New York Times

Unfolding in a stable presidential race and a tumultuous election year, the debate may be less likely than past ones to sway voters. But it is still an opportunity for President Trump in particular.

A crucial fraction of the millions who watch the first presidential debate on Tuesday will have yet to make up their minds. Here’s what polling tells us about the issues that will come up.

The C.D.C. and leading experts have concluded, using different scientific methods, that as many as 90 percent of Americans are still vulnerable to infection.

While the president’s Republican allies generally kept their silence, Democrats pounced and former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the party’s presidential candidate, posted a video noting that the president paid less in income taxes than everyday…

President Trump had counted on his court nomination over the weekend to shift the election dynamic away from his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But it has not reset the race in the key battleground state.

President Trump has accused Joe Biden, a Catholic, of being “against God” and “against the Bible.” Of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, he has claimed about Democrats, “They’re going after her Catholicism.”

A party that is increasingly seeking to play by different rules is led by a figure who helped create the current ones. The outcome of the fight will help define the Democratic Party going forward.

Many Trump supporters do not believe that he can or will lose, and say he would be justified in questioning whether Democrats manipulated the outcome. But some believe a loss is a loss.

Biden and Trump prepare to confront each other onstage: This is your morning tip sheet.

Few hospital beds, lack of equipment, a shipment of body bags in response to a request for coronavirus tests: The agency providing health care to tribal communities struggled to meet the challenge.

Even many Trump critics credit his Treasury secretary with rescuing the economy from the pandemic. Will the White House and Congress keep him from doing it again?

As an unusually high-stakes Supreme Court battle begins during the most bitter election season in decades, Joe Biden is wading cautiously into the fight.

The first debate between President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. takes place Tuesday night from 9 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern.

The moves appeared to be the most concrete action toward more economic aid since negotiations stalled nearly two months ago, but the sides remain far apart on price and short on time.

Documents and interviews show how senior officials sought to play down the risks of sending children back to the classroom, alarming public health experts.

Governors of both parties welcomed the plan, but some health experts noted limitations of the kits made by Abbott Laboratories.

Americans who are still making up their minds in the presidential contest are weighing a complex set of issues and applying a range of viewpoints to the two candidates. They don’t fit neatly into partisan stereotypes.

Joe Biden has the scouting report of the president’s past debates and four years in office. One way to use it? Respond to unpredictability with a simple, “Here’s my stability plan.”

The measure seeks to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration and impose tougher penalties on corporate executives who undermine regulators.

It didn’t take long for the fight over Judge Amy Coney Barrett to reach the airwaves, in races up and down the ballot.

The confirmation process cranked into motion on Capitol Hill as the Senate Judiciary Committee began scrubbing Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s background.

A Federal Reserve survey of family finances shows that inequality was high last year. It’s likely to worsen because of the pandemic.

This time, the setting is different (my couch). But the approach is the same (I get lots of help).

The reality show temporarily revived his business fortunes by creating the illusion that he was already doing great.

Joe Biden’s economic proposals show how the president has shifted the playing field toward protectionism. But there may be fewer jobs to lose, or regain.

Nebraska’s Second Congressional District could play a decisive role in a very close election.