Donald Trump Investigations

Kevin sighs happily and sleeps easily while I’m holding my breath.

By Maureen Dowd

After enduring a host of election conspiracy claims in recent years, Ada County believes it has found a way to restore confidence in the vote-counting system.

By Mike Baker

A few victories made it easy for Democrats to forget that the law is just another domain of politics where their enemies enjoy power too.

By Samuel Moyn

Los expertos afirman que la liberación de algunos presos políticos puede ser un intento del autócrata de Venezuela de enviar una señal al presidente electo Donald Trump.

By Isayen Herrera, Julie Turkewitz, Genevieve Glatsky and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez

Experts say the release of some political prisoners may be an attempt by Venezuela’s autocrat to send a signal to President-elect Trump.

By Isayen Herrera, Julie Turkewitz, Genevieve Glatsky and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez

The lawyers, Kenneth Caruso and David Labkowski, cited unspecified professional ethics issues.

By Eileen Sullivan

Ocho años después de su victoria inicial, Trump regresa a la Casa Blanca más enfadado, más amargado, más agraviado y hablando más abiertamente de venganza que la última vez.

By Peter Baker

From its founding nearly a century ago, LULAC encouraged Hispanic people to embrace American identity even as it fought discrimination. The 2024 election result presents a dilemma on both fronts.

By Jazmine Ulloa

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s momentary talk of unity on election night may underestimate the depth of his resentment after multiple impeachments, investigations, indictments and lawsuits.

By Peter Baker

The texts, which showed up as early as Wednesday morning, were reported in at least 13 states across the country.

By Tim Balk and Erica L. Green

The Kremlin did not bother to hide its efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election, as it did in the past.

By Steven Lee Myers and Julian E. Barnes

Trump supporters spent years fomenting concern about election integrity. On Tuesday, they set it all aside.

By Stuart A. Thompson, Jim Rutenberg and Steven Lee Myers

Officials anticipate a rise in false narratives in the days and weeks after the vote.

By Julian E. Barnes

The county and three others are investigating voter registration forms, not ballots, that were flagged as suspicious. Some were delivered to election offices by an Arizona-based company.

By Mattathias Schwartz and Charles Homans

Groups from Russia and other countries could continue to stoke political discord until the election is certified in January, intelligence agencies say.

By Julian E. Barnes and Steven Lee Myers

Voters sometimes make mistakes when they use digital voting machines. But the issues are quickly remedied.

By Stuart A. Thompson

Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand up for their rights, in a harbinger of potential chaos.

By Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano, Aaron Krolik and Steven Lee Myers

Beyoncé, whales, voting and immigration: For Mr. Trump, no topic is too insignificant or too important when it comes to making misleading or inaccurate statements.

By Linda Qiu and Jamie Leventhal

Step by step, Donald J. Trump and his allies are following the strategies that caused chaos four years ago. Election officials say they are ready this time.

By Jim Rutenberg and Alan Feuer

The League of United Latin American Citizens, which was targeted in Texas’ election fraud case, is teaming up with a pro-democracy group to counter Republican-led election challenges.

By Jazmine Ulloa

Readers praise an outreach program on the streets of California. Also: Election panic; the climate stakes; election fraud; questions for Trump and Vance.

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.

By Nick Corasaniti and Michael Gold

Polling place monitors have long provided oversight to elections. But this year, many are there to provide documentation for Donald J. Trump’s claims of fraud.

By Alexandra Berzon and Michael Wines

Watch or listen to our final round table before Election Day.

By Michael Barbaro, Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher, Astead W. Herndon, Nina Feldman, Clare Toeniskoetter, Rachelle Bonja, Paige Cowett, Liz O. Baylen, Maria Byrne, Sophie Erickson, Brooke Minters, Eddie Costas, Mark Zemel, Andrew Smith, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano and Alyssa Moxley

El expresidente pareció deleitarse avivando las especulaciones sobre lo que está tramando con los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes, lo que llevó a los demócratas a preocuparse por un fraude electoral.

By Annie Karni

Litigation, disinformation and battles over certifying the vote all have the potential to complicate the process.

By Nick Corasaniti

The former president seemed to delight in fueling speculation about what he is cooking up with House Republicans, prompting Democrats to worry about election fraud. Speaker Mike Johnson refused to explain.

By Annie Karni

Our journalists answer questions from readers.

The former president’s most disturbing statements are not bluster. They are a road map to what he will do if elected again.

By The Editorial Board

At least as far as the law goes.

