The Republicans Who Could Qualify for the First Presidential Debate
At least seven people appear to have made the cut so far for the first Republican presidential debate on Aug. 23. The latest polling and...
Friendly on the Senate Floor, Combatants on the Campaign Trail
As the Senate wound down for the summer last week, Senator Steve Daines, Republican of Montana, issued a celebratory news release upon winning approval of...
DeSantis’s Super PAC Burned Through $34 Million as He Slid in Polls
The super PAC supporting the presidential campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida spent nearly $34 million in recent months, pouring money into voter outreach,...
Strong Economic Data Buoys Biden, but Many Voters Are Still Sour
President Biden and his aides are basking in what is arguably the best run of economic data to date in his presidency. Inflation is cooling,...
The Books That Explain California
Although I grew up in California, my assigned reading in school didn’t offer much of a Golden State-specific education. The only books I remember that...
California’s Largest Wildfire of the Year Sweeps Across the Mojave
California’s largest wildfire this year has swept across thousands of acres in the Mojave Desert since the weekend, and has been so powerful that it...
Pro-Haley Group Plans $13 Million Ad Push in Iowa and New Hampshire
A super PAC supporting Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign said on Tuesday that it had reserved more than $13 million in television and digital ads in...
A Deadly Summer for Hikers in the Southwest
For hikers in the American Southwest, this searing hot summer has been an exceptionally dangerous one. A teenager collapsed at Big Bend National Park in...
A School Bus Crosses the Nation, Connecting Mass Shooting Families
Manuel and Patricia Oliver had already been on the road for more than a week when they pulled their school bus bearing an American flag...
Federal Law Aims to Increase Background Checks on Private Gun Sales
Another school week had just begun at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis when Orlando Harris, armed with a recently purchased...
Biden Shores Up Support, but Faces Tight Race With Trump, Poll Finds
President Biden is heading into the 2024 presidential contest on firmer footing than a year ago, with his approval rating inching upward and once-doubtful Democrats...
More Republicans Say Trump Committed Crimes. But They Still Support Him.
Donald J. Trump famously marveled during his first presidential campaign that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and he would not lose any support....
After Investigation and Complaints, Twitter Removes ‘X’ on Headquarters
Background: San Francisco was investigating. According to a complaint filed with San Francisco, an inspector went to Twitter’s headquarters on Friday to notify the company...
Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Race and National Issues
Methodology The New York Times/Siena College poll of 1,329 registered voters nationwide, including an oversample of 818 registered Republican voters, was conducted in English and...