a Trump-hating lawyer who’s spent years battling over oil wells.

By J. David Goodman

A Sunday fund-raiser offered Vice President Kamala Harris a chance to turn the page on a sometimes frosty relationship between President Biden and Silicon Valley.

By Theodore Schleifer

A court invalidated the gymnast’s win. Here are other notable cases of Americans who lost (or gained) a medal after an event.

By Christina Morales

Donald J. Trump said Iranians hacked his campaign but only obtained “publicly available” data. Microsoft said a “high-ranking official” at a presidential campaign was a hacking target.

By David E. Sanger and Michael Gold

The former president, in a series of social media posts, said that Vice President Kamala Harris had used A.I. technology to create images of fake crowds at her events.

By Shane Goldmacher

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, will be the stars in Chicago.

By Maggie Astor

The Republican vice-presidential nominee also defended Donald Trump’s abortion policies.

By Maggie Astor

The Republican vice-presidential nominee said presidents should have a say in determining the benchmark interest rate.

By Minho Kim

Kenneth Pinkney, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., pleaded guilty to a hate crime in assaulting the carrier, who was wearing a hijab as she delivered the mail in October.

By Johnny Diaz

In his first interview since ending his campaign, the president said it was imperative for the party to beat Donald J. Trump and accused him of being an ally of the Ku Klux Klan.

By Peter Baker

The change at the top of the Democratic ticket has scrambled strategies for congressional candidates, Democrats and Republicans alike.

By Jonathan Weisman

The former president’s loyal supporters say the buzz around Vice President Kamala Harris is merely a “honeymoon phase.”

By Shawn McCreesh

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, who is Jewish, was subjected to intense opposition as Vice President Kamala Harris considered him for running mate.

By Jennifer Medina and Katie Glueck

Mr. Walz, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee, taught in China and has visited the country around 30 times. But he has also been critical of the Chinese government’s human rights record.

By Amy Qin and Keith Bradsher

Lofty condemnations of Donald Trump have given way to mockery. A tough interview with a top journalist? That can wait. Above all, Democrats are in a surprising place: on offense.

By Reid J. Epstein and Nicholas Nehamas

“I’m standing behind a Black woman to be president of the United States, and it doesn’t make me any less of a Black man,” said the Illinois attorney general. “I’m asking all of you all to do the same.”

By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Erica L. Green

At a gathering this weekend, the evangelical organization Promise Keepers leaned into partisan politics it once eschewed.

By Ruth Graham

A music festival headlined by the pro-Trump musician offered a snapshot of a maturing American subculture, with a mash-up of hedonism, rebellion and beer-guzzling pursuit of happiness.

By Richard Fausset

In the final stop of the Harris-Walz introductory tour, Vice President Kamala Harris said that, if elected, she would end federal income tax on tips, mirroring a proposal made by former President Donald J. Trump.

By Nicholas Nehamas, Reid J. Epstein and Kellen Browning

The Democratic presidential nominee has been pummeled by Donald J. Trump and other Republicans on her immigration record. She is now trying an approach that Democrats say has worked before.

By Nicholas Nehamas, Jazmine Ulloa and Shane Goldmacher

After a long career as a union organizer, he came out of retirement in 2013 to form the South Texas Human Rights Center and provide lifesaving aid.

By Adam Nossiter

In a military career that spanned three decades, Tim Walz achieved one of the highest enlisted ranks in the Army. Some peers took issue with the timing of his retirement.

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, John Ismay and Kate Selig

The Democratic vice-presidential nominee has come under attack from Republicans, who have suggested that he overstated his military record and avoided combat.

By Neil Vigdor

The countdown is on for the city, which will host the next Summer Games and is working on transit upgrades to accommodate hundreds of thousands of visitors.

By Jill Cowan and Soumya Karlamangla

With Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz running on the same ticket, grammar geeks are in overdrive.

By Remy Tumin

The Grace Cathedral in San Francisco costs $17,000 a day to operate. Bell tower tours, yoga, sound baths and Bobby McFerrin are helping to pay the bills.

By Karen Hanley and Heather Knight

People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.

By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

New surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania taken this week offer the latest indication of a dramatic reversal in standing for the Democratic Party since President Biden abandoned his re-election bid.

By Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik

Yoga, laser art and Bobby McFerrin are attracting residents who are longing for a community — but not necessarily religion.

By Heather Knight

Results of a Wisconsin New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 661 likely voters from Aug. 5 to 8, 2024.

Results of a Michigan New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 619 likely voters from Aug. 5 to 8, 2024.

Results of a Pennsylvania New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 693 likely voters from Aug. 6 to 9, 2024.

Results of a Wisconsin New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 661 registered voters from Aug. 5 to 8, 2024.

Results of a Pennsylvania New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 693 registered voters from Aug. 6 to 9, 2024.

Results of a Michigan New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 619 registered voters from Aug. 5 to 8, 2024.

Results of a Wisconsin New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 661 registered voters from Aug. 5 to 8, 2024.

Results of a Michigan New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 619 registered voters from Aug. 5 to 8, 2024.

Results of a Pennsylvania New York Times/Siena College poll conducted among 693 registered voters from Aug. 6 to 9, 2024.

Results of New York Times/Siena College polls of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin conducted among 1,973 registered voters from Aug. 5 to 9, 2024.

Results of New York Times/Siena College polls of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin conducted among 1,973 likely voters from Aug. 5 to 9, 2024.

Donald J. Trump broke from his routine at a rally in Montana to play videos designed to portray Kamala Harris as inept and dangerously liberal.

By Michael Gold and Simon J. Levien

There was a helicopter. It did make an emergency landing. But a former California lawmaker says Donald Trump has mixed up one Black lawmaker for another.

By Shawn Hubler, Maggie Haberman and Heather Knight

Changing water levels and erosion are believed to have contributed to the collapse of the geologic feature, which was formed from 190 million-year-old Navajo sandstone, the National Park Service said.

By Orlando Mayorquín

Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, drew 15,000 at a rally near Phoenix, the campaign said. To win in Arizona, they will need the diverse coalition that gave President Biden the state in 2020.

By Kellen Browning and Shane Goldmacher

Fresh challenges in the offing could determine how long the vice president’s honeymoon will last.

By Jess Bidgood

Former President Donald J. Trump insisted that he was in a dangerous helicopter landing, though the man he said he was with said it never happened.

By Maggie Haberman

Jack Campbell, the sheriff of Sangamon County, was criticized for hiring the deputy, who has now been charged with murdering Sonya Massey in her home last month.

By Orlando Mayorquín

Investigators are still trying to determine why the contractor, Gokhan Gun, who became an American citizen in 2021, hoarded so many documents.

By Glenn Thrush and Seamus Hughes

JD Vance and Tim Walz both came from modest backgrounds, but they have had very different trajectories when it comes to their personal fortunes.

By Sharon LaFraniere

Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, and former Representative Mike Rogers, a Republican, disclosed that they were targeted on Thursday and Friday.

By Neil Vigdor

A day after praising Mr. Kennedy, the podcast host was backpedaling. “This isn’t an endorsement,” Mr. Rogan posted, and he advised that he is “not the guy to get political information from.”

By Ken Bensinger

Republicans have leveled inaccurate or misleading attacks on Mr. Walz’s response to protests in the summer of 2020, his positions on immigration and his role in the redesign of Minnesota’s flag.

By Linda Qiu

The president spoke with Robert Costa in his first interview since ending his re-election campaign. The discussion will air on “CBS Sunday Morning” at 9 a.m. Eastern time.

By Zach Montague

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X and Tesla’s chief executive will deliver the keynote speech at an annual event.

By Helene Cooper

David Dempsey received one of the stiffest sentences issued so far in the riot after attacking the police with his hands, his feet, a flagpole, crutches, pepper spray and broken pieces of furniture.

By Alan Feuer

A report by independent investigators said that Russian cruise missiles were used in combat sometimes just weeks after rolling off the factory floor.

By John Ismay

Leaders of the group, known as LULAC, said members were stirred to make their first formal endorsement over concerns about the potential impact of another Trump presidency.

By Jazmine Ulloa

Mr. Walz, now the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee, asked his high school students in 1993 which country was most at risk for genocide. Their prediction came to pass: Rwanda.

By Neil Vigdor

Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the election interference case against the former president, gave both sides a few more weeks to consider a Supreme Court ruling’s impact on the case.

By Alan Feuer