MIAMI — Of all the ways to describe the fraught decision to reopen schools during a pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a former Navy prosecutor, chose an especially dramatic example when he compared the commitment of teachers and administrators to the resolve of Navy SEALs given the mission to …...Read More

“You don’t get to enter those halls without compromise,” Ms. Sanchez said. “There’s always this line between ‘I am going to tell you the truth but in a way you can hear’ versus an activist standpoint. There is no way she is the vice president candidate without having made trade-offs.” …...Read More

A low-grade hurricane that is slowly scraping along the East Coast. A wildfire in California that has led to evacuation orders for 8,000 people. And in both places, as well as everywhere between, a pandemic that keeps worsening. The daily morning briefing from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, usually a …...Read More

“Again, nobody has done more for Black Americans than I have,” he said. “He should have come. I think he made a big mistake.” Mr. Trump declined to say whether he found Mr. Lewis’s life story “impressive.” He seemed indifferent to renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., after …...Read More

Ford Motor said its chief executive, Jim Hackett, will retire on Oct. 1, ending a three-year run in which the automaker has worked with mixed results to streamline its operations and focus its business on electric cars, trucks and sport-utility vehicles. Mr. Hackett, 65, will be succeeded by James D. …...Read More

The Neo is a four-foot-tall, 1,000-pound robot floor scrubber. The high-tech machine can cruise large commercial buildings on its own, with no human supervision required. Since its introduction in 2016, Neo’s sales have roughly doubled each year, said Faizan Sheikh, the chief executive and a co-founder of Avidbots, the Canadian …...Read More

“The Bidens are looking for somebody as loyal to them as they were to Barack and Michelle Obama,” Christine Pelosi, the daughter of the speaker, told my colleagues recently. Although, as my colleague Lisa Lerer wrote, it’s best not to get too caught up in the chatter. So, how does …...Read More

What began as a party that drew a large group of people to a mansion on the famed Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles devolved into chaos and gunfire in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leaving at least three people wounded. Large gatherings in private homes are banned under Los …...Read More

Officials were also trying to take stock of the aftermath across the state. “We’ve had a number of tornadoes,” Mr. Cooper, a Democrat, said on “Good Morning America.” “I’m not sure of the count yet.” The storm is knocking out power over wide areas. With storm-force winds extending out 140 …...Read More

Joe Biden released a campaign advertisement recognizing the anniversary. In it, he says that Americans must “stand against hate.” And Students Demand Action, a grass-roots arm of the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety, posted a message on Instagram in remembrance of the victims. “We are committed to fighting for stronger …...Read More