Biden focuses on Trump in speech near Valley Forge: "Democracy is on the ballot"

The president is arguing, in a speech near Valley Forge, that the former president and current GOP front-runner is a threat to democracy.

• Jan 5, 2024

Haley says she "should have said slavery" in Civil War answer

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley also weighed in on gun control following a school shooting in Iowa earlier Thursday.

• Jan 5, 2024

Trump, potential VP pick and former actress swarm Iowa ahead of caucuses

Trump will appear at more Iowa campaign events in the first two weeks of January than in the last 2 ½ months combined.

• Jan 3, 2024

Trump appeals Maine decision barring him from primary ballot

Former President Donald Trump asked a state court in Maine to toss out the secretary of state's determination that he is disqualified from holding public office.

• Jan 2, 2024

Colorado voters in Trump ballot case urge Supreme Court to decide eligibility

Lawyers for the four Republican and two unaffiliated voters who are seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off the GOP primary ballot urged the Supreme Court to take quick action.

• Jan 2, 2024

Next GOP debate to feature Haley and DeSantis

Former President Donald Trump will instead be holding a Fox News town hall, Fox announced Tuesday.

• Jan 2, 2024

Maine's secretary of state explains why she barred Trump from primary ballot

In an interview with CBS News, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Trump engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and the U.S. Constitution bars him from holding office again.

• Dec 30, 2023

Maine secretary of state disqualifies Trump from primary ballot

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows ruled Trump is disqualified from appearing on the state's primary ballot for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

• Dec 29, 2023

If states block Trump from primary ballot, can he still run for president?

After decisions in Colorado and Maine to bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot, pressure is building for the U.S. Supreme Court to settle the issue of Trump's eligibility.

• Dec 29, 2023

Haley and Christie on collision course in New Hampshire's primary

Nikki Haley flubbed a question on the origin of the Civil War while Chris Christie says he isn't dropping out.

• Dec 29, 2023

Nikki Haley defends leaving slavery out as cause of Civil War after backlash

When the New Hampshire voter asked Nikki Haley on why she wasn't mentioning slavery in her response, she asked, "What do you want me to say about slavery?"

• Dec 28, 2023

Ramaswamy slams TV ads, campaign halts them in Iowa and New Hampshire

The campaign had in early November announced an eight-figure advertising buy in Iowa and New Hampshire.

• Dec 27, 2023

Michigan Supreme Court rejects bid to keep Trump off 2024 ballot

The decision from Michigan's top court comes one week after the Colorado Supreme Court found that Trump is disqualified from holding office under the Constitution's "insurrection clause."

• Dec 27, 2023

Trump says he looks forward to debating Biden

Former President Donald Trump did not rule out a primary debate with a hypothetical last Republican standing after the New Hampshire primary.

• Dec 22, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court tosses GOP-drawn legislative maps

The liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned Republican-drawn legislative maps and ordered that new ones be created.

• Dec 22, 2023

Never Back Down, pro-DeSantis super PAC, cancels $2.5 million in ads

The group is ceding TV advertising in Iowa and New Hampshire to a different super PAC, as DeSantis continues to trail Trump in polls.

• Dec 22, 2023

Judge keeps Chris Christie off Maine's Republican primary ballot

Earlier this month, the Maine Secretary of State's office said that Christie's campaign fell short of the number of certified signatures needed to qualify.

• Dec 21, 2023

Colorado high court justices getting threats after Trump ruling, report says

The threats began after the court barred him from the state's primary ballot, saying the U.S. Constitution bans him from becoming president again due to his actions around the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

• Dec 21, 2023

Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump disqualified from presidency for Jan. 6 riot

The decision marks the first time a court has found former President Donald Trump to be ineligible to return to the White House due to his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

• Dec 21, 2023

The stakes are high for Ron DeSantis in Iowa. "He can't come in second and get beat by 30 points. Nobody can."

In the latest CBS New Iowa poll, DeSantis trails Trump by 36 points.

• Dec 21, 2023

Read the Colorado Supreme Court's opinions in the Trump case

The decision by the Colorado Supreme Court's 4-3 majority tees up a high-stakes showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court over the constitutional provision at the center of the case.

• Dec 20, 2023

Trump denies reading Hitler's "Mein Kampf"

At a rally in Waterloo, Iowa, he repeated claims that illegal immigration is damaging the country.

• Dec 20, 2023

Trump blasted for saying immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country"

"They're poisoning the blood of our country," former President Trump said of undocumented migrants at a rally in Durham, New Hampshire.

• Dec 18, 2023

House Democrats call on Clarence Thomas to recuse from Trump 2020 election case

Eight House Democrats told Thomas he should recuse from the case involving whether Trump has immunity from federal prosecution for alleged crimes committed while in office.

• Dec 18, 2023

Poll: Haley gains on Trump in New Hampshire, but he still dominates in Iowa

Haley receives the best marks of any of the top GOP candidates on being seen as "likable" and "reasonable" by New Hampshire primary voters.

• Dec 17, 2023

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