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For Americans celebrating the results of the presidential election, or those who were left discouraged, it's too soon for big thoughts like how to bridge the political divide in the U.S. But that is not the case for one man in particular. Jim Axelrod has more.

Washington — President Biden still has no plans to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, in the final months of his presidency, the White House press secretary reiterated on Thursday.

"We've been asked that question multiple times and our answer stands — which is no," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at Thursday's press briefing.

The president said in June that he would not pardon or commute a potential prison sentence for his son, who was convicted of three separate felony charges related to his purchase of a revolver in 2018 when...

Mayor London Breed acknowledged on Thursday that Daniel Lurie, a first-time candidate, would succeed her in office.

A 17-year-old student was hailed as a genius, until it emerged she'd cheated.

The birth of a great Indian bustard chick through artificial insemination has given hope to conservationists.

Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.

Fluoride — long heralded as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century — could be removed from public water systems under the influence of one of President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy — who has no training in either medicine or dentistry — called fluoride “an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss” and other problems on the social media platform X.

“I think fluoride is on the way out,” Kennedy said Wednesday on MSNBC. “The faster that it goes out, the...

Here's a look at the top stories making headlines on the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell."

President Biden on Thursday addressed Vice President Kamala Harris' election loss, telling the nation that "we accept the choice the country made." Democrats, meanwhile, are still trying to determine what went wrong. Nancy Cordes reports.

As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for his second term in office, Trump announced Thursday that he has selected his campaign manager Susie Wiles to be his White House chief of staff. Wiles will be the first woman in U.S. history to hold the position. Robert Costa has the latest.

By seeking re-election, Biden deprived Harris of months of campaigning that might have helped her.

Donald J. Trump won votes from Arab Americans and pro-Israel American Jews. Someone is likely to be disappointed.

Her friends, aides and political allies say it’s too soon for her to even contemplate her next career move. But the speculation has already begun.

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named co-campaign chair Susie Wiles as his White House first chief of staff, one of the most important non-elected posts in Washington.

She will be the first woman to serve in that role.

Wiles, a 67-year-old Florida native, is one of the most respected operatives in Republican politics. Along with helping helm Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, she worked as his state director in Florida during the previous two contests.

“Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in...

President-elect Donald Trump announced late Thursday that his campaign co-chair Susie Wiles will serve as his White House chief of staff come January, the first woman to ever hold that position.

"Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns," Trump said in a statement. "Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and is universally admired and respected. Susie will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again. It is a well...