Democratic Party

Zohran Mamdani’s opponents, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, denied accusations that they are stoking Islamophobia with their rhetoric and actions.

By Jeffery C. Mays

Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class voters.

By Ezra Klein and Rollin Hu

Jared Abbott, the director of the Center for Working-Class Politics, discusses what it would take for Democrats to better appeal to working-class voters.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

Times Opinion convened a panel to weigh in on the race.

By New York Times Opinion

When a radio host suggested that Zohran Mamdani would celebrate another Sept. 11-style attack, Andrew Cuomo chuckled. Democrats denounced the exchange as Islamophobic.

By Nicholas Fandos and Michael Gold

Yes, Trump is assaulting democracy, but what worries me more is what has happened to the rest of us — the loss of the convictions and norms that undergird democracy.

By David Brooks

A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers.

By Catie Edmondson

La representante por el estado sugirió que la policía local podría detener a los agentes federales si infringen la ley de California al realizar las redadas de inmigración previstas en San Francisco.

By Heather Knight and Kellen Browning

The surprise move could give Democrats two or three additional House seats and is likely to scramble the last couple weeks of campaigning ahead of the Nov. 4 election.

By Reid J. Epstein

Mayor Eric Adams backed former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in the New York City mayor’s race and plans to campaign with him, in hopes of slowing the momentum of Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee.

By Debra Kamin and Emma G. Fitzsimmons

The Opinion columnist David Brooks, a center-right thinker, feels as if there’s room for him in the “No Kings” movement. “It’s pro-American. It’s basically in line with the cultural DNA of this country, and so I’m very impressed by it,” he says. And yet, he argues, the movement is still missing something essential.

By ‘The Opinions’

Mamdani might be working in Democrats’ favor. But what about “No Kings”?

By David Brooks, E. J. Dionne Jr., Robert Siegel and Vishakha Darbha

Mamdani might be working in Democrats’ favor. But what about “No Kings”?

By ‘The Opinions’

Andrew Cuomo is escalating his warnings that “mayhem” would follow a victory by Zohran Mamdani — even posting an A.I.-generated video that depicts his supporters as criminals.

By Dana Rubinstein

The San Francisco district attorney said in an interview that she came up with the strategy after seeing federal agents repeatedly roughing up people in Los Angeles and Chicago.

By Heather Knight and Kellen Browning

Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, along with the state’s attorney general, argued that the speaker had no authority to delay swearing her into office.

By Megan Mineiro

“It’s like we have given up,” one Republican lawmaker said.

By Carl Hulse

Phil Brest, a veteran of the judicial confirmation wars, will head the American Constitution Society at a time of legal turmoil.

By Carl Hulse

Scott Wiener, a Democratic state legislator, says he can’t afford to keep deferring to Representative Nancy Pelosi.

By Heather Knight

Why Mikie Sherrill’s chances in New Jersey are much better than you might be hearing.

By Molly Jong-Fast

Does the rise of Zohran Mamdani, 34, reflect a desire for generational change or a discounting of experience?

By Katie Glueck

Races in New Jersey and Virginia are testing the power of the moderate lane.

By Thomas B. Edsall

Mandela Barnes, the former lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, lost a race for Senate in 2022. He is likely to run for governor in 2026, while Democrats are eager for new candidates and new ideas.

By Reid J. Epstein

The political scientist Suzanne Mettler examines the roots of America’s urban-rural divide and how Democrats can win back rural voters.

By Ezra Klein and Jack McCordick

Representative Robert Garcia and Senator Richard Blumenthal started an inquiry to examine reports of misconduct by immigration agents, focusing on the arrests of citizens.

By Jesus Jiménez

It’s not a presidential election year, or even the midterms, but races this fall will offer a sense of voters’ moods in the first year of the new Trump administration.

By Jess Bidgood

Extending subsidies for the Affordable Care Act has emerged as a major sticking point in Washington, and could carry the biggest economic consequences.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly and Ian Mount

Alex Bores, a second-term state lawmaker and former software engineer, joins a growing primary field for the seat in a deeply Democratic district.

