DAVID AXELROD

As 2024's campaign season begins, politicians are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that two years into President Joe Biden’s administration, the United States is “in a better place in the world” and better positioned to address global issues including climate change, COVID-19 and dangerous opioids.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that two years into President Joe Biden’s administration, the United States is “in a better place in the world” and better positioned to address global issues including climate change, COVID-19 and dangerous opioids. Blinken's comments came during a visit to Chicago this week, which included Friday's event on the administration's approach to foreign policy hosted by Democratic political strategist David Axelrod at the University of Chicago.

CNN's Erin Burnett described the top immunologist's characterization of the social media platform as "pretty remarkable."

The CNN anchor took a moment to recover from his own barb after Trump declared that he wanted the Constitution terminated.

The Iowa caucuses and their outsize importance have largely been an exercise in myth-making.

The New York Times reported Monday that David Axelrod still has concerns about President Biden's age but said the midterms gave the him "a little giddyup in his step."

Joy Reid and other public figures appeared to misattribute blame on a holiday that once celebrated Confederate General Robert E. Lee for restricting voting in Georgia.

Former President Trump's biggest fans and critics took to Twitter in response to his announcement launching his third presidential run just one week after the midterm elections.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the campaign trail in Georgia, framing the 2022 midterm elections as a referendum on democracy and urging voters not to see Republicans as an answer to their economic woes.

"I think it became too much for us to sustain our friendship," Legend said of West's backing Trump.

"He's my sounding board. He's my safety net. And that's all gone now. And it's gone, for what? Politics?" she said on CNN's "The Axe Files."

Conway told David Axelrod that DeSantis "has been really smart to focus on his own reelection" and "not get too involved with too many other races."

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyThe worst-kept secret in American politics is now on full display. After interviewing nearly 50 Democratic officials about 2024, The New York Times has a message for Joe Biden: Get out!No hard feelings, though, Uncle Joe. The party isn’t angry with Biden. It’s worse than that. The party “seems to feel sorry for him,” according to the Times’ reporting. That’s right, Biden has reached the “pity” stage of his presidency.Just listen to wh

There’s no such thing as a purely personal opinion from the Oval Office on major matters of policy.

The Atlantic staff writer discusses Russia’s online manipulation campaigns, what makes some conspiracy theories so successful, how institutions can rebuild trust, and more with David Axelrod.

The Atlantic and the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago are joining to stage a conference, starting today, to examine disinformation in all of its manifestations.

Biden invited Obama to the White House on Tuesday for the ex-president's first public appearance there since the end of his tenure. The event comes as Biden is falling in the polls and Democrats are looking for a spark.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki isn't confirming reports that she'll soon take a TV job at MSNBC.

In the lead-up to his 90th birthday, civil rights icon Andrew Young delivered a sermon that lamented the war in Ukraine and “rancor” in the world.

President Barack Obama and Nobel Prize–winning journalist Maria Ressa among featured interviews for event, happening April 6–8 in Chicago.

Jurors found out about the judge's determination on the case as they were was still deliberating.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times.

Lawyers push the outer edge of what the evidence showed over six days of testimony.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is back in a New York City courtroom more than a week after her libel trial against The New York Times was postponed because she tested positive for COVID-19.

MSNBC says it has hired former Biden aide Symone Sanders to host a weekend television show and another on its Peacock streaming service.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been on a PR blitz promoting his new book.

Chris Christie is everywhere. The former New Jersey governor and onetime Republican presidential candidate denounced “conspiracy theorists” during a September appearance at the Ronald Reagan Library in California. In between, he's been interviewed by everyone from Laura Ingraham on Fox News to David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, on CNN.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Friday that he recently became the latest Democrat to have a too-close-for-comfort experience with urban crime.

President Joe Biden’s plan for a massive expansion of social programs is being framed by supporters as such a high-stakes endeavor that it’s “too big to fail.”.

The resurgent coronavirus and the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan have likely made an already-difficult path for President Biden's big-spending legislative agenda even tougher.

