Biden won't be traveling to Milwaukee for convention

"I think it's the right thing to do," Biden said Wednesday. "I've wanted to set an example as to how we should respond individually to this crisis."

• Aug 5, 2020

Trump wants to deliver GOP nomination speech at White House. Is that legal?

When asked about Trump's plans, GOP Senator John Thune said, "I assume that's not something that you could do."

• Aug 6, 2020

Trump campaign calls for early September debate ahead of early voting

Trump campaign representative Rudy Giuliani said in a letter that the current debate schedule is "an outdated dinosaur."

• Aug 5, 2020

Biden no longer traveling to Milwaukee to accept Democratic nomination

The convention will have invited speakers appear remotely from their home states.

• Aug 5, 2020

Biden shrugs off cognitive test: "Why the hell would I take a test?"

"No, I haven't taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? Come on, man," Biden told CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett.

• Aug 5, 2020

Primary results: Kris Kobach loses Kansas Senate primary

While President Trump had not waded into this race, he backed Kobach in the 2018 gubernatorial race.

• Aug 5, 2020

How "disinformation campaigns" could be targeting 2020 election

"We're kind of seeing the same things that we saw in 2016, but at a much larger scale," CNET's Dan Patterson said.

• Aug 4, 2020

Trump changes tune on voting by mail, urging Floridians to cast ballots

Florida is a key battleground state that the president won in 2016 but where he's trailing in the polls.

• Aug 4, 2020

With early-voting states in mind, Trump campaign resets

"I know a lot of people look at the election countdown clock on our wall: it says 91 days," Stepien said Monday. "But ballots will be in the hands of North Carolina voters in 33 days."

• Aug 4, 2020

Polling analysis: Do voters view Biden and Trump as moderate or extreme?

The Trump campaign is trying to portray Biden as too radical for the country. Do voters agree?

• Aug 4, 2020

Why some mail-in ballots are rejected and how to make sure your vote counts

In the 2016 election, 318,728 ballots — just under 1% of returned absentee ballots — were rejected across the country.

• Aug 4, 2020

GOP confident in Ohio, but Dems think it's within reach

Recent polling suggests the race in Ohio is tightening.

• Aug 4, 2020

Biden increases Texas staff and resources in bid to win Lone Star State

The last Democrat to win the historically conservative Lone Star State was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

• Aug 3, 2020

Biden has edge in North Carolina, race is tight in Georgia — CBS News poll

Concern about President Trump's handling of coronavirus pandemic is continuing to take a political toll on him.

• Aug 2, 2020

Biden to narrow VP list. But don't expect a pick next week

He's likely to interview several female governors, lawmakers and former federal officials next week.

• Jul 31, 2020

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