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 VazquezLive 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 staffIn 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 BumpTrump 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 WangTracking 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 BlancoThe 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 BlakeThe 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 BlakeGOP 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 BlakeGOP’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 BlakeLike 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 BumpBlinken 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 HudsonGOP 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 BlakeIn 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 WeilTrump’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 KesslerIn 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 MeyerTrump 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 RestonAt 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 KnowlesThe 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 TanBiden 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 WeilTrump 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 RestonBeau 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 ViserTrump 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 VazquezMacron 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.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 Blake