For years, Venezuelans have been living through one of the most severe economic collapses in modern history — one that has caused about a quarter of the country to flee. But this weekend, an election is offering many a real hope for change.

Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The Times, explains why, after years under a repressive government, Venezuelans think this time might be different.

Guest: Julie Turkewitz, the Andes bureau chief for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• The “Iron Lady” of Venezuelaelection-opposition-machado.html"> threatens to unseat its autocrat.
• As many as one-third of Venezuelansmigration-election.html"> would consider migrating if the country’s authoritarian leader is given another six years in power, one poll showed.

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Over the past 48 hours, as the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris went from theoretical to inevitable, she has delivered the first glimpses of how her campaign will run.

Reid J. Epstein, who covers politics for The Times, discusses what we’ve learned from her debut.

Guest: Reid J. Epstein, who covers politics for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Ms. Harrisspeech-wisconsin-rally.html"> gave her first speech as the de facto Democratic nominee to a deafening crowd.
• Her presidential bid is gettingharris-charli-xcx-taylor-swift-endorsements.html"> a pop music rollout online.

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In the week since the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the security mistakes that led to the shooting have come into sharp focus, prompting Kimberly Cheatle, the head of the Secret Service, to resign.

Glenn Thrush, who reports on the Justice Department for The Times, discusses what we now know about the service’s lapses that day.

Guest: Glenn Thrush, a reporter on the Justice Department for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Seerally-shooting-maps-photos.html"> a visual timeline of the shooting at the Trump rally.
• In resigning, Ms. Cheatle said that one of the Secret Service’s foremost duties was to protect the nation’s leaders,secret-service-director-resigns.html"> adding that it “fell short of that mission” on July 13.

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As Democrat after Democrat races to anoint Vice President Kamala Harris as their party’s presidential candidate, it has become clear that she will face no real challenge for the nomination.

Nate Cohn, chief political analyst for The Times, and Reid J. Epstein, a Times reporter covering politics, discuss what that smooth path for Ms. Harris could mean for her broader campaign.

Guest: 

• Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times.
• Reid J. Epstein, who covers politics for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• harris-trump-2024-election.html">On her first full day in the race, Ms. Harris drew endorsements from her final possible rivals, hauled in record sums of cash and attacked Donald J. Trump.
• president.html">Here are the latest polls on the Harris-Trump matchup.

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President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, as his replacement.

Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, discusses how the race for the White House has suddenly been turned upside down.

Guest: Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• drops-out.html">Mr. Biden dropped out of the presidential race, scrambling the campaign for the White House.
• Inside the weekend whenwithdrawal-timeline.html"> he decided to withdraw.
• replace-harris.html">How will Democrats replace Mr. Biden at the top of the presidential ticket?

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Earlier this month, the New York Times Book Review rolled out the results of an ambitious survey it conducted to determine the best books of the 21st century so far. On this special episode of the Book Review Podcast, host Gilbert Cruz chats with some fellow Book Review editors about the results of that survey and about the project itself.

To read the full list, please visit: books-21st-century.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

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Donald J. Trump’s acceptance of his party’s nomination put an exclamation point on a triumphant week for a Republican Party that emerged from its convention confident and unified. At the same time, the Democratic Party is moving closer and closer to replacing President Biden on the ticket.

Jonathan Swan, who covers Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the Republican National Convention, and Reid J. Epstein, who covers Mr. Biden’s re-election campaign, discusses where it stands as expectations are rising among Democrats that the president will reconsider his decision to stay in the race.

Guest: 

• Reid J. Epstein, a reporter covering politics for The New York Times.
• Jonathan Swan, a reporter covering politics and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Here aretrump-takeaways.html"> six takeaways from the Republican National Convention.
• Mr. Trump ended the convention with a lengthy speech that started solemn and turned rambling. Readrnc-speech-transcript.html?smid=url-share"> the transcript.
• As Republicans rally around the former president,chaos-biden.html"> Democrats are circling Mr. Biden like sharks.

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In a special series leading up to Election Day, “The Daily” will explore what a second Trump presidency would look like, and what it could mean for American democracy.

Since he began his latest campaign, former President Donald J. Trump’s message has changed, becoming darker, angrier and more focused on those out to get him than it ever was before.

Charles Homans, who covers national politics for The Times, has been studying the evolution of Mr. Trump’s message, and what exactly it means to his supporters and for the country.

Guest: Charles Homans, who covers national politics for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• No major American presidential candidaterallies-rhetoric.html"> has talked as Mr. Trump now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Mr. Trump himself.
• The first night of the Republican National Conventionrnc-milwaukee.html"> sought to strike a new note. But some of the lyrics were familiar.

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As the Republican National Convention entered its second day, former President Donald J. Trump and his allies absorbed the stunning new reality that the most formidable legal case against him had been thrown out by a federal judge, who ruled that the appointment of the special counsel who brought the case, Jack Smith, had violated the Constitution. 

Alan Feuer, who has been covering the classified documents case for The Times, explains what it means that the case could now be dead.

Guest: Alan Feuer, a reporter covering extremism and political violence for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Judge Aileen Cannondocument-case-dismissed.html"> dismissed the classified documents case against Mr. Trump.
• The effort to hold Mr. Trump to account has already yielded a Supreme Court decision giving former presidents broad immunity. Now another caseprosecutions.html"> could make prosecuting political figures more complicated.

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