Georgia GOP prioritizing vote-by-mail for runoff

In a break with President Trump, some Georgia Republicans are now shifting their messaging with regard to mail-in ballots. Meanwhile, Democrats in the state are investing in field organizing after running mostly digital campaigns during the general election. CBS News political analyst and Republican strategist Leslie Sanchez and CBSN political contributor and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright join CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss how the parties are reevaluating campaign strategy ahead of the January runoff elections.

• Nov 22, 2020
• 13:10

Many Republicans calling on Trump to concede

Many Republicans are criticizing President Trump's efforts to change the election outcome and urge him to cooperate with the White House transition. Chip Reid reports.

• Nov 22, 2020
• 01:56

Florida Senator Rick Scott tests positive for coronavirus

Scott campaigned maskless at an indoor event last week for Republican Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Georgia.

• Nov 20, 2020

Few Republicans push back against false claims about the election

Most Republicans are publicly staying silent or explicitly backing the president.

• Nov 20, 2020

Chuck Grassley, second oldest senator, tests positive for COVID-19

Grassley, who is 87, said in a statement earlier on Tuesday that he had been exposed to someone with the virus.

• Nov 17, 2020

Biden holds national security briefing

With President Trump blocking President-elect Joe Biden from intelligence briefings, Mr. Biden got his own on Tuesday from former officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations. Nikole Killion reports.

• Nov 17, 2020
• 02:34

Trump pushes false election claims amid legal defeats

President Trump has offered a string of falsehoods in the few times he's spoken publicly since Election Day, and this comes as lawsuits brought by the president's campaign or sympathetic Republicans — alleging election irregularities or worse — have been unsuccessful. Major Garrett takes a closer look.

• Nov 17, 2020
• 02:19

Georgia secretary of state on GOP pressure

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discusses the increased pressure he's facing from fellow Republicans, including Senator Lindsey Graham, to throw out legal votes in a post-election audit of ballots in his state.

• Nov 17, 2020
• 05:17

"Dozens of defeats" for Trump & GOP lawsuits

Harvard Law School professor Nicholas Stephanopoulos joins CBSN to discuss the Trump campaign and Republican Party lawsuits over the 2020 election and whether their allegations are likely to stand up in court.

• Nov 16, 2020
• 07:04

Biden to push for stimulus amid COVID surge

President-elect Joe Biden is set to tackle the next stimulus bill as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise across the country. However, he's facing major challenges from top Republicans. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid reports on the latest developments and CBSN political contributor Zeke Miller joins CBSN for further analysis.

• Nov 13, 2020
• 14:15

Cindy McCain on Biden transition, GOP

Cindy McCain is a member of the Biden transition advisory board. Senator John McCain's widow was one of the highest profile Republicans to endorse Joe Biden. She joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about the transition and GOP reaction to the election.

• Nov 13, 2020
• 05:17

Republicans: Biden should get intel briefings

Several advisers to President Trump tell CBS News that while the president is increasingly aware that his legal battles are unlikely to succeed, he likes to be seen as a "fighter" and wants to fire up his base. Meanwhile, a growing number of Republican senators are saying that President-elect Joe Biden should receive classified intelligence briefings during the transition. Paula Reid reports.

• Nov 13, 2020
• 03:24

Obama: GOP allies didn't allege "any fraud" before Trump's claims

The former president said it was "disappointing" to see Republicans supporting President Trump's baseless claims that the election was rigged.

• Nov 13, 2020

Some GOP senators support intelligence briefings for Biden

A growing number of Republicans in the Senate say President-elect Joe Biden should begin receiving high-level intelligence briefings as he prepares to take over the presidency, which he is not yet getting due to the lack of formal acknowledgement from the General Services Administration that he is the likely winner of the presidential election. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy and CBS News political correspondent Ed O'Keefe join Lana Zak to discuss.

• Nov 12, 2020
• 10:48

Top Republicans call for Biden to receive classified briefings

A growing number of Republicans say President-elect Biden should get the classified intel reports that are normally provided to an incoming commander in chief. This comes as President Trump continues to force out administration officials. Ben Tracy reports.

• Nov 12, 2020
• 02:25

How Biden plans to govern

President-elect Biden is planning to use his executive power to undo much of President Trump's agenda. CBS News political contributor and Democratic strategist Lynda Tran joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss how Mr. Biden would work with a Republican-controlled Senate, and how Democrats can make gains with voters they lost in the next election.

• Nov 11, 2020
• 10:00

Democrats prepare for Biden despite Trump lawsuit

Democrats are gearing up for a new president despite President Trump's ongoing lawsuits in several battleground states. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's former chief of staff Nadeam Elshami joins CBSN AM to explain the strategy Democrats are using to ensure the transition of power happens in January. Elshami also confronted false accusations that he was involved in election fraud across the country.

• Nov 11, 2020
• 09:13

Georgia Republicans turn on each other

Georgia incumbent Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue called the handling of the state's 2020 election an "embarrassment" and demanded Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger resign. Raffensperger, a fellow Republican, said "That is not going to happen." The senators are both facing January runoffs that will likely determine control of the Senate. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Washington correspondent Tia Mitchell joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the details.

• Nov 11, 2020
• 08:44

Republicans back Trump's refusal to concede

President Trump is expected to visit Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, participating in his first public event in nearly a week amid his refusal to concede the election. As Paula Reid reports, many Republicans are rallying to support the president's stance.

• Nov 11, 2020
• 03:37

Supreme Court may uphold Affordable Care Act

Republicans are hoping the conservative majority on the Supreme Court will end the Affordable Care Act once and for all, but it appears that former President Obama's signature piece of legislation is likely to survive this challenge. Jan Crawford reports.

• Nov 10, 2020
• 02:08

The problem with errors in polling

David Graham, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joined CBSN to discuss why many pre-election polls turned out to be wrong in the 2020 presidential race and the issues that creates for the candidates and the country.

• Nov 10, 2020
• 05:46

Supreme Court hears arguments on Obamacare

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the latest legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford joins CBSN with a look at what's at stake.

• Nov 10, 2020
• 09:18

Republicans add record number of women to Congress

Thirty-two Republican women will join the next Congress, surpassing the record of 30 Republican women sent in 2006.

• Nov 10, 2020

Ex-GOP governor on voting for Biden

Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder joins several other prominent Republican figures in endorsing Joe Biden for president during the campaign. Now Synder says he is looking forward to bipartisan partnership. He joins CBSN AM to explain why he made the public endorsement and what he think the future Republican Party will look like once President Trump leaves office.

• Nov 9, 2020
• 07:46

Manchin says radical left "scared the bejesus" out of rural voters

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin says Democrats failed to deliver a coherent message to attract rural voters in the 2020 election.

• Nov 8, 2020
• 05:46

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