First Draft
By ALEXANDER BURNS and MICHAEL BARBARO
The last two Republican presidential nominees warned in forceful terms that a Trump presidency would put the country’s political system and national security in peril.
By PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN
Mr. Rubio and Mr. Cruz relentlessly demeaned and denounced Mr. Trump at Thursday’s debate, all but pleading with Republicans to reconsider nominating him.
By JEREMY W. PETERS
The Florida senator’s campaign has apparently given up on Ohio, and some suggest that his best hope may lie in a convention battle, however implausible.
By CHRIS BUCKLEY
“Supply-side structural reform” represents an effort to rejuvenate President Xi Jinping’s faltering plans to overhaul the Chinese economy.
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Patty Judge, a former Iowa lieutenant governor and state agriculture secretary, will seek the Democratic nomination to challenge the senator, who is seeking a seventh term.
About New York
By JIM DWYER
Living out of a Ford Explorer after losing his home, an unemployed chemist changes his own trajectory while stirring the altruistic impulses of some who were wary of him.
By MICHAEL WINES
Four decades ago, political leaders declared war on lead, citing evidence of its pernicious impact on young brains. But the crusade remains unfinished.