The Vigil Keepers of January 6th
In the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol, a trio of women with family members who participated in the riot moved to D.C. to seek their own kind of justice.
Kamala Harris’s Youth-Vote Turnaround
For most of the year, young people seemed to be flocking to the Republican Party. Was Trump doing something right, or was Biden doing something very, very wrong?
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Does Anyone in America Miss Joe Biden as Much as Donald Trump?
The ex-President is having a very hard time pivoting to Kamala Harris.
What Tim Walz Brings to Kamala Harris’s Campaign to Beat Donald Trump
The Minnesota governor with a progressive agenda becomes the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee after capturing the Zeitgeist with a single word.
Trump’s Dangerous Embrace of Bitcoin and the Crypto Bros
Having suffered a series of legal and regulatory setbacks in recent years, the cryptocurrency industry is pouring millions of dollars into the upcoming election. To what end?
Inside Donald Trump’s Effort to Woo Arab Americans
Will voters fed up with Biden’s approach to Gaza turn to a man who once called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”?
The Politics of “Weird”
Kamala Harris’s campaign has smartly positioned her as the normal candidate. But disagreements and distractions lie ahead.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Trump’s Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident
Is it, perhaps, a sign that the Vice-President’s swift rise in the polls has him panicked?
How MAGA World Is Taking On Its New Opponent
As Kamala Harris’s campaign begins, Donald Trump is reëmphasizing himself as the candidate running to save democracy from a conspiracy between the élites and the press.
The Republican National Convention and the Iconography of Triumph
In Milwaukee, with a candidate who had just cheated death, the resentment rhetoric of Trump’s 2016 campaign gave way to an atmosphere of festive certainty.
J. D. Vance’s Radical Religion
How might the Republican V.P. nominee’s conversion to conservative Catholicism influence his political world view?
J. D. Vance and the Empty Promises of Conservative Economic Populism
At the R.N.C., Trump’s running mate proclaimed that the days of “catering to Wall Street” were over. But does Vance have the power, or the inclination, to thwart the corporate wings of his party?
The Political Scene Podcast
Trump’s Triumphant R.N.C. and Biden’s Dilemma
The Republican National Convention “had the feeling of sort of a very polite Midwestern cult meeting,” Susan B. Glasser says, reporting from Milwaukee.
The Spectacle of Donald Trump’s R.N.C.
An inside look at the Republican Party’s weeklong celebration of the former President.
By Antonia HitchensPhotography by Sinna Nasseri
Are We Already Moving On from the Assassination Attempt on Trump?
When an act of violence doesn’t lend itself to a clear argument or a tidy story, we often choose not to think about it.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Donald Trump’s Second Coming
As the Republican Convention anoints the ex-President, the Democratic panic over Joe Biden begins to look like a coup.
The Rise of the New Right at the Republican National Convention
In Milwaukee, Donald Trump’s choice of J. D. Vance as Vice-President was seen as a breakthrough for the young conservative movement, which blames élite institutions for the destruction of the American working class.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The Political Scene Podcast
A Dispatch from the Republican National Convention
Reporting from Milwaukee, Antonia Hitchens offers on-the-ground updates on Donald Trump’s first appearance following an attempted assassination in Pennsylvania.
The Trump Assassination Attempt Meets the Internet’s Brain-Rot Era
Today’s social platforms can instantly convert even the most harrowing news events into misleading tidbits and gleefully empty jokes.
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.
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