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The confrontation in this tiny fishing town on Lake Michigan that markets itself as 'Friendly Algoma' began, in the modern American fashion, with a Facebook post. Earlier this month, an [...]

This year's campaign offers a vivid reminder of how much the playing field in presidential elections has shrunk, giving voters in a handful of states a disproportionate influence in the [...]

Karen Cannestra does not like that drop box in front of West Bend City Hall. Ms. Cannestra, 72 and retired, prefers to vote at her polling place in Wisconsin on [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman Door County, Wis., has picked the presidential winner since 1996. Last time, the margin was 292 votes, so the campaigns are trying to reach every household. Follow [...]

In the final weeks of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump are staking their chances on two radically different theories of how to [...]

In the final weeks of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump are staking their chances on two radically different theories of how to [...]

At three colleges, there were snacks, big screens and homework assignments. But energy and enthusiasm were sparse -- and by the end, even more so. In the pivotal battleground of [...]

JD Vance and Tim Walz each have roots in the Midwest, but how voters in the region will view the vice-presidential candidates’ different visions remains to be seen. Senator JD [...]

The baseball team tied the modern day record for losses on Sunday, dropping a 120th game. In the team's most loyal neighborhood, some people couldn't bear to watch. It was [...]

The baseball team tied the modern day record for losses on Sunday, dropping a 120th game. In the team’s most loyal neighborhood, some people couldn’t bear to watch. It was [...]

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Follow live updates on the 2024 election here. When Trisha and Andy Allcock decided to leave their native Ohio, they set their sights on Wisconsin. Madison, the second-largest city in [...]

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/20/us/trump-harris-election When Trisha and Andy Allcock decided to leave their native Ohio, they set their sights on Wisconsin. Madison, the second-largest city in the state, and its suburbs in Dane [...]

Friday 4 p.m. | Climb to a high perch Look at the grand shoreline, tiny islands and rugged rocky ledge known as the Niagara Escarpment from the best spot possible: [...]

It wasn't 1968. It wasn't even close. After months of anticipation, planning and vows of mass protest in Chicago that called to mind the tumult of the 1968 Democratic National [...]

It wasn’t 1968. It wasn’t even close. After months of anticipation, planning and vows of mass protest in Chicago that called to mind the https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/dnc-1968-chicago-protests.html of the 1968 Democratic National [...]

At least 55 demonstrators protesting the Democratic convention were detained on Tuesday after scuffling with the police outside Israel’s consulate. Hundreds more marched Wednesday. The Chicago police arrested at least [...]

One group said it would demonstrate at the Consulate of Israel in downtown Chicago. The police said they would not tolerate violence. Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters faced off with the [...]

Follow live updates on the 2024 election . It was August 1968, and Chicago was ready to combust. The Democratic National Convention had come to town, along with thousands of [...]

As tens of thousands of delegates and guests arrive for the Democratic National Convention, they will encounter a sight familiar to Chicagoans but startling to most out-of-towners: clusters of migrants [...]

As tens of thousands of delegates and guests arrive for the Democratic National Convention, they will encounter a sight familiar to Chicagoans but startling to most out-of-towners: clusters of migrants [...]

About 50,000 people are expected in the nation's third-largest city for the Democrats' convention. Some Chicagoans are thrilled. Others are skipping town. Workers rushed around in the shadow of the [...]

About 50,000 people are expected in the nation’s third-largest city for the Democrats’ convention. Some Chicagoans are thrilled. Others are fleeing town. Workers rushed around in the shadow of the [...]

Demographers say that a growing number of Americans identify as more than one race, and that the number will continue expanding in the decades ahead. When former President Donald J. [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman, Robert Gebeloff and Ethan Singer Demographers say that a growing number of Americans identify as more than one race, and that the number will continue expanding in [...]

The Secret Service, which has been under scrutiny since the assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump, says it has reviewed its security plan for the convention in August. Chicago is [...]

The Secret Service, which has been under scrutiny since the assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump, says it has reviewed its security plan for the convention in August. Chicago is [...]

The former president did not win them over — not that they like the alternative. Former President Donald J. Trump began his prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention on [...]

We spoke to them about why they feel like their votes, while important, don't seem to translate into the type of change they want to see in their daily lives. […]

The Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee, the largest city in the key swing state of Wisconsin. The four-day affair has put the city in an international spotlight just [...]

Outside the arena, an uneasy relationship between the city and the convention has intensified. The latest * Republicans were https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/16/us/trump-gop-convention-biden during the second night of the Republican National Convention. * [...]

The demonstration, while spirited, appeared to be far smaller than organizers had expected. Some suggested that the attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump may have affected the turnout and mood. [...]

After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, protest organizers said their rally would proceed as expected. Law enforcement authorities said they were prepared. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-rnc-news-biden A crowd of left-leaning demonstrators gathered [...]

On Today’s Episode: * Biden Asks America to ‘Lower the Temperature’ After Trump Shooting, * Here’s What Is Known About the Suspect Who Tried to Assassinate Trump, * After Shooting [...]

As 50,000 people began arriving in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, Secret Service officials and local leaders aimed to reassure the public about safety. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-rnc-news-biden Milwaukee was always an [...]

Cavalier Johnson, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee, was one of the biggest cheerleaders for holding the Republican National Convention in the city. Mayor Cavalier Johnson was zipping in and out [...]

Cavalier Johnson, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee, was one of the biggest cheerleaders for holding the Republican National Convention in the city. Mayor Cavalier Johnson was zipping in and out [...]

Larry White was thrown a little off-kilter by the soupy, 93-degree temperature in Chicago on Monday morning. It's only mid-June, he said with annoyance, and until this week he barely [...]

In May, parts of Chicago were covered for the first time in 17 years by a brood of buzzing, mating, crawling red-eyed cicadas. The city's tiniest trees were ready. Homeowners [...]

In May, parts of Chicago were covered for the first time in 17 years by a brood of buzzing, mating, crawling red-eyed cicadas. The city’s tiniest trees were ready. Homeowners [...]

The Chicago City Council is seeking the public transit chief's ouster as the system wrestles with financial woes, sluggish service and crime complaints since the pandemic. Until recently, Dorval R. [...]

Heidi Heitkamp was in her office at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics when protesters occupied the building. Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp was sitting in her second floor office [...]

New census estimates find moderate post-pandemic rebounds for big cities in the Midwest and Northeast. After decades of painful decline, Detroit's population grew in 2023, according to new estimates released [...]

New census estimates find moderate post-pandemic rebounds for big cities in the Midwest and Northeast. After decades of painful decline, Detroit's population grew in 2023, according to new estimates released [...]

Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago understands the comparison to 1968. Once again, the city is gearing up to host a late-summer Democratic National Convention against a backdrop of fury and [...]

Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago understands the comparison to 1968. Once again, the city is gearing up to host a late-summer Democratic National Convention amid a backdrop of fury and [...]

Byline: Julie Bosman and Jamie Kelter Davis As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with filmy wings, they [...]

As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with filmy wings, they confided their fears about what is about [...]

His acquittal in the infamous trial involving Nicole Brown Simpson's death prompted powerful backlash that helped change the perception around domestic violence. In December 1994, investigators from the Los Angeles [...]

His acquittal in the infamous trial involving Nicole Brown Simpson’s death prompted powerful backlash that helped change the perception around domestic violence. In December 1994, investigators from the Los Angeles [...]