Trends

More than 144 million Americans from the West Coast to the I-95 corridor were under heat advisories and warnings Wednesday. Read full article

Representative Elissa Slotkin, the leading Democrat seeking her state’s open Senate seat, said private polling showed former President Donald J. Trump leading President Biden. Read full article

In an era of deep divisions in the church, newly ordained priests overwhelmingly lean right in their theology, practices and politics. Read full article

The specter of a second Donald J. Trump presidency injects new urgency into the NATO summit this week. President Biden and other leaders agree Ukraine should have an “irreversible” path to membership. Read full article

Only four seats separate Democrats from the House majority, making the chamber a potential bulwark against complete Republican control. But gaining even a handful of seats will be difficult. Read full article

President Biden is pushing back against those who say he is not up to the job. Read full article

Mr. Clooney, who co-hosted a lavish fund-raiser for President Biden last month, wrote in a guest essay in The New York Times that Democrats “are not going to win in November with this president.” Read full article

Here are readers’ choices for some of the books published since 2000 that are most representative of the state. Read full article

Representative Nancy Pelosi, a longtime Biden ally and the former speaker, is the most senior member of his party who has so far suggested he consider dropping out. Read full article

Time is on President Biden’s side. Every day that he defies pressure to end his re-election campaign, replacing him becomes harder for Democrats. Read full article