By Maya King

Lessons from a Democrat who won in a Republican state.

By Ruben Gallego, David Leonhardt and Jillian Weinberger

The antidote to our polarized politics is a creative, re-energized political center.

By The Editorial Board

Language policing. Cancel culture. Victimhood contests and cultural grievances. Despite attacking the left for partaking in such practices, there’s an emerging set of individuals on the right who have became exactly what they’ve criticized. Meet the woke right.

Video by Stephanie Shen and Alexander Stockton

Readers discuss the political battle over health care in America.

Democrats’ vision for the country won’t matter unless they can get people to pay attention to it.

By Chris Hayes

Mayor John Whitmire of Houston believes the best way to govern a diverse, immigrant-heavy city in the current political climate is by keeping your head down and your ambitions modest.

By J. David Goodman and Antranik Tavitian

The Health and Human Services and Homeland Security Departments were among the agencies posting messages that blamed Democrats for the federal shutdown.

By Aishvarya Kavi

La medida tiene pocas posibilidades, dada la falta de voluntad de la mayoría de los legisladores republicanos para desafiar al presidente Donald Trump, quien con toda seguridad la vetaría.

By Megan Mineiro

What explains the Republican Party’s posture toward these protests?

By Jamelle Bouie

The Trump administration risks squandering the progress it has made in securing the border.

By Tom Suozzi

As the shutdown nears a fourth week, President Trump has pushed his political opponents to further dig in.

By Luke Broadwater

Democrats are battling each other over age, with the nation’s oldest president in office.

By Lisa Lerer

The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

By Megan Mineiro

Who lost the debate may be clearer than who won.

By Mara Gay, Nicole Gelinas, Josh Barro and John Guida

A movement born in churches to help vulnerable immigrants has become a constitutional battleground in Chicago and Portland, Ore.

By Marcela Valdes

Jay Jones apologized for his threatening messages and tried to tie his opponent, Jason Miyares, to President Trump’s policies.

By Amy Qin

After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to reckon with an uncertain future.

By Nick Corasaniti

Democrats want guarantees that President Trump will not continue to claw back spending, ignoring any agreement they strike. But he has promised to keep defying Congress.

By Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

For Jon Ossoff, the most endangered Senate Democrat, the shutdown fight could rally support among some voters, but risks alienating others in a state President Trump won in 2024.

By Megan Mineiro

The way to advance his worldview, he argues, is to show that it works.

By E. J. Dionne Jr.

Ten years into the Trump era, Democrats still don’t seem to know how to respond.

By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa will meet onstage at 7 p.m. for the first of two general election debates.

By Michael Gold

Andrew M. Cuomo, the former governor of New York, intends to attack Zohran Mamdani’s qualifications and leftist ideology. He will be under fire, too.

By Nicholas Fandos

Ten members of Congress wrote in a letter to the governor that a gas pipeline proposed for New York Harbor runs counter to the state’s emissions reductions goals.

By Hilary Howard and Grace Ashford

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, defended his positions while parrying questions about the Israel-Gaza war.

By Maya King

Representative Mikie Sherrill has a six-point edge over her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

By Tracey Tully

Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva appeared at the Capitol with other Arizona Democrats on Wednesday to criticize the Republican speaker for continuing to refuse to swear her in.

By Annie Karni

Mr. Moulton, a 46-year-old fellow Democrat, released a video emphasizing the age difference between himself and Mr. Markey, 79.

By Jenna Russell

Plus, there may be lead in your protein supplements.

By Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger and Julie Bosman

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

By Tony Romm and Lazaro Gamio

The departures of Todd Gilbert and his deputy in the Western District of Virginia show the pressure being brought on prosecutors to pursue the president’s perceived foes.

By Devlin Barrett and Michael S. Schmidt

The president said his administration was “closing up Democrat programs that we disagree with, and they’re never going to open again.” He promised to release a list of programs by Friday.

