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In a raucous State of the Union address, the president’s goal was to reassure Americans that at 81 he is ready for a second term. He made his case, loudly and forcefully.

In an address that previewed the issues his campaign will focus on in the November election, President Biden made the case for a second term.

Steve Nikoui yelled “Abbey Gate, Abbey Gate” during the speech, a reference to where his son, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, and 12 other troops were killed during the chaotic final days of the U.S. presence in Kabul.

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt offered the confidence in our country that we need right now.

A presidential contest between two older candidates is an opportunity for us to start recognizing the crucial needs of our aging population.

The 2,000-mile frontier has become a symbol in American politics as the debate over immigration grows increasingly polarized.

The president has come to recognize that the surge of undocumented immigration is a threat to his re-election.

Federal prosecutors portrayed the former informant, Alexander Smirnov, 43, as a serial liar incapable of telling the truth about even the most basic details of his own life.

After four long years, there’s reason to hope that the condition will get the attention that it and the many who suffer from it deserve.

As a bill with $60.1 billion in military aid for Kyiv languishes in the House, a spokeswoman pointed to Avdiivka’s fate as “the cost of congressional inaction.”

The president’s frailty threatens his ability to do the most important part of his job: beating Trump.

Former President Donald J. Trump suggested that he would incite Russia to attack “delinquent” U.S. allies, foreshadowing potentially far-reaching changes in the world order if he wins the White House again.

The White House and some Democrats tried to discredit a document that characterized the president as elderly and forgetful.

His choice to become a post-9/11 culture-war champion overshadowed the work of a musician who was funnier, subtler and more politically slippery than his most famous work let on.

Judge Tanya Chutkan removed the planned March 4 start from her calendar, formalizing a delay that had become increasingly likely in recent weeks. It remains unclear when the trial might start.

Civil rights lawyers and Democrats are sounding alarms about Mr. Musk’s claims about voting. The Biden campaign called his posts “profoundly irresponsible.”

In a social media post, Donald J. Trump appeared to take a stance that went even further than his lawyers have in court about the scope of immunity from prosecution that a president should enjoy.

She’s seen as a descendant of the Republican establishment, but she’s actually the kind of bruiser who’s in line with the current G.O.P. vibe.