President Biden commemorated Brown v. Board of Education during one of a series of events over the next several days to highlight his commitment to the Black community.

Veteran Republican and Democratic strategists offered their advice for the presidential candidates’ goals during their two planned debates, in June and September.

The move could draw the United States and Europe more directly into the war. The Biden administration continues to say there will be no American troops on the ground.

A new federal rule would reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous, Schedule III drug. It’s a significant shift, even as it does not legalize the drug.

The defense repeatedly sought to paint Michael Cohen as an incorrigible liar.

The legislation has no chance of advancing in Congress or being signed into law. Republicans scheduled a vote anyway in an effort to spotlight Democratic divisions over Israel and rebuke the president.

The debate, scheduled for June 27, will be one of the earliest presidential debates ever scheduled.

The Laredo congressman faces bribery charges, and some voters and party leaders worry that his legal troubles could dampen Democratic turnout.

Southern political leaders say a win for the United Automobile Workers would threaten their economies. Activists want to strike a blow against a system they say exploits the poor.

President Biden recently overtook former President Donald J. Trump in the total number of donors who have given to his campaign, which is often seen as a proxy for voter engagement.

For nearly 40 years, the Commission on Presidential Debates has made the rules for the most-watched events in politics. This year, both campaigns said no thanks.

A decision against the agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, could have cast doubt on all of its regulations and enforcement actions.

The former two-term Republican governor, who vetoed legislation in Maryland to expand abortion access, called himself “pro-choice” in an interview and said he would back a federal law to ensure access to the procedure.

The redevelopment plans for a bombed NATO site in Belgrade in partnership with the government provoked immediate criticism in Serbia.

The Democratic Party has taken heat for not backing Black female candidates in competitive, statewide races, but in November, voters could double the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate.

The revelation sets in stark relief the decision by military prosecutors to seek to include the evidence, which has opened the door to years of litigation over confessions by the men accused of plotting the attacks.

No one was injured in the incident, which happened while the jet was taxiing early Sunday, the F.A.A. said. On Wednesday, the former president was traveling on a different plane.

Valentina Gomez’s online trolling campaign, rife with homophobia and attacks against transgender people, has prompted condemnation and scrutiny online.

A deal to allow the Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler to cash out his mining positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo has enraged human rights activists and some government officials.

Ms. Shanahan, who has fueled Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign financially since becoming his running mate, has now poured nearly $15 million into the long-shot effort to elect him president.