Unions scorn Biden’s 2 percent raise for feds as ‘mystifying’ setback
Federal workers are disappointed with President Biden's 2 percent pay raise proposal, which is below inflation and military pay hikes.
By Joe Davidson
As Jimmy Carter nears 100, he is buoyed by Harris’s run for president
As Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday approaches on Oct. 1, he is talking more and delighting in the momentum behind Vice President Kamala Harris, his family said.
By Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan
Kamala Harris ran her office like a prosecutor. Not everyone liked that.
After a difficult first year as vice president, Harris has grown into her role — and found staff who respond better to her style, allies say
By Dan Diamond and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
Harris raised $361 million in August, nearly three times Trump’s haul
The Democratic presidential campaign on Friday said it enters the final months before the election with $109 million more cash on hand than her rival.
By Michael Scherer
D.C. lobbyists battle over future of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Critics say Kyiv is attacking religious freedom in its efforts to break the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s ties with Moscow. Ukraine says it’s acting in self-defense.
By Catherine Belton and David L. Stern
The fear factor is now hurting Trump
Significantly more swing-state voters view Trump as a “threat to the country” than Harris. It wasn’t always thus.
By Aaron Blake
Biden is suddenly seeing his best polls in years
Precisely why is a valid question, and there are a number of possibilities. But if it holds up, it could undercut a key Trump campaign strategy.
By Aaron Blake
The 2 key states that could decide the 2024 election
Georgia and Pennsylvania are emerging as the central battlegrounds, for now. A look at the electoral college math shows why.
By Aaron Blake
3 takeaways from Kamala Harris and Tim Walz’s first major interview
Harris addressed her changed positions obliquely and walked a very fine line on trying to run as a “change” candidate.
By Aaron Blake
RFK Jr. is stuck on 3 swing-state ballots. That’s a headache for Trump.
North Carolina joins Michigan and Wisconsin in saying they can’t remove Kennedy’s name — and thickening the 2024 plot.
By Aaron Blake
Democratic enthusiasm is at Obama 2008 levels. Here’s why.
In fact, polls suggest Democrats might even be more “fired up” and “ready to go” vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
By Aaron BlakeJD Vance calls reality of school shootings a bleak ‘fact of life’
Following the Apalachee High School killings in Georgia, the GOP vice-presidential nominee said schools must beef up security but rebuffed stricter gun laws.
By Frances Vinall
Trump delivers economic speech; Harris in Pittsburgh for debate prep
Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.
By Maegan Vazquez, Mariana Alfaro, Patrick Svitek and Azi Paybarah
Georgia school shooting elevates gun violence as issue in Harris-Trump race
The shooting came as the two presidential candidates have been campaigning most prominently on issues including the economy, abortion rights and immigration.
By Patrick Svitek
Blinken visits Haiti in show of U.S. support for struggling government
Blinken’s trip to Haiti was a gamble for the Biden administration, calling attention to an unresolved crisis that, if mismanaged, could cause a migration surge.
By Michael Birnbaum and Widlore Mérancourt
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandons plan to seek votes in uncompetitive states
The independent candidate now wants all his supporters to vote for Donald Trump, as he seeks to take his name off red-state ballots and add it to blue-state ballots.
By Michael Scherer and Meryl Kornfield
Blinken indicates he would decline any offer to stay on under Harris
The secretary of state says he is looking forward to spending more time with his children.
By Michael Birnbaum
In speech, Trump repeatedly insults Jewish Americans who back Democrats
Donald Trump also said Israel “will no longer exist” if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected. She has repeatedly expressed solidarity with the country.
By Patrick Svitek
Trump offers confusing plan to pay for U.S. child care with foreign tariffs
Trump made the comments Thursday at an event in New York City where he promised to lead a “national economic renaissance.”
By Patrick Svitek
Hunter Biden pleads guilty in tax case, avoiding second criminal trial
Judge Mark Scarsi asked Hunter Biden if he understood a guilty plea meant he could face up to 17 years in prison and fines of up to $1.3 million. Biden said yes.
By Jessica Ogilvie, Matt Viser and Perry Stein
Trump wants Elon Musk to do to the government what he did to Twitter
Let’s walk through what that would look like.
By Philip Bump
Debate prep
On this week's episode, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, JM Rieger and James Hohmann preview next week's debate, and what Vice President Harris and former president Trump need to do in what could be the final presidential debate of the cycle. Plus, abortion – and Trump's stance on an abortion ballot initiative in his home state of Florida – has become a big part of the 2024 conversation. And what's the latest on Trump's legal troubles? The delay tactics continue.
By Billy Tucker
Running for Congress in a gerrymandered district
What Michael B. Moore’s congressional race tells us about gerrymandering, and how a Supreme Court decision affects the future of American democracy.
By Rennie Svirnovskiy, Reena Flores, Sean Carter and Emma Talkoff
Excluding suicide, guns kill twice as many U.S. kids as European adults
This week’s school shooting in Georgia is a reminder of several ways in which America is anomalous.
By Philip Bump
Where the 2024 election stands, with 2 months left
The first ballots go out Friday, which makes this a good time to look at precisely where we are in the presidential race.
By Aaron Blake
Trump tightens alliance with Musk, advocating broad role in U.S. policymaking
The GOP presidential nominee endorsed a commission that could give Musk responsibilities for auditing federal spending and regulations, marking another area of collaboration in the run-up to November’s election.
By Marianne LeVine, Jeff Stein and Trisha Thadani