Is there a way for us to make the “American berserk” a little less … berserk?

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Is there a way for us to make the “American berserk” a little less … berserk?

The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city’s fight with a landlord. Now it is central to one of former President Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign promises.

Representative Gabe Vasquez, a Democrat in a border district, is under attack by his Republican opponent on immigration policy. Can a pro-abortion access message help him prevail?

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The administration moved to block off a popular tariff-free path for Chinese apparel coming into the United States, and added stiff levies on electric vehicles, solar panels and other products.

The former president meandered over 80 minutes from complaints about Tuesday’s debate to elevating baseless claims that have circulated on right-wing social media.

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The nation’s only Medicaid work program is part of a broad Republican push to change how poor people qualify for health care. In a second Trump term, Medicaid could be a target for huge spending cuts.

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Can pro-life states survive in a pro-choice country?

As opposition to their agenda grows, especially on abortion, many conservatives are grappling with how to handle this new uncertain political world.

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People can be bitter for only so long. Harris’s happy strength may offer a glimpse of a sunnier national mood to come.

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People can be bitter for only so long. Harris’s happy strength may offer a glimpse of a sunnier national mood to come.

Apparently, this election is about … pets.

Our columnists and contributors rate Trump’s and Harris’s debate performances.

The ex-president has remade the religious right in his image.

A politics editor analyzes Trump’s bizarre campaign music choices, so you don’t have to.

The movement’s national success depends on one man.

Three reasons to doubt the Democrats’ chances.

Nazi sympathy is the natural endpoint of the politics of trolling.

The former president has to answer for Dobbs. He can’t wriggle out of it.

Ross Douthat goes head-to-head with his fellow columnist David French over how to move Republicans past Trump.

Readers discuss gun laws, trying the suspect as an adult, defining mass shootings and more. Also: A view from AIPAC; an anti-family Republican Party.

There’s a whiff of Republican panic in this battleground state.

The former president’s campaign comes down to the “five turbines of Trumpism.”

Polarization doesn’t just pull us apart; it holds coalitions together.

Representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Trump acolyte, is vulnerable to her challenger, Whitney Fox, in Florida’s 13th District.

The former president still seems surprised that he is up against Kamala Harris.

Readers respond to a column criticizing a report that questioned gender-affirming care for children. Also: Child tax credit; G.O.P. plans for the economy.

Educated liberals often view the conservative working class with a whiff of condescension that is both unfair and counterproductive.

That bodes poorly for the G.O.P.’s future.