The Iowa congressman, who has used racist language and been denounced as a white supremacist, wrote the playbook on white identity politics and many of the issues that are ascendant in the G.O.P.

Lawmakers adopted a resolution that would compel Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment after President Trump incited a mob attack on the Capitol last week. In a letter to Speaker...

As she injects chaos into the 2020 Democratic primary by accusing her own party of “rigging” the election, an array of alt-right internet stars, white nationalists and Russians have praised her.

His supporters are loyal, and in Iowa they don’t really have eyes for anyone else.

Democrats hope to swing back in their favor a state that played an unexpectedly pivotal role in President Trump’s victory. But it may be too late.

Mr. Yang, an entrepreneur, earned 2 percent support in a new poll, adding him to the group of Democratic presidential candidates who will go to Houston in September.

The impressive early fund-raising haul by Mr. Sanders gives him bragging rights in a crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates.

The video was made public after President Trump was impeached a second time and after he told his supporters in the hours following the start of the riot last week that “we love you.”

Critics called Hillary Clinton “shrill” and “unlikable.” It’s no coincidence that the same words are being used against Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris.

The former vice president is defending his friendliness toward Republicans in Washington, saying Mr. Trump doesn’t represent them. But others say that view is naïve.

In 1969, three college students in New Jersey built a network of 10,000 volunteers to lower the voting age. Now, campaigns are sprouting up again.

Mr. Hawley, who is challenging Senator Claire McCaskill, has been Missouri’s attorney general for less than two years. His tenure has been rocky.

The field of Democratic presidential candidates has been historically large, but all have dropped out except Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Trump.

Despite doubts about his candidacy, Joe Biden begins the race with substantial support from three key constituencies in his native state, a place the Democrats can’t afford to lose again.

Presidential campaigns have a sound. We analyzed the playlists of 10 contenders to see how the songs aligned with the messages.

As a college student, more than a quarter-century ago, Ms. Abrams joined in the burning of the state flag, which at the time was viewed by many as a lingering symbol of white supremacy.

Women running for office used to keep their children in the background. Now they are pushing back on that bias, arguing that motherhood is an asset.

Eight Democratic scientists won House seats in November, campaigning on issues like offshore drilling and climate change. Now they want to make Congress more scientific.

Interviews with three dozen Democrats found exhaustion or lack of interest in the presidential candidate’s ancestry, reflecting a disconnect between some voters and Washington insiders.

Attorney General Mark Herring, like Gov. Ralph Northam, said he dressed in blackface years ago. And a woman came forward to describe being sexually assaulted by the lieutenant governor.

The Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia likes to engage the racial fringes of his party, creating a dilemma for mainstream G.O.P. leaders wary of his views.

Former President Barack Obama remarked on a heckler, Senator Ted Cruz seizes on a Project Veritas video, and strategists form a consensus about how their parties will fare on Tuesday.

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Despite relatively modest support nationally, Ms. Gabbard has delighted Republicans, independents and conservative Democrats who dislike the Clintons.

The party has seen a shift toward idealistic and morally driven policies, particularly on the subjects of race and inequality.

Mr. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., attended a heated protest following the shooting of a black man by the police there.

With the president’s approval rating at 90 percent among Republicans, many supporters say they defend Mr. Trump even with some misgivings because they feel criticism of him is constantly overblown.

The New York senator will deliver her kickoff speech next Sunday in front of one of President Trump’s properties in Manhattan.

Get messages from our politics correspondent Alex Burns as he covers the biggest races this election season. Along the way, he’ll take your questions and help you understand what’s at stake on Nov. 6.

The California senator and 2020 presidential candidate had raised large sums for other Democrats. Now she’s deploying her formidable online following for herself.

After 21 years, “Roseanne” returns to ABC, and Roseanne Barr’s portrait of working-class Americans is as topical as ever.

For Democrats, an intense effort to rebuild their Midwestern “blue wall” for 2020 is showing gains in Michigan and Pennsylvania. But Wisconsin looks up for grabs.

With its redrawn congressional map and working class union towns, the state has found itself at the center of Democrats’ plans to win control of the House of Representatives.

Nationwide, such voters are tilting toward Biden. But in Georgia, the president’s law-and-order message seems to be keeping the bulk of them in his column.

There will be no delay on the broadcast so no chance to censor any obscenities, should a candidate let loose.

His wife said they were done with campaigns. But after two high-profile losses on the national stage, a Senate bid was too good to pass up, even if it means dealing with Donald Trump.

Accepting an award from the Human Rights Campaign on Saturday, Ms. Streep escalated her attack on the president that began with her Golden Globes speech last month.

Health care had not been a driving issue for the Massachusetts senator. But the expansive $20.5 trillion package could come to define her candidacy anyway.

He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America. Voters must stand up to him in November.

In a new Times Opinion focus group, voters who were decisive to President Biden’s victory lay out their biggest concerns — chiefly, inflation.

The candidates may be getting a bit testy, but organizers for three Democratic presidential campaigns amicably share a farmhouse that reflects Iowa’s culture of grass-roots politics.

As he starts his presidential campaign, here’s a look at where Mr. O’Rourke stands on issues like immigration, criminal justice, gun control and health care.