By David French

Some counties have a history of refusing to certify election results. Others have tried to disqualify voters or prevent them from casting absentee ballots.

By Neil Vigdor

A torrent of falsehoods, from home and abroad, have undermined what was once a shared faith in the honesty of America’s democracy.

By Steven Lee Myers

Mr. Olsen, a lawyer, has spoken to the former president multiple times in recent weeks. He’s insisted it’s important to make legal demands concerning voting-machine data before Election Day.

By Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Nick Corasaniti

The onetime personal attorney to former President Donald J. Trump has seven days to turn over his Manhattan apartment, a vintage Mercedes-Benz and other possessions.

By Eileen Sullivan

The efforts could help lay the groundwork for what could become another push to undermine the results if former President Donald J. Trump loses again.

By Luke Broadwater and Alexandra Berzon

Widespread cheating at the polls is a myth. So what are election deniers really after?

By Neil Makhija, Molly Crabapple, Kim Boekbinder and Jim Batt

The former president, asked at a news conference in storm-damaged North Carolina if he had seen anything to suggest the election would be unfair, said, “I have not seen that.”

By Michael Gold

This time around, it would be much harder for Trump to try to steal the election.

By Jamelle Bouie

The former president’s legal team had objected to any release of material, saying it would amount to election interference.

By Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage

Ashwin Ramaswami, a Democrat, was still in law school when he decided to run against State Senator Shawn Still, who was indicted with Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case.

By Richard Fausset

Disponemos de poco tiempo para comprender los retos a los que se enfrentan las legislaturas estatales, el Congreso, los poderes ejecutivos y los jueces electos antes de las elecciones en EE.UU.

By Neal K. Katyal

We have just a short time to understand the challenges across state legislatures, Congress, executive branches and elected judges.

By Neal K. Katyal

The ruling cuts at the heart of a key argument made by right-wing activists since the 2020 election, when Donald Trump sought to disrupt the certification process as part of his bid to subvert the results.

By Nick Corasaniti

Lawyers should remember what they were taught in ethics class.

By Kate Shaw

Fool me once? Shame on you. Fool me five times?

By Jamelle Bouie

Honorable public servants of both parties upheld democracy after the 2020 election. America is counting on them again to do their duty.

By The Editorial Board

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens. Also: Republicans’ plans to challenge the election; Vanderbilt’s leader, on flawed college rankings.

Appearing for roughly 85 minutes onstage, the Republican nominee repeated false claims about the 2020 election and introduced a mischaracterization about disaster-relief money.

By Neil Vigdor

Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., had tried to prove that the machines had been used to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald J. Trump.

By Alan Feuer

Judge Tanya Chutkan made public portions of a filing by prosecutors setting out their argument for why the case should go forward despite the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity.

By Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage

Cuando los votantes estadounidenses evalúen al compañero de fórmula de Trump, deberán analizar si ha mostrado la fidelidad a la Constitución que el cargo requiere.

By Matthew A. Seligman

Why he represents a grave risk to the rule of law in American democracy.

By Matthew A. Seligman

Encouraging voters to cast mail ballots — and cast them early — benefits political campaigns. But former President Donald J. Trump’s skepticism has hurt Republican efforts in a key state.

By Nick Corasaniti and Jonathan Weisman

A five-judge New York appellate panel questioned both the size and validity of a judgment of more than $450 million against Donald J. Trump at a hearing.

By Colin Moynihan

The former president has long claimed, despite evidence to the contrary, that elections are corrupt. What if he carries through with threats to prosecute the officials who run them?

By Nick Corasaniti and Alexandra Berzon

Donald J. Trump has made his revisionist account of the Capitol attack the foundation of this campaign, even when there is little political advantage.

By Charles Homans and Alan Feuer

The decision not to indict Lt. Gov. Burt Jones was made by Pete Skandalakis, who is a veteran Georgia prosecutor and a fellow Republican.

By Richard Fausset and Danny Hakim

More Americans are using mail-in ballots, which take longer to count than those cast in person. In several battleground states, a winner may not be apparent on Nov. 5.

By Nick Corasaniti

Speaking to the national board of the Fraternal Order of Police, former President Donald J. Trump made an appeal that could run afoul of state laws and prompt accusations of voter intimidation.

By Michael Gold and Nick Corasaniti

Activists, party lawyers and state officials are mobilizing behind a crackdown on a supposed scourge of noncitizens’ casting ballots. Voting rights advocates say the effort is spreading misinformation.

By Alexandra Berzon