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This is an improvement over Mr. Biden’s standing in the race: When he announced that he was ending his campaign on Sunday, he trailed Mr. Trump by three percentage points in The Times’s national polling average, 47 percent to 44 percent.In recent swing state polls, taken before Mr. Biden announced he would withdraw from the presidential race…

The story of the Starmer government will be shaped by the tension between the change it promised in opposition and the lack of cash available to achieve it.We can now see the first couple of chapters in this tale – public sector pay and benefits.The indications this weekend are that the chancellor will…

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on July 18. Allison Joyce/AFP/Getty Images Candidates involved in the 2024 presidential race will hit the campaign trail Saturday…

MILWAUKEE - Many Republican convention delegates like to salute the heritage of their party, but few of them these days talk about the next-to-last GOP president, George W. Bush.And that suits Bush just fine.For while Bush still keeps up with politics - including the resurgence of Republican successor and fervent critic Donald Trump - he doesn't…

From business to politics, former President Donald Trump has famously appointed his children to high-ranking roles in his ventures.But this week his daughter, Ivanka, and his wife, Melania, have been noticeably absent during one of the most public moments of Trump's latest presidential campaign. Neither were in the audience Monday night, when…

MILWAUKEE – Donald Trump selected J.D. Vance on Monday to be his 2024 vice-presidential running mate, a pick that seeks to capitalize on the 39-year-old Ohio senator's youth and celebrity status among conservatives and who skyrocketed to fame as the author of “Hillbilly Elegy.” Trump’s decision ends months of speculation over who would join the …

The spectator killed at Donald Trump's Saturday rally was a firefighter, avid Trump supporter and "girl dad," officials said Sunday.Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro identified the man killed at Trump's rally as Corey Comperatore."Corey was a girl dad. Corey was a firefighter," Shapiro told reporters Sunday. "Corey went to church every Sunday.…

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign in a post on X on Monday.Other Republican lawmakers have called on Cheatle to provide testimony, documents and explanations for the security posture that led to Saturday’s assassination attempt. Multiple committees have launched investigations and Cheatle has…

The rally Saturday in Butler, Pa., was supposed to be Donald Trump’s last campaign stop before the Republican National Convention — a speech to a packed crowd in a critical swing state, then a trip to Milwaukee to officially receive the GOP nomination. Approximate location of alleged shooter on roof…

WASHINGTON – House Republicans, with the help of some Democrats, passed voter ID legislation Wednesday that would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections — a regulation supported by former President Donald Trump, though it is already already illegal for noncitizens to vote.The bill, titled the Safeguard American Voter…