Trump has tried to undermine faith in the 2024 election about once a day on average since announcing his candidacy, a dramatic escalation from his efforts to discredit the 2020 election that he went on to lose. Karen Yourish Charlie Smart nytimes.com/interactive/20…

For the first time, cannabis has outpaced alcohol as the daily drug of choice for Americans. In 2022, 17.7 million people reported using cannabis either every day or nearly every day, compared with 14.7 million who reported using alcohol that often. Christina Caron

One result of Trump's Manhattan trial is he is spending the most sustained time back at his Trump Tower since 2017, a reminder of how in a way he still lives in the 1980s when his preferred self-image was still intact. Maggie Haberman nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/…

Although international aid agencies cannot officially declare whether Gaza meets the technical threshold until more data is collected, the head of the UN World Food Program has already said famine has arrived. Vivian Yee Bilal Shbair Matthew Mpoke Bigg nytimes.com/2024/05/24/wor…

He is an Arizona Supreme Court justice who ruled in favor of enforcing the state's 1864 ban on nearly all abortions. She is a Republican state senator who voted to overturn the law. Inside one of Arizona's most interesting marriages. Faith E. Pinho latimes.com/politics/story…

An internal analysis within TikTok found nearly twice as many pro-Trump posts as pro-Biden ones on the platform since November: 1.29 million pro-Trump posts versus 651,000 pro-Biden posts. Anjali Huynh nytimes.com/2024/05/23/us/…

Among the books recommended as summer gets going: 'New Cold Wars,' by the inestimable David Sanger nytimes.com/2024/05/23/boo…

'That Republicans have made their peace with their leader’s alternately reckless and incoherent big mouth is both old news and perhaps the most important news of the 2024 campaign,' Susan Glasser writes after Trump comments on contraception, a third term and a 'Unified Reich.'

It’s pub day in the UK for my new oral history of D-Day, a tale weaving together 700 voices from across Operation Overlord. Excited to launch this into the world with Octopus Publishing. Get it wherever you get your UK books: octopusbooks.co.uk/titles/garrett…

Most Americans (56%) think the US is experiencing a recession even though it is not, per The Guardian poll, while 49% believe the S&P 500 stock market index is down for the year, though the index went up 24% in 2023 and is up more than 12% this year, and 49% believe that

'I feel no need to kiss the ring,' Haley said three months ago. But there has been plenty of puckering as of late. The parade of ring kissers testifies to the power over the party that Trump has achieved despite multiple criminal indictments, civil judgments and other scandals, a

Nikki Haley, Feb. 13: Trump 'is unhinged' and 'an unhinged president is an unsafe president.'

Nikki Haley, May 21: 'I will be voting for Trump.'

Jazmine Ulloa nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/…

Another provocative flag was displayed at another Alito home, this one at his vacation house in New Jersey featuring an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Jodi Kantor Aric Toler Julie Tate

Pa.: Trump +2
Wisc.: Trump +1
Mich.: Biden +1
Ga.: Trump +3
NC: Trump +7
Nev.: Tie
Ariz.: Trump +5

Per Bloomberg Politics Morning Consult surveys

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Trump suggests he might support letting states place restrictions on contraception, then after being criticized insists that he doesn't support restrictions. Maggie Astor nytimes.com/2024/05/21/us/…

As RFK Jr. presses his iconoclastic independent bid for the presidency, it has fallen to his sister Kerry Kennedy to distance her family from the brother she has long held close and to guard the legacy of a proud and private dynasty as it fades from the political stage.

A frustrated Zelensky appeals to US and NATO for more help. “Shoot down what’s in the sky over Ukraine,” he tells Andrew E. Kramer. “And give us the weapons to use against Russian forces on the borders.” nytimes.com/2024/05/21/wor…

'What's next for America?' asked a headline featured on a video posted by Trump's campaign. 'The creation of a unified Reich.' The campaign has since taken the video down and blamed it on an inattentive staffer. Chris Cameron nytimes.com/2024/05/20/us/…