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An 81-year-old candidate and no Plan B. “How did we get here?” one leading Democrat asks. The answer is complicated. Read full article

A measure seeking to protect abortion access in the State Constitution will appear on the ballot. It is one of nearly a dozen such initiatives that could shape other races this election. Read full article

Surrogates on Sunday made the case for the president, who spent the weekend reassuring donors and supporters, with a message focused on his record and that of Donald J. Trump. Read full article

President Biden is trying to figure out how to tamp down Democratic anxiety after last week’s disastrous debate performance. Read full article

Critics of the approach say it risks making President Biden and his campaign seem woefully out of touch with the voters they need to win. Read full article

Organizers of a plan to adorn some trains with googly eyes said that if the trains could not be reliable, they could at least make commuters smile. Read full article

With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors. Read full article

Vice-presidential hopefuls are posturing as part of a bid to highlight their ties to the rich. Read full article

A military lab found distinctive damage from repeated blast exposure in every brain it tested, but Navy SEAL leaders were kept in the dark about the pattern. Read full article

Direct cash payments are not imminent, but under the state’s new budget, the money could go toward other reparations-related proposals pending in the Legislature. Read full article