By Tony Romm and Catie Edmondson

A debate preview. Also, Zohran Mamdani speaks in Manhattan and his critics get spoofed on “Saturday Night Live.”

By Katie Glueck

A two-term Democratic governor, Ms. Mills called herself “battle tested” in an interview. But she faces a Democratic primary before she can challenge the Republican incumbent.

By Shane Goldmacher and Jenna Russell

How the Democratic nominee for mayor who has stunned the New York establishment is working to shore up support and sustain his momentum.

By Astead W. Herndon

The former transportation secretary argues Americans need a new sense of belonging.

By Pete Buttigieg, David Leonhardt and Jillian Weinberger

The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.

By Astead W. Herndon

Representative Mikie Sherrill, a New Jersey Democrat, said a firm once owned by her Republican opponent, Jack Ciattarelli, spread misinformation about opioids. His campaign has threatened to sue her for defamation.

By Tracey Tully and Joseph Goldstein

The reactionary centrism of “After the Hunt.”

By Michelle Goldberg

What does it mean to be a “good” Muslim in America?

By Meher Ahmad

Facing challenging political headwinds and deep frustration among residents, a Democratic city councilwoman promises a turnaround.

By Rick Rojas

Viral videos showing caustic behavior have blunted her momentum in the California governor’s race. Other campaigns are scrambling to take advantage.

By Laurel Rosenhall and Benjamin Oreskes

On this week’s round table: courts, Congress and chaos under Trump.

By Michelle Cottle, E. J. Dionne Jr., David French and Derek Arthur

Troop deployment. Black Hawk helicopters landing on apartment buildings in the middle of the night. President Trump’s militarization of blue cities is well underway — and yet, Jon Favreau argues, it’s natural that it’s not top of mind for every voter. On this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” Favreau sits down with the Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to discuss how Democrats should be thinking about that now and heading into the midterms.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

Jon Favreau considers how the government shutdown could help Democrats rebuild their fractured party.

By Ezra Klein

Jon Favreau considers how the government shutdown could help Democrats rebuild their fractured party.

By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’

“Horseshoe” doesn’t even begin to describe it.

By Michael Hirschorn

On this week’s round table: courts, Congress and chaos under Trump.

The president’s move to fire federal workers and his threats to make others go without pay were aimed at pressuring Democrats to cut a deal to reopen the government. The tactics have fueled Democrats’ resolve.

By Catie Edmondson

Over seven terms, she garnered millions in funds in helping to revitalize the city. But the political scandals of her son, an ex-mayor, came to shadow her career.

By Adam Nossiter

Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president.

By Jeffery C. Mays

Most Democrats left President Trump conspicuously unmentioned as they cheered a potential end to the conflict, reflecting the tricky politics around the war and their party’s deep hostility to Mr. Trump.

By Reid J. Epstein, Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro

It is a well-worn strategy to temporarily create a government benefit and hope that its eventual expiration will create a standoff like the shutdown fight.

By Andrew Duehren

President Trump’s long, avid embrace of social media has been eagerly adopted by his top aides, replacing longstanding governmental norms with online ones.

By Jesse McKinley

What the polling says, who’s up, who’s down — and when it might end.

By Frank Bruni, Kristen Soltis Anderson and Nate Silver

When it comes to education policy, Republicans are now kicking Democrats in the butt.

By David Brooks

The city said that National Guard patrols will start on Friday, adding to an ongoing surge of federal forces in the city.

By Emily Cochrane

The threat of rising Obamacare premiums has been Democrats’ main focus in the public debate, but the president’s defiance of laws, norms and congressional constraints has helped hold them together in opposition.

By Carl Hulse

The basic political conflict in America has changed to something very different than the one putting health care to the fore.

By Nate Cohn

The former Democratic congresswoman, known for her own grilling of executives on Capitol Hill, threatened to abandon an interview after she was asked several follow-up questions.

By Laurel Rosenhall

Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners.

By Robert Jimison

Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, described starkly different visions for the state in a debate Wednesday.

By Tracey Tully, Nick Corasaniti and Taylor Robinson