Josh Dawsey

• Politics

The campaign by the Florida governor steadily deflated as he struggled to connect with voters and convince Republicans to swap Donald Trump for a younger, more disciplined champion of his ideas.

• Elections

Psychological warfare, strategic miscalculations and a sweet-spot finish made the former president’s comeback official.

• Elections

The decision by the AP and other news organizations to project a Trump victory before the caucuses had finished drew scorn from the former president’s rivals.

• The Trump Cases

The only thing certain about the pending trials of former president Donald Trump is the uncertainty of when they will happen.

• Elections

In a fundraising email that distorted the situation, Trump misleadingly claimed to supporters that Biden was “forcing me into a courtroom in our nation’s capital.”

• National Security

Pressure from advocates for accused rioters was amplified online and by right-wing media figures, leading lawmakers to minimize and deny the violence and rehabilitate Trump.

• Elections

The episode was yet another illustration of the unusual and at times strained dynamic between Trump’s legal entanglements and his campaign

• Politics

Many activists look past the former president’s refusal to endorse a national abortion ban, focusing instead on how a future administration could restrict pills.

• Health

Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo’s false claims that mRNA coronavirus vaccines contaminate DNA imperils lives as respiratory viruses surge this winter.