Inside Donald Trump’s Embrace of the Jan. 6 Rioters The former president initially disavowed the attack on the Capitol, but he is now making it a centerpiece of his general election campaign.

Don Wright, Editorial Cartoonist With a Skewer for a Pen, Dies at 90 He won two Pulitzers for Florida newspapers, commenting wryly on war, segregation, church scandals and more while reaching readers nationwide through syndication.

State Dept. Is Sending Its Top Diplomat for East Asia to China The announcement comes days after President Biden met jointly with the leaders of Japan and the Philippines to discuss Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific region.

Election Workers Face Flood of Threats, but Charges Are Few The Justice Department has a task force focused on the thousands of threats against state and local officials who oversee voting, but most are protected by the First Amendment.

Biden Shrinks Trump’s Edge in Latest Times/Siena Poll The president’s popularity has ticked up slightly, though voters still view Donald J. Trump more favorably and have dour views of the economy.

A Closer Look at a Slight Shift in the Polls An average of recent surveys, including the Times/Siena poll, finds President Biden inching closer to Donald Trump.

Judge Rejects Hunter Biden Claim of Selective Prosecution in Gun Case Judge Maryellen Noreika declined to dismiss the charges against the president’s son, saying Mr. Biden’s lawyer failed to show prosecutors had been motivated by animus.

Kamala Harris Blames Trump for Abortion Bans at Arizona Campaign Stop At a rally in Tucson, Ariz., days after the state’s top court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, Vice President Kamala Harris placed the blame directly on former President Donald J. Trump.

Johnson Floats Voting on Senate Ukraine Bill, With Conservative Policies as Sweeteners The Republican speaker has weighed bringing up a $95 billion Senate-passed bill to aid Ukraine and Israel in tandem with a separate package geared toward mollifying G.O.P. critics.

U.S. Says American Targets May Not Be on List in Possible Iran Attack In anticipation of the Iranian strikes, several countries, including the United States, issued new guidelines to their citizens about travel in Israel and the surrounding region.

Iran Likely Will Strike Israel, Not U.S. Forces, U.S. and Iranian Officials Say Retaliation by Iran is expected on Israeli soil in the next few days, but officials say Iran does not want to draw the United States deeper into the conflict.

Trump and Mike Johnson to Make Announcement on ‘Election Integrity’ Neither man has elaborated publicly on the subject of Friday’s announcement, but the former president has made false claims of a stolen 2020 election central to his current campaign.

Tell Us: Has Elon Musk’s Behavior Affected How You View Tesla? Mr. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has turned off many people with polarizing remarks on social media, and it may be affecting the automaker’s sales.

Ocasio-Cortez Never Steered Money to a Key Arm of Her Party. Until Now. Her contribution to the campaign arm of House Democrats is a symbolic moment in the New York lawmaker’s own evolution inside the Democratic Party.

How the Israel-Hamas War Galvanized the American Left As the death toll in Gaza climbed, the pro-Palestinian movement grew into a powerful, if disjointed, political force in the United States. Democrats are feeling the pressure.

With States Banning DEI, Some Universities Find a Workaround Welcome to the new “Office of Access and Engagement.” Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.

Where Kamala Harris Lives, a Little Known History of Enslavement The vice president’s official residence is in a quiet Washington enclave once home to 34 enslaved people. Ms. Harris has not spoken of the matter publicly.

Kamala Harris, Traveling to Arizona, Will Slam Trump Over Abortion The vice president is set to lean into a partywide attack on Donald Trump and fellow Republicans, who are newly on the defensive over the issue.

Trump Says He Is ‘Not Running to Terminate’ the Affordable Care Act After repeated attacks from Democrats, Donald Trump, who has often vowed to repeal Obamacare, said that if elected he would only improve it, without offering specifics.

Kennedy Campaign Fires Consultant Who Sought to Help Trump Win The Kennedy campaign said the consultant, Rita Palma, had falsely identified herself as its New York state director.