The youngest presidents in U.S. history

President Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, have been the two oldest candidates to run for president, but in the grand scheme of things, they’re outliers. A look back at the list of former presidents shows the majority entered office much earlier in their political careers.  Data assembled by CBS shows that most

Who are the oldest presidents? Here’s the full list

Thirty-five is the minimum age requirement for the presidency, but there’s no upward limit. The two last presidential elections, which brought President Biden, now 81, and former President Donald Trump, now 78, to the White House, are proof of this political reality. The Founding Fathers excluded a maximum age limit from Constitution, giving those in

From the archives: House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the “Contract with America”

From the archives: House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the “Contract with America” – CBS News Watch CBS News House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined Face the Nation in 1995 to discuss his plans for the “Contract with America,” a series of legislative measures meant to shrink the size of the federal government. View CBS News In

Harris campaign leans into her HBCU roots

Howard University is where Vice President Kamala Harris spent some of the most formative years of her life, and it will now serve as the location where she spends what could arguably be the most important night of her life: election night.  Her campaign announced this week that Harris will spend election night at her