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Elections 2024 live updates: Biden to host Juneteenth concert at White House

Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail, with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.

By Azi Paybarah, Amy B Wang, Patrick Svitek and Maegan VazquezJune 10, 2024

Live updates: Prosecutor in Hunter Biden gun trial points to evidence of cocaine use in 2018

Hunter Biden faces three felony charges related to a gun purchase in 2018. His trial began last week in Delaware.

By Washington Post staffJune 10, 2024
Analysis

In celebrating the Jan. 6 rioters, Trump also celebrates Jan. 6

The former president keeps making clear how much he appreciated the Capitol riot — and lamenting that similar protests haven’t followed.

By Philip BumpJune 10, 2024

Trump to address group that wants abortion ‘eradicated entirely’

The Republican presidential hopeful plans to give virtual remarks to the Danbury Institute, a Christian group that has compared abortion to “child sacrifice.”

By Amy B WangJune 10, 2024

Tracking Biden administration political appointees to fill top roles

Follow the president's progress filling nearly 800 positions, among the 1,200 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

By Harry Stevens, Madison Walls and Adrián BlancoJune 10, 2024

The pros, cons and odds for 8 Trump VP contenders

Looking at each candidate’s biggest attributes and drawbacks, now that we have some clarity on who’s in the running.

By Aaron BlakeJune 7, 2024

The GOP promises legal revenge for Trump. Easier said than done.

The speculative and baseless ideas Republicans have floated suggest they’ll continue to scratch and claw at the legal retribution that has for years proved elusive.

By Aaron BlakeJune 5, 2024

GOP voters have flip-flopped fast on questions about Trump and crime

A new poll follows a string of examples. It shows the percentage of Republicans who say a felon shouldn’t be president dropping from 58 percent in April to just 23 percent today.

By Aaron BlakeJune 5, 2024

GOP’s Biden-Manhattan conspiracy theory suffers a double blow

A former Trump lawyer debunked it over the weekend. And as the GOP strained to revive it Tuesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland offered firm denials.

By Aaron BlakeJune 4, 2024
Analysis

Like 2020, voters view 2024 through the lens of Trump

New polling reinforces both candidates’ weaknesses — and that voters are centering their decisions on the former president more than the current one.

By Philip BumpJune 10, 2024

Blinken ramps up pressure on Hamas amid doubts about cease-fire deal

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East to push for a Gaza cease-fire, despite concerns that Hamas and Israel will seek to scuttle the proposal.

By John HudsonJune 10, 2024
The FixAnalysis

GOP overwhelmingly supports a Trump conspiracy theory, yet again

There remains no evidence that Biden was behind the Manhattan prosecution of the former president, but 80 percent of Republicans say otherwise.

By Aaron BlakeJune 10, 2024

In Nevada, Trump proposes ending taxation of tips

In Nevada, Trump proposes ending taxation of tips. The pitch comes as his campaign is seeking to broaden support among Latino workers.

By Maeve Reston and Julie Zauzmer WeilJune 10, 2024
Fact CheckerAnalysis

Trump’s claim that Biden lost 88,000 children, with many now ‘dead’

The federal government has not been able to reach these children, but this was an issue under Trump as well.

By Glenn KesslerJune 10, 2024

In Wisconsin, Biden tries to hold on to White voters without degrees

White non-college voters are Trump’s base, but Biden seems to be hanging on to them in this Midwestern swing state

By Theodoric MeyerJune 10, 2024

Trump backs Sam Brown, giving him a critical edge in Nevada GOP Senate primary

The former president created suspense about whether he would weigh in on a race among several of his allies.

By Maeve RestonJune 10, 2024

At scorching Vegas rally, Trump bashes migrants — and courts Latinos

Trump often uses dehumanizing language to bash undocumented immigrants. He’s also courting Latinos, who are less likely than voters as whole to support his calls for a border crackdown.

By Hannah KnowlesJune 9, 2024

The key family members involved in the Hunter Biden trial

Biden’s ex-wife and brother’s widow testified. First lady Jill Biden and President Biden’s brother Jimmy have supported Hunter in court.

By Derek Hawkins and Shelly TanJune 9, 2024

Biden visits U.S. cemetery in France in latest bid to combat ‘Trump amnesia’

Former president Donald Trump notably bypassed the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 2018 after reportedly calling troops buried there “suckers” and “losers.”

By Toluse Olorunnipa, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Julie Zauzmer WeilJune 9, 2024

Trump raises $27 million in Western states as he sets sights on Nevada

Trump is campaigning in Las Vegas as he tries to become the first Republican in two decades to win the state, as polls suggest Biden is struggling to excite voters there.

By Maeve RestonJune 9, 2024

Beau Biden’s presence hovers over Hunter’s trial — and the Biden presidency

President Biden’s older son died in 2015. His loss is entwined with the events that have led to the trial of his younger son.

By Matt ViserJune 9, 2024

Trump campaign preps for Las Vegas rally after heat cases in Phoenix

A heat dome in the Southwest is leading to dangerous conditions for people who are outdoors too long. Trump’s rally in Las Vegas will be outdoors.

By Maegan VazquezJune 8, 2024

Macron hosts Biden for a state visit heavy on pomp, circumstance and war

Biden’s five-day trip to France, which thus far has focused on commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, now shifts to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

By Toluse Olorunnipa and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.June 8, 2024
The FixAnalysis

Judge Aileen Cannon tosses another curveball in the Trump cases

She’s again entertaining Trump’s arguments in an extraordinary way. But would she actually try to invalidate the special counsel?

By Aaron BlakeJune 8, 2024