Christine Zhang

Rate cuts, stock surges, and Trump’s tariff threats are among the biggest forces shaping business and the economy.

Control of the House remains in the balance, and three Senate seats in swing states have yet to be called.

As the election nears, most pollsters are reporting responses from “likely voters.” The challenge is in figuring out who they are.

The pop star Taylor Swift has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris — and is far more popular among Democrats and independents than Republicans.

Some pollsters were already in the field when news of his withdrawal broke; others scrambled to conduct quick surveys.

With Vice President Kamala Harris locking up support, interviews with Democratic National Committee delegates indicated there was no consensus over whom she should pick as a running mate.

We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.

Despite cruising to the Democratic nomination, President Biden has faced a substantial protest vote in some primaries. The pattern can be broken into three categories.

More than 100,000 voted in protest of the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, with strong support from areas with higher shares of Arab residents and younger voters.

In past uncompetitive presidential primaries, the typical protest vote has been about 7 percent.