Before he performed his hit song "Higher Ground," legendary musician Stevie Wonder walked on stage at the Democratic National Convention and said, "We must choose courage over complacency," and urged people to vote for Kamala Harris for president.
New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim remembered his experience on Jan. 6 as he addressed the crowd at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night. See Kim's full remarks.
Taylor Swift was forced to cancel three shows in Vienna after an alleged planned terrorist attack against one of the shows was foiled.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, former chairman of the House Jan. 6 select committee, urged Americans to "choose democracy, not political violence" and warned about the dangers of a second Trump presidency in his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Retired Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell described his experience during the Jan. 6 riot as he addressed the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night. Gonell said he was betrayed by former President Donald Trump's actions surrounding Jan. 6 and urged voters to elect Kamala Harris as president.
Former adviser to Vice President Pence Olivia Troye and former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, both Republicans, spoke at Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, calling on fellow Republicans to vote for Kamala Harris instead of Donald Trump in November.
Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers union, joined CBS News to discuss members of his union voting for GOP candidates, the lack of a presidential endorsement so far from the Teamsters and his support for the Harris-Walz campaign.
The USS Abraham Lincoln, equipped with F-35 jets, arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Central Command.
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza, spoke at the Democratic National Convention about their anguish and misery since Hamas took their son on Oct. 7. Jon Polin said bringing the hostages home "is not a political issue." Rachel Goldberg-Polin ended their remarks with a message to their son: "We love you. Stay strong."
Democratic strategist Joel Payne and Republican strategist Hogan Gidley joined CBS News to discuss Gov. Tim Walz's upcoming DNC speech and the latest fundraising numbers for the Harris and Trump campaigns.
According to a new CBS News poll, Republicans are about half as likely as Democrats to say they're very confident in their state's voting system.
In Michigan, Republican Ottawa County Clerk Justin Roebuck is no stranger to skepticism about the election process from fellow GOP voters. But Roebuck is trying to convince them that the data doesn't lie. Adriana Diaz has more.
Ian Sams is the senior national spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign and acted as national press secretary for Kamala Harris's presidential campaign in the leadup to the 2020 election. Sams joined CBS News to discuss Harris' 2024 campaign so far.
Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey has died at the age of 87. Pascrell had been recently hospitalized with a respiratory infection. He served in Congress since 1996 and had been heavily- favored to win a new term.
CBS News political contributor Ashley Etienne is also the former communications director for Vice President Harris. She commented on what she expects from Bill Clinton's address at the Democratic National Convention and offered her thoughts on Michelle Obama's Tuesday night speech and Nancy Pelosi's upcoming Wednesday night remarks.
Most Democrats think Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, will fight for people like them.
A CBS News poll shows 60% of Democrats say they are enthusiastic about having Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Kamala Harris' running mate. CBS News executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto has more on the new polling.
CBS News' John Dickerson offers his thoughs on the Democratic National Convention so far and Day 3's focus on Kamala Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz.
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan joins CBS News to talk about Tim Walz's character and her experience working with the governor ahead of his keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night. Walz is set to accept the vice presidential nomination.
Divers Wednesday found five bodies in the wreckage of the super yacht the Bayesian, which sank Monday off the coast of Sicily. However, a sixth person remains missing. Fifteen people were rescued, but among those who apparently did not make it to safety was British tech magnate Mike Lynch. Holly Williams has more.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering dropping out of the race, two sources told CBS News. The development comes on Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention, with former President Bill Clinton set to take the stage. Nancy Cordes and Robert Costa have all the latest from Chicago.
Tensions continued to escalate in the South China Sea this week with multiple collisions occurring between Coast Guard ships belonging to China and the Philippines, a key U.S. ally. For more on the situation, CBS News was joined by Greg Poling, senior fellow and the director of Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Donald Trump's campaign is actively distancing itself from Project 2025, but CBS News' data journalism team found more than a third of Project 2025's 735 proposals were aligned with Trump's past policies and current promises. John Kelly, vice president of data journalism for CBS News and Stations, has more.
Doug Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and a professor of history at Rice University. Brinkley joined CBS News to discuss the current state of unity in the country, Bill Clinton's speeches at Democratic National Conventions and comparisons between this year's DNC and 1968.
There were noticeable differences at Donald Trump's Wednesday rally due the the security failures that allowed for the assassination attempt on July 13. CBS News Homeland Security and Justice reporter Nicole Sganga has more on that.