Robert Costa

The longtime party figure and native Chicagoan previews this week's Democratic National Convention, and offers a message to his fellow Democrats about the prospects of the Harris-Walz ticket come Election Day.

President Biden sits down with "CBS Sunday Morning" for his first interview since exiting the 2024 race, discussing his concerns about former President Donald Trump and more.

In his first interview since withdrawing from the race, the president reflects on his decision to end his bid for reelection and what he says is the importance of defeating Trump to protect democracy.

President Biden said "we must, we must, we must defeat Trump" as he detailed his decision to leave the 2024 race in an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning."

After the president bowed out from his re-election bid, passing the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris, his closest allies, who supported him as the party's nominee, were emotional about his decision.

Golden balloons fell (along with red, white and blue), as the Republican National Convention ended this past week with operatic flair. It was a fitting close for a gathering defined by a sense of drama and history, coming just days after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt. Trump’s defiance in the aftermath brought some Republicans to tears. “I had God on my side,” Trump said.Trump’s 90-minute acceptance speech, the longest in convention history, won mixed reviews, en…

Former President Donald Trump told CBS News in a phone conversation on Sunday night that while he won’t face President Biden on the ballot in November, the former president doesn’t think it changes the race if he instead faces Vice President Kamala Harris, who Mr. Biden has backed for the nomination.“I think she is no better than him,” Trump said. “She could be far less competent, which is hard to believe.“Trump insisted that Harris is still tied to the Biden administration policies, which he be…

Washington — Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said he delivered an earlier version of his speech on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, which was written before the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.During his remarks, Johnson condemned Democrats’ policies as a “clear and present danger to America, to our institutions, our values and our people.” He accused Democrats of pushing a “fringe agenda,” forgetting American families and abandoning the middle c…

By now, you know where things stand: President Biden says he’s all-in. And no one – well, almost no one – can convince him otherwise. Asked by George Stephanopoulos of ABC News last Friday whether, if he were convinced he could not defeat Donald Trump, he would stand down, Mr. Biden replied, “Well, it depends – if the Lord Almighty comes out and tells me that, I might do that!“On Friday he told a cheering crowd in Madison, Wisconsin, “Let me say this as clearly as I can: I’m staying in the race.…

For Democrats, Thursday night’s debate was a nightmare. President Joe Biden’s performance at the Atlanta face-off, viewed by more than 50 million, sparked a panic, with a flurry of editorials and commentators pleading with the 81-year-old Biden to drop out.New York Times reporter Katie Rogers, who covers the Biden White House, said, “There is an acknowledgment writ large that the president performed badly. It went poorly. It was a bad night. But there have not been any big sit-downs, big soul-se…