The New York Times provided live, comprehensive coverage and fact-checking of the first presidential debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney in Denver. Which of the candidates' statements ...

Absent a major change in the national dynamics, Barack Obama will ... up a very close electoral contest on Election Day. If Maine’s second district does end up voting for Romney, it actually ...

Those early results proved a bellwether: By Tuesday night, Mr. Obama had won the state’s four electoral votes despite Mr. Romney’s roots in the state, where he has a vacation home. Democrats ...