News & Politics
Q. & A.
Bernie Sanders Wants Joe Biden to Stay in the Race
But he still won’t say that the President is capable of serving a second term.
By Isaac Chotiner
Reporting & Essays
Our Local Correspondents
Paradise Bronx
From the time of the Revolutionary War to the fires of the nineteen-seventies, the history of the borough has always been shaped by its in-between-ness.
By Ian Frazier
Letter from Washington
Inside the Trump Plan for 2025
A network of well-funded far-right activists is preparing for the former President’s return to the White House.
By Jonathan Blitzer
Onward and Upward with Technology
How Lawrence Abu Hamdan Hears the World
The artist and audio investigator, who calls himself a “private ear,” investigates crimes that are heard but not seen.
By Doreen St. Félix
Annals of the Sea
Were Pirates Foes of the Modern Order—or Its Secret Sharers?
We’ve long viewed them as liberty-loving rebels. But it’s time to take off the eye patch.
By Daniel Immerwahr
Commentary
Daily Comment
The Paralysis of the Democratic Party
Its leaders have clear moral and political incentives. Why have they not come out against Joe Biden?
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
In Trump’s Documents Case, Aileen Cannon Tells Jack Smith to Go Away
Judge Cannon treated the charges brought by the special counsel and his team as if they were the work of a vigilante.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
Daily Comment
A Nation Inflamed
After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, who can heal a country so threatened by menace, violence, and division?
By David Remnick
Daily Comment
The Attempt on Donald Trump’s Life and an Image That Will Last
The bloodied former President, his fist raised, flanked by an American flag, is already an indelible portrait of our era of political crisis and conflict.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Conversations
Q. & A.
A Congressional Democrat Explains Why He’s Standing with Biden
Robert Garcia, of California, knows that the President had a bad debate. He thinks Democrats should back him anyway.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
The Uncertain Outcomes of Emmanuel Macron’s Election Maneuver
The snap elections yielded a surprising defeat for France’s far right—and a new set of problems for Macron to contend with.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
Nate Cohn Explains How Bad the Latest Polling Is for Joe Biden
The Times’ chief political analyst reflects on the unique challenges facing the President, whether it’s still possible for him to launch a comeback, and what the polls can tell us, if anything, about the electability of other Democratic Presidential candidates.
By Isaac Chotiner
Q. & A.
A Holocaust Scholar Meets with Israeli Reservists
Omer Bartov on his experience speaking with right-wing students who had just returned from military service in Gaza.
By Isaac Chotiner
From Our Columnists
The Financial Page
How Trumponomics Could Undermine the U.S. Economy
Donald Trump’s America First policy program would likely lead to higher inflation, a damaging trade war, and maybe even a recession.
By John Cassidy
Fault Lines
Joe Biden’s Cynical Turn Against the Press
After a wave of intense scrutiny, the President and his campaign have begun to target the media, and many of his supporters have followed suit.
By Jay Caspian Kang
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Joe Biden’s Less-Than-Awful Press Conference Does Not Mean Everything Is Now O.K.
The political crisis over the President’s reëlection campaign enters its third week, very much unresolved.
By Susan B. Glasser
Fault Lines
The Case for Joe Biden Staying in the Race
The known bad candidate is better than the chaos of the unknown.
By Jay Caspian Kang
More News
Dispatch
Trump, Unity, and MAGA Miracles at the R.N.C.
The former President’s campaign has always been inflected with a bit of martyrdom. When he walked onto the convention floor on Monday night, his right ear bandaged, it was the most profound and unexpected culmination of all the messianic talk.
By Antonia Hitchens
The Political Scene
Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President
The Ohio senator is an attack dog for the former President, but he is also something more emergent and interesting: he is the fuse that Trump lit.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Dispatch
The Day After Donald Trump’s Shooting
In Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the assassination attempt occurred, shock gave way to the conviction that Trump will be the next President.
By Eliza Griswold
Daily Comment
The Message of the Supreme Court’s Wild Ride of a Term
The anxiety about distinguishing a President from a king, which framed this Court term, is inextricably intertwined with the end-of-democracy theme of the 2024 Presidential race.
By Jeannie Suk Gersen
Dispatch
The Controlled Normalcy of Kamala Harris’s Trip to Las Vegas
On Tuesday, with Joe Biden’s reëlection campaign in free fall, the Vice-President travelled to Nevada for what some hoped would be her launch as the Democratic Presidential candidate.
By Antonia Hitchens
The New Yorker Interview
The Culture Wars Inside the New York Times
Joe Kahn, the newspaper’s executive editor, wants to incentivize his staff to take on difficult stories, even when they might engender scrutiny, or backlash.
By Clare Malone
Daily Comment
What Lessons Do the Stunning Results of the French Election Offer?
President Macron’s gamble in fighting the far right has to be declared, if not a success, at least not an absolute failure.
By Adam Gopnik
Daily Comment
Joe Biden Is Fighting Back—but Not Against Trump, Really
In his efforts to demonstrate vigor, is the President finding his voice or losing his way?
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells