The Long-Shot Candidate
In February 2007 Steve Kroft and 60 Minutes traveled to Illinois to meet a young, charismatic senator who was becoming a political phenomenon, but who few believed would become our nation's 44th president.
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In February 2007 Steve Kroft and 60 Minutes traveled to Illinois to meet a young, charismatic senator who was becoming a political phenomenon, but who few believed would become our nation's 44th president.
Barack Obama's historic presidential victory has left many in awe of how effective and disciplined his campaign was. Steve Kroft learned that Obama's mantra was "no drama" as he followed the candidate and his advisors from the DNC to Election Day.
Steve Kroft's interview with President Obama turns to domestic politics including Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton's emails and Joe Biden's possible run for president.
Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, appear in their first television interview since the vice president announced he will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Norah O'Donnell reports.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, speak to Lesley Stahl in their first joint interview.
Scott Pelley asks Clinton and Kaine about the Republican attacks on Clinton at the GOP convention and about what it would mean to have a woman as president.
Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, speak to Scott Pelley in their first joint interview.
Candidates who win this state have won the presidency in every election since 1964, but with Election Day around the corner, Scott Pelley finds a state divided.
Some 34 million viewers tuned in to watch Kroft's 1992 interview with the Clintons — but they didn't see the falling production light.
Robby Mook, former campaign manager for Hillary Clinton, talks about Kamala Harris' impact on the 2024 election cycle, how her honeymoon with the electorate reflects in polls and the challenges that only female candidates face when running for the Oval Office.
Warren Buffett said he will recommend to Berkshire Hathaway's board that Greg Abel should become CEO at the end of the year.
In this episode of "Person to Person with Norah O'Donnell," O'Donnell sits down with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton ahead of their new Apple TV+ series "Gutsy." The mother-daughter duo discusses what it means to be gutsy, the women they met in the episode, and their personal experiences after decades in the public eye. O'Donnell also asks the former secretary of state and presidential candidate about the January 6 committee hearings and her plans for the future.
A journalist mistakenly received Trump administration war plans in advance of an attack on Houthis in Yemen via the commercial messaging application Signal. This came after a February 2025 National Security Agency bulletin warned employees of vulnerabilities in using the app. CBS News' Fin Gómez, James LaPorta and Nikole Killion report.
The move comes after Mr. Trump had already announced last month that he was revoking former President Joe Biden's security clearance.
Trump says he's suspending security clearances of lawyers at Perkins Coie, which was involved in launching oppo research during the 2016 campaign into any ties between Trump and Russia.
The nation's highest civilian honor will be presented to 19 people at the White House later Saturday.
Fewer women voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election than they did for President Biden in 2020. So what happened with the female vote? Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, joins CBS News to take a closer look at why that support dropped this year and how it compares to elections prior.
Hillary Clinton attempted to shatter the highest glass ceiling in U.S. politics and went up against now-President-elect Donald Trump in 2016. CBS News deputy director of elections and data analytics Kabir Khanna compares her performance with Vice President Kamala Harris' run in 2024.
Comparisons are being made between Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss and Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 defeat. Evan McMorris-Santoro, political reporter for NOTUS, and Sabrina Rodriguez, national political reporter for The Washington Post, join "America Decides" to assess the similarities and differences.
The state of Pennsylvania played a key role in the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, helping President Biden and former President Donald Trump win on their respective paths to the White House.
In response to a question about Biden's "garbage" comment, Kamala Harris said she "strongly" disagrees with "any criticism of people based on who they vote for."
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has called it the "swingiest of all swing counties in the swingiest of all swing states." It's Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent for The Washington Post, recently knocked on voters' doors there and joins "America Decides" to discuss his experience.
It's no secret that Russia and Iran are trying to influence the 2024 election, and have been behind previously successful hacks of presidential campaigns. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis spoke with National Cyber Director Harry Coker about his biggest concerns ahead of Election Day.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is willing to contribute in any way to a Harris administration should the vice president win the White House.
CBS News' Erin Moriarty talks with Hillary Rodham Clinton about a possible role for the former secretary of state in a potential Kamala Harris-Tim Walz administration.
A National Guard member died in the wake of the shooting near the White House, President Trump said.
President Trump told reporters Thursday evening that 20-year-old Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries in the Washington, D.C., shooting.
Hong Kong authorities say almost 130 people have been confirmed dead in the massive fire that charred an apartment complex and took two days to put out.
Storm warnings and advisories extended from Montana to New York, the National Weather Service said.
President Trump has lashed out at several female reporters who have asked him questions or written critically of him in recent weeks, calling them "ugly," "stupid," and "piggy."
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem says a video shows soldiers fatally shooting two Palestinian men as they surrender during a West Bank raid.
Ukrainian anti-corruption officials raid the home of a top aide to President Zelenskyy in connection with a major probe into an energy sector corruption scandal.
The "Zero Units" were considered by the U.S. and its international partners to be among Afghanistan's most trusted domestic forces.
Weeks before Kristil Krug, a married mother of three, was found murdered in her Colorado garage, she told police she and her husband Dan Krug had received threatening texts and emails from a stalker who she believed was an ex-boyfriend.