1. A year from the presidential election, the race is tight in the battleground states.

President Trump trails Joe Biden, above campaigning in Virginia on Sunday, by almost nine points in a national polling average. But the story in the battleground states of 2016 is quite different.

Surveys from The New York Times Upshot and Siena College show Mr. Trump remains highly competitive in the six states likeliest to decide his re-election: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Florida, Arizona and North Carolina.

There, he trails Mr. Biden by an average of two points among registered voters, a difference that could be attributed to statistical error. He leads Elizabeth Warren and is deadlocked with Bernie Sanders among registered voters in the surveys.