Leading Democratic candidates want to tax Wall St.

With the economy still hurting from the financial crisis, presidential contenders back a plan to deter harmful speculation

• Oct 13, 2015

How do I watch the Democratic debate?

Here's a look at the lineup for the Democratic debate in Las Vegas Tuesday evening

• Oct 13, 2015

More discord than harmony at No Labels presidential forum

Eight presidential candidates, representing both parties, addressed event about problem solving and finding compromise

• Oct 12, 2015

Former investigator: Benghazi committee wanted to bring down Clinton

A former investigator for the House Select Committee on Benghazi claims he was fired for refusing to focus solely on former secretary of state

• Oct 12, 2015

Trump fields question from teen in a tiara

Trump was confronted by Miss America's Most Outstanding Teen about how he would address the national debt

• Oct 12, 2015

Election 2016: Clinton has edge in Nevada, ahead of first Democratic debate

In the key state of Nevada, Hillary Clinton has an edge before the first Democratic debate in Las Vegas

• Oct 12, 2015

Cruz talks about Trump; what Trump and Sanders agree on

Quotes of the day from the 2016 presidential candidates - said on the campaign trail, Oct. 12, 2015

• Oct 12, 2015

Election 2016 gets more than a billion interactions on Facebook

More than 68 million people are talking about the election on the social networking site

• Oct 12, 2015

The commander in chief, the GOP frontrunner and the billionaire

President Obama, Donald Trump and Charles Koch talk to CBS News about issues ranging from the war in Syria to "dark money" in politics

• Oct 12, 2015

Top DNC official says she was disinvited from first Democratic debate

DNC vice chair ​Rep. Tulsi Gabbard says she was disinvited from Tuesday's debate in Nevada after suggesting there should be more Democratic debates

• Oct 12, 2015

Obama: Trump is a "classic reality TV character"

In a "60 Minutes" interview, the president weighed in on Trump, Hillary Clinton's email woes and Joe Biden's look at a 2016 bid

• Oct 12, 2015

What's at stake at the first Democratic debate

All eyes will be on Las Vegas on Tuesday when five of the Democratic candidates will be on stage together

• Oct 12, 2015

Aerosmith frontman asks Trump campaign to stop using song

Steven Tyler is asking Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to stop using the power ballad "Dream On"

• Oct 11, 2015

Bill and Hillary Clinton celebrate 40 years of marriage

A look at some of the ups and downs of the four-decade relationship of America's premier political power couple

• Oct 11, 2015

Benghazi chair lashes out at ex-staffer's accusations

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, responded to recent claims from a former Benghazi panel investigator that the committee targeted Clinton

• Oct 11, 2015

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