Ukraine Says Its Incursion Will Bring Peace. Putin’s Plans May Differ.
In July, as he secretly readied an invasion of Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine sent a very different signal in public: He wanted talks to end the war. Speaking…
7 Last-Minute Escapes for Labor Day Weekend
It might sound like an impossible request: a last-minute Labor Day getaway with gorgeous weather and minimal crowds that you can squeeze into a long weekend. There are good reasons…
Opinion | On Cat Ladies, Mama Bears and ‘Momala’
While Donald Trump hides out in Mar-a-Lago, JD Vance has spent the past few weeks taking point on the G.O.P.’s continued struggle to define Kamala Harris. The Republican vice-presidential nominee’s…
Harris’s Early Campaign: Heavy on Buzz, Light on Policy
Follow live updates on the 2024 election. When Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2016, she had more than 200 distinct policy proposals. Four years ago, Joseph R. Biden Jr.…
How a Far-Right Takeover of Georgia’s Election Board Could Swing the Election
Josh McKoon, the chair of the Georgia Republican Party, boasted at the state convention in late May that he had “very good news.” Georgia Republicans had just orchestrated a takeover…
Opinion | Rachel Maddow: What Worries Me Most About Election Night
On Dec. 1, 1960, the far-right preacher and racist demagogue Gerald L.K. Smith sent out a fund-raising appeal, headlined with a shocking claim in red type across the top: “HOLD…
When Chaos Came to Chicago: An Oral History of the 1968 Convention Riots
Follow live updates on the 2024 election. It was August 1968, and Chicago was ready to combust. The Democratic National Convention had come to town, along with thousands of delegates,…
Opinion | Kamala Harris Takes Her First Big Risk
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. How do you feel about price controls? Gail Collins: Bret, we’ve spent a long time agreeing about stuff, thanks to our shared loathing of Donald Trump.…
Convention Gives Chicago’s Mayor His Biggest Platform and His Biggest Test
Chicago has grown accustomed to being a political punching bag. For years, Republicans have used the city’s real problems with crime and corruption as a sort of dystopian shorthand for…
Coal Power Defined This Minnesota Town. Can Solar Win It Over?
The past and the future of electricity in America are perhaps most visible in a Minnesota town surrounded by potato farms and cornfields. Towering over Becker, a community of a…