Draft-Breaking News

The police in Florida charged Mr. Lewandowski with one count of misdemeanor battery involving a reporter who had tried to ask Donald J. Trump a question.

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Jamal Murray Will Enter N.B.A. Draft

Kentucky guard Jamal Murray will enter the N.B.A. draft, the first of several Wildcats who may turn professional.

First Draft: Donald Trump Steps Awkwardly Into Abortion Debate for Second Time This Week

Mr. Trump said that current laws on abortion should remain intact. Then his spokeswoman said he meant that the laws should remain intact only until he seeks to change them as president.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

First Draft: Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Intelligence Surge’ to Fight ISIS

Speaking in the heart of Silicon Valley, Hillary Clinton called for an “intelligence surge” to defeat the Islamic State and offered a sharp rebuke to the national security credentials of her Republican presidential rivals.

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Document: Final Draft of Accord

Friday, December 4, 2015

In Paris, Negotiators Trim a Draft Climate Agreement, Climate Scientists Press for Nuclear Energy, Activists Prepare for Failure

Negotiators trim a climate agreement as climate scientists press for nuclear power and activists gird for failure.

First Draft: Renewal of Export-Import Bank Stings Conservative Republicans

Washington’s big business interests won a decisive victory on Thursday when Congress voted overwhelmingly to reopen the bank, which conservatives had assailed as a form of corporate welfare and crony capitalism.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

First Draft Focus: Throwback Thursday — Playing the Local Game

Gov. George Romney of Michigan, then a Republican presidential candidate, at a candlestick bowling alley in Franklin, N.H., on Jan. 15, 1968.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

First Draft Focus: Throwback Thursday — ‘Just a Chat’

Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the governor of New York and the Democratic presidential nominee, conferred with Col. Edward M. House, who had been an adviser to Woodrow Wilson, in Beverly Farms, Mass., on July 18, 1932. Roosevelt described the meeting as “just a chat.”

Friday, November 13, 2015

First Draft: Donald Trump Asks Iowans: ‘How Stupid’ Are They to Believe Ben Carson?

Donald J. Trump unleashed a torrent of insults on Thursday against his main rival, Ben Carson, comparing him to a child molester in a television interview and suggesting that the people of Iowa are “stupid” if they believe Mr. Carson’s claim that he tried to stab a close relative during his childhood.

Thursday, November 12, 2015

First Draft Focus: Throwback Thursday — Campaigning Against a Landslide

Thousands of supporters greeted former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic presidential nominee, in Des Moines in October 1984. Less than two weeks later, President Ronald Reagan was easily re-elected.

Sunday, November 8, 2015

First Draft: Donald Trump Hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’ Amid Protests

The candidate’s gig as a guest host suggested he is most at ease when hosting his own, seemingly never-ending TV show, rather than somebody else’s.