Museums, rapper Common's foundation and other Chicago cultural institutions pitched in.

His post-presidency, which now includes an “epic” birthday party, centers on telling stories and uplifting youth.

Bernie Sanders moving out of 'gadfly role' in Senate, former Obama adviser says

Outspoken Trump critic has again condemned Republican party leadership for encouraging former president

Jen Psaki says the administration respects the role of the press, but she prioritizes keeping Biden on message and free of "distractions."

Joe Biden’s presidency is entering a new and more perilous phase.

More action, less talk and something for the history books.

President Joe Biden speaks with Mary Anna Ackley, Owner of Little Wild Things Farm, left, and Michael Siegel, Co-owner of W.S. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and the Democrats were on the brink of pushing through sprawling legislation with an eyepopping, $1.9 trillion price tag. Other GOP efforts to define Biden as a radical or to attack his mental acuity also didn't resonate. Some Republicans argue it will simply take time for the GOP to organize against Biden, given the honeymoon period most new presidents enjoy. All the while, the Biden White House is underscoring its attempts at bipartisanship, putting the Republicans on the defensive for not signing onto the broadly popular COVID relief bill.

President Joe Biden speaks with Mary Anna Ackley, Owner of Little Wild Things Farm, left, and Michael Siegel, Co-owner of W.S. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and the Democrats were on the brink of pushing through sprawling legislation with an eyepopping, $1.9 trillion price tag. Other GOP efforts to define Biden as a radical or to attack his mental acuity also didn't resonate. Some Republicans argue it will simply take time for the GOP to organize against Biden, given the honeymoon period most new presidents enjoy. All the while, the Biden White House is underscoring its attempts at bipartisanship, putting the Republicans on the defensive for not signing onto the broadly popular COVID relief bill.

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President-elect Joe Biden is nominating former President Barack Obama's White House chief of staff Denis McDonough as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Increasingly deep into the process of selecting Cabinet members and other senior staff, the incoming Biden administration has a distinctly Obama feel. There's Denis McDonough, former President Barack Obama's chief of staff who Biden announced on Thursday would be nominated as the secretary of veterans affairs. Susan Rice, Obama's former U.N. ambassador and national security adviser, was named the director of Biden's White House Domestic Policy Council. Jeff Zients, who did stints as acting Office of Management and Budget director and a top economic adviser in the Obama White House, will return as Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator.

If Trump wins, Republicans win the Senate," said Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago and chief of staff to President Barack Obama. Florida, a state that voted for Trump, voted for the minimum wage. Illinois, a state that voted for Biden, voted down a progressive income tax. “It’s clear there was more voter frustration with Trump than with the ideology of the Republican Party,” said Mike Murphy, a strategist to several Republican presidential campaigns who broke with his party over Trump. “Trump lifted Republican candidates by vastly boosting turnout in areas of Republican strength," said David Axelrod, former senior adviser Obama.

NEW YORK – ABC, CBS and NBC all cut away from President Donald Trump on Thursday as he spoke from the White House to make an unfounded accusation that the presidential election was being stolen from him. Trump was more subdued Thursday, yet offered a litany of complaints about “suppression” polls, mail-in voting and fraud that he never specified. Cordes said there is no indication of a substantive number of illegal votes cast, and said Trump's reference to votes arriving late was “another falsehood.”MSNBC cut away from Trump to anchor Brian Williams. “There are no illegal votes that we know of, there has been no Trump victory that we know of.”After ABC ended its coverage, the network’s White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, also said there was no evidence of illegal votes. But especially in this election.”While CNN kept Trump on the air, a chyron displayed under him said, “Without any evidence, Trump says he's being cheated.”Anchor Jake Tapper looked weary when it was over.

The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline. – The final stretch of a presidential campaign is typically a nonstop mix of travel, caffeine and adrenaline. But as the worst pandemic in a century bears down on the United States, Joe Biden is taking a lower key approach. Still, some Democrats say it's critical that Biden infuse his campaign with more energy. Four years later, Biden faces persistent questions about whether his campaign is organizing and connecting with voters.

