2020 Election: Latest News and Updates
In-depth reporting, commentary, and analysis of the Presidential election, including articles about Donald Trump, Joe Biden, polls, voting, and results.
American Chronicles
The Vigil Keepers of January 6th
In the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol, a trio of women with family members who participated in the riot moved to D.C. to seek their own kind of justice.
By Antonia Hitchens
Letter from the South
Fani Willis Survives the Effort to Disqualify Her
A judge ruled that the Fulton County D.A. can stay on the case against Trump, as long as her special prosecutor steps aside, but noted that “an odor of mendacity remains.”
By Charles Bethea
Letter from the South
The Tangled Fates of Fani Willis and Her Biggest Case
Will the Fulton County D.A.’s “clandestine” relationship derail her effort to prosecute Trump?
By Charles Bethea
The Political Scene
Watching Rudy Giuliani Self-Destruct at a Defamation Trial in Washington
A jury decided that Giuliani owes two election workers whom he defamed nearly a hundred and fifty million dollars. Even his lawyer suggested he “hasn’t been so great lately.”
By Charles Bethea
Daily Comment
How Mike Johnson Went from Relative Obscurity to Speaker of the House
The Louisiana Republican is best known for leading an effort to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 election—not because of fraud but on arcane legal grounds.
By Jonathan Blitzer
News Desk
Why Did Sidney Powell Plead Guilty?
The former attorney for Donald Trump was one of nineteen people indicted in Georgia for allegedly conspiring to overturn the result of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
By Charles Bethea and Sue Halpern
Q. & A.
The Constitutional Case for Barring Trump from the Presidency
Does the Fourteenth Amendment empower state election officials to remove him from the ballot?
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
Fani Willis’s Indictment of Donald Trump and a Voting-System Breach
The charges include allegations about a largely overlooked incident in Coffee County, Georgia.
By Sue Halpern
Q. & A.
The Benefits and Drawbacks to Charging Trump Like a Mobster
Racketeering statutes allow prosecutors to arrange many characters and a broad set of allegations into a single narrative. Making the story cohere can be a challenge.
By Isaac Chotiner
Daily Comment
There Is Nothing Élitist About the Indictments Against Trump
The judicial system is doing its work, and the former President has never been a man of the people.
By Adam Gopnik
Our Columnists
Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Trump’s Other Partners in Alleged Crime
In Georgia, eighteen “crackpot lawyers,” former Trump campaign officials, and local Republicans have been indicted for conspiring with the former President to overturn the 2020 election.
By John Cassidy
Our Columnists
The Mind-Bending World of Trump, His Indictments, and the 2024 Election
After weathering the former President’s assaults in late 2020 and early 2021, the American justice system, and its commitment to the rule of law, is about to be tested again.
By John Cassidy
The Political Scene Podcast
“This Is The Big One”: The Third Trump Indictment
The former President has been indicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and remain in power. How will the charges be litigated in the court of public opinion?
Dispatch
Trump’s Subdued Courtroom Appearance
At his arraignment on Thursday, the former President sat fragile and meek in the defendant’s seat.
By Katy Waldman
Q. & A.
A Former Federal Prosecutor Explains the Latest Trump Indictment
The case will hinge on proving whether the former President truly believed that the election was stolen as he attempted to overturn it.
By Isaac Chotiner
Our Columnists
Many Senior Republicans Are Still Reluctant to Break with Trump
Since the filing of new charges against the ex-President, many G.O.P. politicians—including some of Trump’s rivals in the primary—have already adopted his framing of the Justice Department’s case.
By John Cassidy
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Trump’s Offense Against Democracy Itself
At last, the former President’s “fraud,” “deceit,” and “lies” are called out in court.
By Susan B. Glasser
Daily Comment
The New Trump Indictment and the Reckoning Ahead
With the former President still far ahead of the rest of the Republican field, the American electorate is headed for a crucial test.
By David Remnick
Letter from the South
Georgia’s Broad Racketeering Law May Now Ensnare Donald Trump
Fani Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, often relies on Georgia’s capacious RICO statute—though critics say that she has stretched it past the law’s intent.
By Charles Bethea
Q. & A.
How Prosecutors Might Charge Trump for January 6th
The Justice Department is reportedly using a civil-rights law that “puts front and center the injury to the American people,” rather than to the government.
By Isaac Chotiner