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The Attack: Before, During and After

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Patrick Marley

How Trump may try to challenge the election results if he loses again

Maegan Vazquez

Right-wing site Gateway Pundit acknowledges inquiry cleared two Georgia election workers

The Media

Style

Sarah Ellison

Amy Gardner

Gateway Pundit settles with Georgia election workers in defamation suit

Colby Itkowitz

Republicans challenge legitimacy of overseas votes, including military

Josh Dawsey

Trump’s Jan. 6 role back in focus as he readies new stolen election claims

Former Colorado official sentenced to prison in election data scheme

Vance refuses to say Trump lost in 2020, sparking debate’s biggest clash

Helene sets off a scramble to keep voting on track in North Carolina

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

Number of Arizona voters missing citizenship proof doubles

Elections

Advocacy groups urge Congress to commit to certifying election results

She’s running with all she’s got for a seat she can’t win. That’s the point. 

On private call, Arizona’s top Democrats debated a ‘dire’ ballot dilemma

Arizona Democrats worried Trump would weaponize a primary decided by 39 votes

Investigation launched into Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box

Democrats take legal action against Georgia election board

Arizona official who certifies elections alleges fraud after his defeat

Latest strategy in fighting election skepticism: Radical transparency

Patrick Svitek

GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock

Arizona’s top court says voters missing citizenship proof can receive full ballots

Pro-Trump Georgia election board votes to require hand counts of ballots

Pro-Trump Georgia election board weighs new rules as critics warn of chaos

Jacqueline Alemany

Scarred by violence, lawmakers plan for possible ‘mass casualty’ event

Court may decide if Arizonans with missing citizenship records can vote in state races

Comparing where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand on key policy positions

Trisha Thadani

Clara Ence Morse

Elon Musk’s pro-Trump super PAC ramps up swing state operations

A contentious race to be a tiny Michigan county’s top election official 

Trump uses debate to spread election falsehoods, defend role in riot

A photo of election workers handling mail-in ballots with the headline: Trump and Republicans push swing-state courts to reject mail-in ballots

Trump, Republicans push swing-state courts to reject mail-in ballots 

Elon Musk’s misleading election claims reach millions and alarm election officials

Mariana Alfaro

Trump pledges to jail opponents, baselessly suggests election will be stolen from him

Azi Paybarah

North Carolina court ruling on RFK Jr. threatens to disrupt mail voting

Decision on Georgia election board threatens Kemp’s détente with Trump

Greg Jaffe

Missy Ryan

Selling America: The Army’s fight to find recruits in a mistrustful, divided nation

Hannah Knowles

Amy B Wang

Kati Perry

Szu Yu  Chen

Who is running for president in 2024 and who has dropped out

A photo of a person holding a sign that features a photo of Donald Trump and the text "NEVER SURRENDER" with the headline: A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies

A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies

Democrats signal voting rights bills will top the agenda if Harris wins

How Kamala Harris shifted Democrats’ message from ‘democracy’ to ‘freedom’

Hannah Allam

With false ‘coup’ claims, Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris win

Mark Meadows tries to move his Arizona case to federal court 

Former Colorado official found guilty for role in election equipment tampering

Michael Brice-Saddler

A return visit to a Michigan city shows Black men divided on Harris

Marianne LeVine

Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode

Maeve Reston

Harris slams Trump as ‘unhinged’ as they trade attacks in Pennsylvania

María Luisa Paúl

Harris, Trump converge on battleground state of Pennsylvania

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Trump wants to take back manufacturing jobs. It won’t work.

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Eugene Robinson

Hey Dems, stop doomscrolling and go win the election

Opinion Columns

Lenny Bronner

Diane Napolitano

Luis Melgar

Who is ahead in Harris vs. Trump 2024 presidential polls right now?

Michigan GOP candidate’s ad aimed at Black voters has wrong election date

Ashley Parker

Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks

Matt Bai

The closing argument Harris should deliver

Holly Bailey

Georgia lieutenant governor won’t face charges connected to 2020 election 

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Philip Bump

Trump once faced 91 charges. Now he faces 12.

Georgia judge dismisses two more charges Trump faced in election case

Frances Vinall

JD Vance calls reality of school shootings a bleak ‘fact of life’

Devlin Barrett

Perry Stein

New Trump indictment tries to salvage case after Supreme Court ruling

Georgia judge denies defense motion for mistrial in Young Thug YSL case

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Chants of ‘lock him up’ follow Harris and Walz’s talk of Trump’s criminal record

New York judge finalizes dismissal of Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case

Maria Sacchetti

Inspector general issues report on Secret Service’s handling of Jan. 6 attack

Justice

White House

D.C., Md. & Va.

Ruby Cramer

Trump is ‘fascist to the core,’ Milley says in Woodward book

Read Jack Smith’s arguments for why Trump is not immune in Jan. 6 case

Spencer Hsu

Jack Smith lays out Jan. 6 case against Trump. Will filing be public? 

Legal Issues

Americans are more worried about political violence under Trump

Brian Murphy

Neil King Jr., who walked the byways on his ‘American Ramble,’ dies at 65

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Marianna Sotomayor

House Democrats plan multimedia Project 2025 hearing 

Daniel Wu

Brothers charged with assaulting New York Times photographer on Jan. 6

Kelsey Baker

They met at the Capitol in the aftermath of Jan. 6. Now they’re married.

Inspired Life

Lifestyle

Taylor Swift endorses — and searches for voter registration jump

Amber Ferguson

Toluse Olorunnipa

Former vice president Dick Cheney says he will vote for Kamala Harris

Derek Hawkins

A photo of people inside a voting booth, with the headline: Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count

Pennsylvania presidential election results could again take days to count

A photo of a very small crowd with one person holding a Trump flag, with the headline: Trump electors in key states want to serve again, despite criminal charges

Electors who tried to reverse Trump’s 2020 defeat are poised to serve again

A photo through the window of a polling place with the headline: In Arizona, election workers trained with deepfakes to prepare for 2024

In Arizona, election workers trained with deepfakes to prepare for 2024

Technology

Maddie Kasper

A photo of college students with the headline: Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws

Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws

A photo of protestors outside the Supreme Court with the headline: 4 key takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments in Trump's ballot case

4 key takeaways from Supreme Court arguments in Trump’s ballot case

A photo of Donald Trump speaking at a rally with the headline: How Trump critics hope to use the 14th Amendment to kick him off ballots

How Trump critics are using the 14th Amendment to try to kick him off ballots

An abstract illustration of someone speaking with the headline: Threats to political leaders surge and haunt U.S. democracy as 2024 begins

Violent political threats surge as 2024 begins, haunting American democracy

Dan Balz

An illustration of the Constitution with the headline: American democracy is cracking. These ideas could help repair it.

American democracy is cracking. These ideas could help repair it.

Danielle Allen

This new map can help us heal our democracy

Drew Goins

The project to bring democracy west of Pittsburgh

Today's Opinions

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Theodore R. Johnson

Black voters are joining a coalition. It’s always a gamble.

Jennifer Rubin

How JD Vance underlined Trump’s worst vulnerabilities

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