Trump campaign mounts legal challenges

The Trump campaign is filing legal challenges as the vote count continues in key battleground states. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.

• Nov 5, 2020

2020 election: Candidates' paths to victory

Several states remain too close to call as ballots are counted nationwide in the 2020 presidential election. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett charts which states each of the candidates will need to win in order to land in the Oval Office.

• Nov 5, 2020

Ex-Wisconsin governor on calls for recount

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker joined "CBS This Morning" to discuss the Trump campaign's calls for a recount of the votes in the state.

• Nov 5, 2020

Biden pulls ahead as states count ballots

Although several key states are still counting ballots, former Vice President Biden has pulled ahead of President Trump as their paths to 270 electoral votes narrow. Mr. Trump is not backing down — instead, he has filed several legal challenges against states where he falsely claimed victory and demanded a recount. Ed O'Keefe reports.

• Nov 5, 2020

Americans anxious over political uncertainty

Protesters on both sides of the political divide took to the streets Wednesday, highlighting the heightened tensions over the undecided presidential election. David Begnaud spoke with voters in New York and New Jersey.

• Nov 5, 2020

Pennsylvania attorney general on election

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro discusses the election results and the legal challenges from Republicans. The president claims he already won Pennsylvania's electoral college votes despite hundreds of thousands of ballots that still need to be counted.

• Nov 5, 2020

Pennsylvania ballot counting moves into day 3

Pennsylvania election officials are counting the remaining mail-in ballots as both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden see the 20 electoral votes as crucial to their chances of winning the White House. Jericka Duncan reports.

• Nov 5, 2020

Nevada official says 63,262 ballots remain outstanding in Clark County

With votes still being counted Thursday, Joe Biden had an edge over President Trump with 49.3% of the vote compared to the president's 48.7%.

• Nov 5, 2020

Nevada attorney general on vote count

Vote counting continues in Nevada, where Democratic nominee Joe Biden currently has a narrow lead over President Trump. The Trump campaign filed a lawsuit claiming that thousands of votes are fraudulent, without presenting any evidence. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford joins CBSN to discuss the latest developments.

• Nov 5, 2020

Joe Biden vows to rejoin Paris climate deal if elected

Biden, who has his own climate change agenda​, signaled the exodus would end the day he enters office.

• Nov 5, 2020

Arizona secretary of state responds to potential Trump challenge

"Quite honestly there's no legal ground for us to stop counting ballots," Hobbs said on "CBS This Morning."

• Nov 5, 2020

Arizona secretary of state on vote counting

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs joins "CBS This Morning" to give an update on the state's efforts to count all votes.

• Nov 5, 2020

Russia frets over U.S. election uncertainty, but likely relishes it

"If you have a powerful enemy and the enemy is in a state of crisis and chaos, you can benefit by that," a Russian political analyst tells CBS News, as the country's media portray exactly that image.

• Nov 5, 2020

A look at historical presidential contests

Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump are in an extremely close presidential race as votes are still being counted in some battleground states. CBS News senior political analyst and "60 Minutes" correspondent John Dickerson joins "CBS This Morning" to provide some historical context about past races for president, how they were decided and what lessons can be learned.

• Nov 5, 2020

Biden projected to win Wisconsin and Michigan

CBS News projects Joe Biden is the presumptive winner in Wisconsin and Michigan, recapturing key portions of the Democratic "blue wall."

• Nov 5, 2020

Several post-election protests in numerous cities get heated

The 2020 election featured record turnout and an impassioned electorate. That momentum continued on Wednesday as crowds rallied in numerous cities nationwide.

• Nov 5, 2020

CBS News: 2020 America Decides

"CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell and the CBS News election team report from our Times Square headquarters with the latest news on the race for the White House.

• Nov 4, 2020

11/4: Red and Blue

2020 Election results still coming in; International reaction to the ongoing U.S. election

• Nov 4, 2020

Impact of Black vote on 2020 election

As the nation awaits the final results of this year's election, the Black vote could help determine who wins the race for the White House. Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss what issues drove Black voters to the polls.

• Nov 4, 2020

Pennsylvania's senator on state of the 2020 race

President Trump, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Americans from coast to coast are keeping a close eye on Pennsylvania, as the state works through a record number of mail-in ballots. Pennsylvania Democratic Senator Bob Casey joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the race and what he think the outcome will be.

• Nov 4, 2020

Joe Biden holds a narrow lead in Nevada

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden maintains a narrow lead over President Trump in Nevada. Election officials there say a majority of the uncounted mail ballots come from Clark County — which makes up 70% of the state's population. Nevada's Attorney General Aaron Ford joins CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the situation in the Silver State.

• Nov 4, 2020

Arizona still processing ballots

Democrats are holding onto slight leads in Arizona, but hundreds of thousands of ballots are still being counted. CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano discusses the state of the presidential and senate races with CBS News campaign reporter Alex Tin and the editor and publisher of TucsonSentinel.com, Dylan Smith.

• Nov 4, 2020

Biden projected to win battleground Michigan

CBS News projects that Joe Biden will win the state of Michigan, bringing him closer to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion and Washington Post political reporter Eugene Scott join CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss the state of the race so far.

• Nov 4, 2020

Trump calls for Wisconsin recount

CBS News projects that Joe Biden will win the state of Michigan and its 16 electoral college votes. This comes as the Trump campaign is calling for a recount in the state of Wisconsin, which Biden is also presumed to win. CBSN political reporter Catlin Huey-Burns, Associated Press White House reporter Zeke Miller and Wall Street Journal congressional reporter Siobhan Hughes spoke to CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano about the legal challenges the Trump campaign wants to bring, plus the latest on the Senate and House race.

• Nov 4, 2020

No presidential winner declared

Even as legally-cast votes were still being counted, President Trump prematurely declared victory in an early morning news conference. Former Vice President Joe Biden responded with his own statement, calling the president's announcement, "outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect" and asking his supporters to stay patient. Ed O'Keefe reports.

• Nov 4, 2020

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