Colleen Long

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surround by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt

July 15, 2024 at 9:57 a.m.

Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said.

President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference following the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden says during press conference he’s going to ‘complete the job’ despite calls to bow out

July 11, 2024 at 10:03 p.m.

The president used Thursday's news conference to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and batted away questions about his ability to serve.

President Joe Biden, right, reaches to shake the hand of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

In NATO address, President Biden flubs, calling Zelenskyy ‘Putin’ while introducing Ukraine’s leader

July 11, 2024 at 5:55 p.m.

In announcing a compact that would bring together NATO countries to support Ukraine, President Biden referred to the nation's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin” to audible gasps in the...

President Joe Biden showed no indication of dropping out of the race despite a halting debate performance on June 27, 2024. (Kevin D. Liles/For The Washington Post)

Biden campaigns through Pennsylvania as his team quietly braces for more Democratic defections

July 7, 2024 at 2:49 p.m.

President Joe Biden has urged supporters to stay unified at a rousing Black church service in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wis., Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to the voters, not to Democrats on Capitol Hill

July 6, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.

The Democratic Party has not fallen in line behind President Joe Biden, even after the events that were set up to reset his imperiled campaign and show everyone he wasn't...

President Biden dismisses age questions in interview as he tries to salvage reelection effort

July 5, 2024 at 11:05 p.m.

President Joe Biden is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort as he holds a rally and sits down for a network TV interview in Wisconsin.

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Biden plans public events blitz as White House pushes back on pressure to leave the race

July 3, 2024 at 6:28 a.m.

The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will meet with congressional leaders and Democratic governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days.

President Joe Biden, center right, and first lady Jill Biden, right, arrive on Marine One with granddaughters Natalie Biden, from left, and Finnegan Biden, at East Hampton Airport, Saturday, June 29, 2024, in East Hampton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law

July 1, 2024 at 7:26 p.m.

President Joe Biden's reset after his disastrous debate performance is looking more like a return to business as usual.

President Joe Biden walks towards members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 1, 2024, to travel to Camp David, Md., for the weekend. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Gathered at Camp David, President Biden’s family tells him to stay in the race and keep fighting

July 1, 2024 at 7:17 a.m.

President Joe Biden’s family used a Sunday gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance.

FILE – President Joe Biden signs into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, June 25, 2022. More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under new firearms trafficking and straw purchasing laws that are part of the landmark gun safety legislation President Joe Biden signed two years ago Tuesday. Some of the people were linked to transnational cartels and organized crime. That’s according to a White House report obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

More than 500 people have been charged with federal crimes under the gun safety law Biden signed

June 25, 2024 at 8:42 a.m.

More than 500 people — some linked to transnational cartels and organized crime rings — have been charged with gun trafficking and other crimes under the landmark gun safety legislation...

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