With the inauguration of the nation鈥檚 47th president, Americans prepare for the promises and perils of Trump 2.0.
President Biden is leaving office after a single term that many Americans regard as unsuccessful. But it could be viewed more favorably over time.
Participants in the vigils argue there has been a miscarriage of justice that they hope will be righted when President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
On nine different visits to the Monitor Breakfast, the former president displayed his keen intellect and trademark decency. He also made news.
Donald Trump鈥檚 controversial Cabinet choices came after other picks that were deemed more credible. It鈥檚 now a litmus test for Republican senators.
Donald Trump has vowed that on his first day in office, he鈥檒l begin mass deportations, pardon Jan. 6 rioters, and start dismantling the 鈥渄eep state,鈥� among other things.
Former President Donald Trump鈥檚 win reflected many voters鈥� frustration with issues from border security to the cost of living to America鈥檚 role in the world, and is part of a larger anti-incumbent backlash seen in other Western democracies.
Election coverage of the 2024 presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and on the ground reporting from around the country.
Democrats and some of Donald Trump鈥檚 own former aides are calling him a fascist. Trump allies say it鈥檚 the Biden-Harris administration that has curtailed liberties.
There鈥檚 a big blue-red gap in voter intensity on abortion, heading into the first presidential vote since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
After Roe v. Wade was overturned, ballot measures for abortion rights have won voter approval and fueled Democratic turnout. Now Florida will test the long-term strength of this political backlash.
Our reporter traveled with Kamala Harris as she barnstormed two must-win states and began a media blitz, including with 鈥�60 minutes,鈥� 鈥淐all Her Daddy,鈥� and Howard Stern.
A corruption indictment against Eric Adams, New York City鈥檚 Democratic mayor, creates bad optics for his party right before the November elections.
At a Monitor Breakfast, Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan 鈥� chair of two major committees 鈥� talked Trump assassination attempts, the race for the Senate, and his frugal habits.
The Heritage Foundation鈥檚 Project 2025 drew relatively little attention until the think tank鈥檚 head said America is in a second revolution, 鈥渨hich will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.鈥�
Hype and hope are perennial features of political conventions. But our longtime politics reporter sees some unusual plot twists as she recaps the DNC and RNC, with the presidential race moving toward the home stretch.
Paradoxically, Kamala Harris鈥� early stumbles as VP might be helping her. The lower profile she took is allowing her to run as a 鈥渃hange鈥� candidate.
The opening night of the Democratic National Convention features a bittersweet moment as Joe Biden speaks. The party shoved him aside, but he鈥檚 also deeply respected and known for resilience.
A last-minute ticket swap has unfolded remarkably smoothly, with Democrats closing ranks around Kamala Harris as their convention opens in Chicago.
For the next 100 days, a sensitive issue for the Harris campaign and the White House is, Where and when should Joe Biden be seen?
