Biden's victory comes 48 years to the day after his first Senate win

President-Elect Biden was just 29 years old when he won his seat in Delaware. Nearly five decades later, he is expected to lead the nation.

• Nov 7, 2020

Foreign leaders offer well wishes to Biden after projected win

Michael Higgins, president of Ireland, noted Kamala Harris's "historic achievement" as the first woman and first woman of color​ elected vice president.

• Nov 7, 2020

Senate GOP declares "Senate is last line of defense"

The two Senate races in Georgia are both likely going to runoff elections on January 5.

• Nov 7, 2020

Hillary Clinton reacts to projected Biden victory

The victory will make Biden the oldest president ever sworn into office, and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the first woman and person of color to serve the office.

• Nov 7, 2020

Kamala Harris to make history as the first Black woman vice president

Harris will be the first woman, the first Black American and the first Asian American to serve as vice president.

• Nov 7, 2020

Joe Biden projected to win presidency in deeply divided nation

Biden narrowly defeated President Trump after a bitter campaign that exposed deep divides in a country still in the throes of a deadly pandemic.

• Nov 7, 2020

Laura Ingraham says Trump needs to act with "grace" if he loses election

"President Trump's legacy will only become more significant if he focuses on moving the country forward," the longtime supporter of the president said on-air Friday night.

• Nov 7, 2020

Democrats "devastated" and reflective after House GOP exceeds expectations

House Republicans were able to knock off at least five Democratic incumbents they had targeted in 2020.

• Nov 7, 2020

Nevada 2020 election results: Biden is projected winner

Nevada has six electoral votes, and CBS News projects that Joe Biden will win, edgeing out President Trump by about 2 percentage points.

• Nov 7, 2020

Biden leads as vote count continues in key battleground states

The race for the presidency is still too close to call.

• Nov 7, 2020

White House chief of staff and 4 other staffers test positive for COVID-19

Mark Meadows' diagnosis comes just over a month after more than two dozen people connected to the White House contracted COVID-19.

• Nov 7, 2020

Joe Biden urges unity in speech as his lead grows in presidential race

Several battleground states have not yet projected a winner — Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada, and Biden holds slim leads in all of them.

• Nov 6, 2020

2020 Daily Trail Markers: As recount talk grows, remember: Margins have to be very, very, very thin to affect calls

The 2000 race is of course an extreme example.

• Nov 6, 2020

Trump supporters crowd vote counting site in Arizona

Supporters of President Trump continued rallying outside the elections offices in Arizona and Nevada on Friday, determined to wait it out for the final results.

• Nov 6, 2020

Fact-checking Trump's claims on poll watchers

Mr. Trump made a series of false claims about the election during a speech at the White House on Thursday.

• Nov 6, 2020

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