correction An earlier version of this story referred inaccurately to the process by which North Carolina passed a state constitutional amendment requiring a voter ID. The amendment was put on the ballot by the General Assembly and then voters approved it. The General Assembly did not amend the constitution directly. The story has been updated. When Juliana Buonaiuto moved from ...

correction A previous version of this article incorrectly misspelled Pat McAfee’s last name. This article has been corrected. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who said he has selected a running mate and will announce his choice in California later this month, had a conversation with NFL player Aaron Rodgers about the role, according to someone familiar with the ...

Author Mitch Albom, who runs an orphanage in Haiti, said he was among 10 people rescued from the violence-ridden nation early Tuesday morning by a U.S. congressman who has led similar evacuation missions in Afghanistan and Israel. Albom, who wrote “Tuesdays with Morrie” and “The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” said in a statement on Tuesday that he, his ...

President Biden and former president Donald Trump clinched their parties’ nominations for the White House on Tuesday after the voters spoke — about 10 percent of them, that is. A Washington Post analysis found that only about 1 in 10 of voters nationwide who are eligible to vote in the general election participated in the primaries or caucuses that led ...

Allies of President Biden have formed a super PAC called Clear Choice, aimed at stopping any third-party or independent candidates from gaining traction before the November election. The group will develop research, test messages and push storylines in the media aimed at dissuading voters from supporting campaigns spearheaded by attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr., academic activist Cornel West, groups like ...

When a politician gives rally speeches lasting nearly two hours, it’s hard to decide what factually challenged statements should be examined. In the case of Donald Trump, it’s especially difficult because he frequently says so many things that are false or misleading. Last Saturday, in Georgia, when Trump spoke for 1 hour and 55 minutes, he devoted huge chunks of ...

Vice President Harris plans to travel to Minnesota on Thursday to visit a reproductive health center that provides abortions, according to a White House official, in what is believed to be the first time an American president or vice president has toured such a facility while in office. Her visit underscores the emphasis that Democrats are placing this election year ...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) did not mince words the first time she spoke publicly after accusations surfaced that she was in a romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the lawyer she had hired to lead the election interference case against former president Donald Trump and his allies. “I am a little confused. I appointed three special counsel, ...

A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by a border police officer in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied east Jerusalem, according to hospital officials and an Israeli police spokesperson. The Israeli police spokesperson said police forces responded to a “violent disturbance” at the refugee camp and a border police officer fired “towards a suspect who endangered the forces while ...

Pro-Ukrainian groups of Russian fighters claimed to have launched cross-border attacks in two regions of Russia on Tuesday, hours after Kyiv fired a wave of drones at targets across the country. The group, comprising a few hundred battle-hardened, anti-Kremlin Russian volunteers fighting as part of Ukraine’s armed forces, also said it had destroyed an armored personnel carrier inside Russia. A ...