The US in brief

The 2024 election will reverberate across America and the world. The stakes are unusually high: the Democrats belatedly dropped Joe Biden from the ticket and installed Kamala Harris, an unpopular vice-president, as their nominee. And the very fact that Donald Trump is running, with all his legal baggage, compromises American democracy. The outcome could shape national and world affairs like no other election this year.

The US in brief newsletter gives you our fastest assessment of the political news that counts. Keep up to speed with our concise analysis of developments in the presidential race and across contests for the Senate, congressional and state bodies, with fresh data insights from our poll tracker and election-forecast model.