So, Can We Trust the Polls? Recent changes add up to a case for cautious optimism on better accuracy, but that’s far from a guarantee.

Trump Is Courting Apolitical Young Men. Will It Pay Off? Gen Z men are increasingly turning away from the Democratic Party, swayed by the former president’s bravado and irreverence. But they also do not usually vote in high numbers.

The Path to Control of Congress May Swerve Through Alabama A House district in Alabama was redrawn to empower Black voters, changing what had been a safe Republican seat into a highly competitive and potentially consequential battleground.

What to Know About ‘The Apprentice,’ the Controversial Trump Biopic The film, now available on demand, followed a thorny path to distribution — including the threat of a lawsuit by its subject.

The Roots of Trump’s Nativist Rhetoric on Immigrants In the former president’s pitch to voters, historians hear echoes of the nation’s inescapable xenophobic history.

Oil Interests Gave More Than $75 Million to Trump PACs, New Analysis Shows Oil moguls are big donors to Donald Trump. But so are engineering firms, hedge fund managers, shipbuilders and others that profit from fossil fuels.

Sprinting to Election Day, in Spanish A team of editors and translators help communicate election coverage to Spanish-speaking readers, which comes with its own set of unique challenges.

JD Vance Talks to Joe Rogan About Trans Issues, Abortion and Testosterone Senator JD Vance spoke for more than three hours on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” his latest appearance on a podcast with a large following among young men.

Why Is Trump Campaigning in New Mexico and Virginia? Even if carrying these states is unlikely, they offer the possibility that fresh audiences could supply more Republican votes in the popular tally.

Harris Campaign’s New Ad in Spanish Highlights Puerto Rico Insult at Trump Rally It is aimed at Latinos in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, which has a sizable Puerto Rican population.

Trump Offends Women as His Campaign Reaches Out to Young Men How Trump’s allies are honing their message to young men in the campaign’s final days.

Trump and Vance Escalate Efforts to Sow Doubts on Pennsylvania Voting The former president and his running mate made false attacks about the security of the election in Pennsylvania, the battleground state with the most electoral college votes.

A Spooky Halloween Ad Tries to Tie Harris to Migrant Crime A pro-Trump super PAC ad in the style of a mini-horror film uses misleading claims as it tries to frighten voters about the prospect of a Harris presidency.

LeBron James Endorses Kamala Harris for President Mr. James, the N.B.A.’s all-time leading scorer, campaigned for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in previous election cycles. He has made no secret of his low opinion of Donald J. Trump.

They Want to Ensure That, This Time, White Women Vote for a Woman Donald Trump has won white women, the country’s largest voting bloc, for two elections running. White female Democrats are trying to stop that from happening again, but it may be an uphill fight.

The Jobs Report on Friday May Be a Fluke and a Political Football Economists expect the October data to show unusually weak job creation. But hurricanes and strikes may account for much of the shortfall.

Campaign Ad for Nebraska Senator Uses Images From the Northeast Her opponent, Dan Osborn, an independent, seized on the gaffe. A spokesman for the Fischer campaign blamed a “screw-up by a vendor.”

New York Court Suspends Lawyer Who Pushed Trump’s Fake Electors Scheme The lawyer, Kenneth Chesebro, had previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge of conspiracy in a Georgia court.

Surprise Hit of the Campaign TV Ad Season: Giving Voters Permission to Go Rogue Both parties are running ads that tell voters it’s OK to break from their party. “You can vote any way you want. And no one will ever know,” one says.

Harris Aims to Put Trump Back on Defense After His Garbage Truck Stunt Seizing on comments by Donald Trump about women, the vice president tried to move on from a gaffe by President Biden and throw the focus of a race divided along gender lines back onto her rival.