WASHINGTON Since leaving the White House nearly four years ago, former President Barack Obama has repeatedly called for a new generation of political leaders to step up. Obamas political support and personal affection for Biden is genuine, forged during their eight years together in the White House. He is an incomparable witness for Biden, David Axelrod, a longtime Obama political adviser, said of the former president. During the 2016 race, Obama privately discouraged Biden from running against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Certainly Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are among them.Indeed, the former president has enviable popularity, both among Democrats and all Americans.

FILE- In this June 3, 2020 file photo, workmen walk by the shuttered La Tropicana Cafe in Tampa, Fla. Now its doors are likely closed for good, like so many other bars and restaurants done in by the coronavirus pandemic. For years, his father, Roland Manteiga, kept a corner table reserved for himself, with a special red telephone to call in scoops. La Tropicana become a favorite hangout. !For regular customers or sometime visitors, historic restaurants and bars have made lasting memories for so many people as they crossed paths with celebrities or, like Joplin, the soon-to-be famous.

At the same time, the Trump administration has opposed any significant efforts in the latest coronavirus rescue package to protect and strengthen mail voting. But this week largely belongs to Biden, who is days away from announcing the winner of the veepstakes. The question then becomes whether the Trump administration will do anything to address his concerns about mail voting. GOP officials said over the weekend that the vote to formally give Trump his party's 2020 presidential nomination will be conducted in private later this month. ___2020 Watch runs every Monday and provides a look at the week ahead in the 2020 election.

NEW YORK The Sinclair Broadcast Group said Saturday it is pulling from the air an edition of its America This Week program that discusses a conspiracy theory involving Dr. Anthony Fauci and the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, talked in detail in a new podcast about the serious threats and hate mail directed his way. Bolling told CNN Business that he wasn't even aware of the Plandemic video before his bookers arranged for Mikovits' appearance. The 26-minute Plandemic video emerged this spring and promoted a series of questionable, false and potentially dangerous theories. Fauci says he is receiving not only hate mail, but actual serious threats against me."

(AP Photo/Dan Sewell)CINCINNATI During a background briefing with reporters in December, President Donald Trump's reelection campaign team gave only passing mention of Ohio. Trump's campaign has budgeted $18.4 million in television advertising in Ohio for this fall, second only to Florida, according to campaign advertising tracking data. Trump won Ohio by 8 percentage points four years ago. In nearby Hilliard, Democrats won their first seat on the City Council in three decades. Even as Trumps standing began to fall after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Ohio was not seen as a concern, campaign officials said.

DES MOINES, Iowa Joe Biden's presidential campaign has lined up a senior team in Iowa, a sign Democrats see the state where Republican Donald Trump beat them handily in 2016 as within reach. Joining Norris as Biden's Iowa campaign director is Lauren Dillon, who directed Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's 2020 Iowa caucus campaign. She was a senior advertising strategist for Democratic Senate candidates during the 2018 midterm elections after serving in several roles at the Democratic National Committee. The tightening in Iowa follows incremental gains by Democrats since Trump carried the state. The Trump campaign named a senior Iowa team almost a year ago, including Eric Branstad, son of former Gov.

Former President Barack Obama's top campaign architects are telling Joe Biden to improve his digital operation if he wants to defeat President Donald Trump this fall. Biden's campaign has been in touch with at least three top digital consulting firms, including Mike Bloomberg's tech company, Hawkfish. "Mr. Biden can turn the tables on Mr. Trump. "This is an urgent need, as Mr. Trump is far ahead of Mr. Biden organizationally in the battleground states," the two advisors said. The Biden campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

