Andrus Whitewing

It is a typical election year scene: A Congressional candidate working the crowd at a college football game. But Sarah McBride's simple act of shaking hands at Delaware State University could lead to a turning point in American history. If elected, she would become the first trans member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Asked what that means to her, McBride replied, "It is a testament to Delawarians that the candidacy of someone like me is even possible."

When "Sunday Morning" first met McBride during the pandemic, she was already making...

In 2020, Sarah McBride made history as the first transgender person ever elected to a state senate seat. Now, the Delaware Democrat is running for Congress. McBride talked with correspondent Rita Braver about her campaign, and about attitudes toward trans candidates.

No major party presidential candidate, much less president, in American history has been accused of wrongdoing so many times.

Roswell, New Mexico, experienced an overnight "Flash Flood Emergency" into Sunday morning, the National Weather Service reported.

The former president says that his style is to “weave” from one subject to the next. Others see something more worrisome in his ramblings.

The H.B.C.U. celebrated its centennial homecoming this weekend, with many partygoers holding their breath for the school’s famous alumna, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the election’s homestretch.

Many voters believe Donald Trump’s policies have helped them, Times/Siena polls show. Kamala Harris has made up some lost ground on that question, though there are warning signs in the swing states.

Mr. Musk, who holds billions in federal contracts, wants to be in charge of the regulators that oversee him if Donald Trump wins.

People in Stein’s life have implored her to abandon her bid for president, lest she throw the election to Donald Trump. She’s on the ballot in almost every critical state.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a failed attempt by Hezbollah to assassinate him.

Juan Soto hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees advanced to their 41st World Series by beating the Cleveland Guardians 5-2 in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series

The G.O.P. nominee repeated crude insults, and his supporters relished each moment. But the display could alienate swing voters.

Vice President Kamala Harris turned to star power Saturday on the campaign trail, as she held events with musicians Lizzo and Usher in Michigan and Georgia, while former President Donald Trump rallied in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania.

At a rally in Atlanta, Harris said that Trump was "cruel" for how he talked about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill, as she put combating restrictions on reproductive care at the center of her pitch to...

Former President Barack Obama will hold a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Las Vegas on Saturday, as early in-person voting gets underway in a critical battleground state.

Lawyer Elvino Dias and opposition party official Paulo Guambe were gunned down in broad daylight.