In states that will help decide control of the White House and Congress, Democrats are campaigning furiously alongside ballot measures to protect abortion rights, putting Republicans on their heels.

In 30 years of Senate bids, Mr. Biden was such a formidable incumbent that he did not face a serious threat to his return to office. His last re-election is shaping up to be something different: a fight.

The New York Times is publishing the court system’s transcripts from the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald J. Trump, who is charged with 34 felonies in the case.

Former President Donald J. Trump has spent decades saying whatever he wants, whenever he wants. But as a criminal defendant on trial in Manhattan, his words now come with very different consequences.

In 30 years of Senate bids, Mr. Biden was such a formidable incumbent that he did not face a serious threat to his return to office. His last re-election is shaping up to be something different: a fight.

President Biden has made little effort to personally address the anti-Israel protests, frustrating some Democrats who want him to show more public leadership.

“If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results. I don’t change on that,” Donald Trump told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.”

The lead prosecutor briefed the judge on the talks in an effort to fend off a claim that members of Congress had unlawfully meddled in the negotiations.

The former president called protesters “raging lunatics” and suggested, without evidence, that they were hired to draw attention away from border crossings.

The former president recalled a key detail central to testimony before the Jan. 6 committee during a campaign event in Wisconsin.

The bill, which reflects growing support for legalization, would end the federal prohibition on cannabis. But it is unlikely to pass in an election year and a divided government.

Even opponents of abortion saw such curbs as too controversial just over a decade ago. Times have changed.

A data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising concerns about possible price fixing.

Rudy Giuliani promised a bankruptcy court that he would limit his spending, but it didn’t take long before he broke that pledge, and by a lot.

The vice president sought to tie former President Donald J. Trump to the state’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect on Wednesday.

As a six-week ban takes effect in Florida, and Arizona legislators repealed their 1864 law restricting the procedure, Democrats hope the issue will help carry them through a tough political environment.

The Georgia Republican’s doomed push to remove the speaker has placed her at odds with most in her party, but it has brought her back to her roots as a norm-busting provocateur.

Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.

White House officials have barnstormed Wisconsin to make the connection between big changes and their signature laws.

The super PAC, Battleground California, said it would drive turnout among voters of color to try to flip seats that are seen as crucial to winning control of the House this fall.