AdvertisementPeople have known him for a while, said Darby, senior pastor of Nichols Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and first vice president of the local NAACP. By that, Seawright meant a mutual bond with black voters who, he said, view the former vice president as Uncle Joe, Mr. Reliable.He suggested Trumps incessant sniping at Biden might even help his candidacy. Democratic strategist David AxelrodAt the same time, Trumps attacks on Biden over his vice presidential dealings with Ukraine have renewed doubts about the Democrats political instincts and agility. Not only do voters know Joe Biden, they feel Joe Biden knows them.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicted President Donald Trump may be prosecuted after his presidency if he doesn't first face impeachment proceedings while in office -- but warned of the possible risks to the nation. CNN "Axe Files" host David Axelrod asked Holder whether he thought Trump is subject to prosecution upon leaving office, Holder replied, "Well, I don't think there's any question about that." Holder referenced former Trump attorney Michael Cohen's guilty plea last year to campaign finance violations tied to hush money payments he made or orchestrated on behalf of Trump. "It would seem to me that the next attorney general, the next president is going to have to make a determination," he added. Holder added, "But you know, I think looking back, I tend to think that that was probably the right thing to do."

CBS' "Face the Nation" brings you the latest from the campaign trail with presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic strategist David Axelrod. We also take a look at the life and death of boxing and cultural legend Muhammad Ali with Bill Rhoden and Thomas Hauser.

Democratic Strategist David Axelrod says Bernie Sanders will not win the support of superdelegates if Hillary Clinton continues to win the majority of votes, but commends the Vermont senator for influencing his opponent’s platform.

Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, Jamelle Bouie of Slate Magazine, Ben Domenech of the Federalist, and Democratic strategist David Axelrod take a close look at the Democratic race toward the presidency. Will Hillary Clinton seal the nomination on Super Tuesday?

Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, Jamelle Bouie of Slate Magazine, Ben Domenech of the Federalist, and Democratic strategist David Axelrod break down the seemingly unstoppable Trump campaign. Is the Republican frontrunner the GOP’s disease or the people’s cure? With two days to go before Super Tuesday, polls show no sign of a Trump tail off.

Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal, Jamelle Bouie of Slate Magazine, Ben Domenech of the Federalist, and Democratic strategist David Axelrod break down Trump and Clinton's campaign ahead of Super Tuesday.

Dan Balz of the Washington Post, Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic, CBS News contributor Peggy Noonan, and Democratic strategist David Axelrod break down Trump’s unorthodox flattery from Russian President Vladimir Putin and GOP competitor Ted Cruz.

Dan Balz of the Washington Post, Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic, CBS News contributor Peggy Noonan, and Democratic strategist David Axelrod weigh in on the harsh political rhetoric of GOP presidential candidates, with little unified strategy in the war on terror.

Dan Balz of the Washington Post, Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic, CBS News contributor Peggy Noonan, and Democratic strategist David Axelrod discuss Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s difficult path toward the presidency, plagued by criticism from the Cruz camp.

The latest on the House Select Committee on Benghazi's investigation and the 2016 presidential trail, with Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, Democratic strategist David Axelrod, and others.

The latest on the 2016 presidential campaign and the newest polls in key battleground states, with Donald Trump, Ben Carson, CBS News Elections Director Anthony Salvanto, Democratic Strategist David Axelrod, and others.

Democratic strategist David Axelrod says presidential contender Bernie Sanders must strengthen his relationship with minority voters if he hopes to keep competitive in 2016.

Top Democratic strategist David Axelrod says Biden is authentic when he says he’s taking stock of his emotional reserves required for a 2016 presidential bid.

Democratic strategist David Axelrod talks with CBS' "Face the Nation" about the state of the 2016 Democratic field, weighing in on Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders

The latest on the 2016 presidential campaign and the newest polls in key battleground states, with Donald Trump, Ben Carson, CBS News Elections Director Anthony Salvanto, Democratic Strategist David Axelrod, and others.

Axelrod on presidential strengths and weaknesses Former Obama Adviser David Axelrod discusses the necessary qualities for a president.

Obama "irritated" by Romney's concession call, book claims In a new book written by political strategist and longtime Obama aide David Axelrod, the president said he was shocked and "irritated" by Mitt Romney's concession call in the 2012 presidential election. CBSN's Elaine Quijano and Vladimir Duthiers have the details.