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In a lengthy news conference, the former president attacked the vice president's plan to crack down on price gouging at the grocery store and defended his comments to Elon Musk about striking workers.

Former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance are holding more campaign events Thursday. Trump will be in New Jersey and Vance will be in Pennsylvania as both continue developing new campaign messages, including fresh attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris. CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa reports.

Former President Donald Trump outlined his economic plan Wednesday at a campaign stop in North Carolina, using Tic Tacs to demonstrate inflation under the Biden administration. CBS News campaign reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.

The Secret Service is making arrangements for former President Trump to resume outdoor campaign rallies by surrounding his podium with bulletproof glass, sources say.

STORY: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday used a rally to keep up personal attacks on his Democratic rival Kamala Harris at an event where his campaign hoped for recovery now that his lead in the polls has disappeared. “And I don't think she can possibly win. If she does, our country is finished.” Harris' entry into the race after President Joe Biden dropped out has dramatically changed its tone. Polls have consistently shown her closing the gap on Trump and some now have her ahead in the race for the November election. Nationally, Harris was ahead of Trump by five percentage points, 42% to 37%, in an Ipsos poll published on Thursday The surge has rattled Trump's campaign, and he's responded with insults. He has implied that Harris, whose mother was born in India and whose father was born in Jamaica, has only recently leaned into her Black identity. Some allies, donors and advisers have suggested this and attacks on Harris' intelligence have hurt Trump's chances– and want him to focus on what they say are the failed policies Harris has pushed while in office. Trump’s Wednesday rally in Asheville, North Carolina seemed to only partly embrace that shift. He spent the latter part of his speech attacking Harris’ policies while spelling out his own. “And Kamala has vowed that if elected, she will absolutely ban fracking." "That means that she can't win the state of Pennsylvania, because Pennsylvania is all about fracking." “I'm announcing today that under my leadership, the United States will commit to the ambitious goal of slashing energy and electricity prices by half. At least half.” Trump did not specify how he would achieve that goal, but repeated previous promises to boost oil production by opening up protected federal lands to drilling. While Harris opposed all new fossil fuel infrastructure projects when she was running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2019, her campaign says she no longer favors a ban on fracking. Though Trump spoke about policy in more detail than he has at other recent events, he continued to lob personal jabs at Harris, at one point calling her ‘stupid’ and insulting her laugh. "That's the laugh of a person with some big problems." Harris will travel to North Carolina on Friday, where a campaign official said she'll talk about economic policy at a speech in Raleigh. The official said she will outline a plan "to lower costs for middle-class families and take on corporate price-gouging."

With polls tightening, former President Donald Trump used a campaign appearance in Asheville, North Carolina, Wednesday to try and capitalize on one of his perceived strengths, the economy, while attempting to tie his new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, to current economic conditions. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports from Asheville.

His team billed the speech as a significant economic address, but Donald Trump made little effort to stay on message Wednesday in Asheville, North Carolina, choosing instead to stick to his familiar personal attacks against Democratic rival Kamala Harris.

Vice President Kamala Harris' experience with Ukraine as it fights Russia, and former President Donald Trump's statements on aid for Ukraine's war are important points to note on the 2024 presidential hopefuls and their foreign policy preferences. CBS News' Lindsey Reiser reports.

The former president is promising to eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors and on tips. Kamala Harris says she'll end taxes on tips and raise the minimum wage.

A new AP-NORC poll also shows that Americans give Harris an edge over Trump on traits like honesty, discipline and commitment to democracy; however, they also give Trump an advantage on his handling of immigration and the economy. (AP Video by Serkan Gurbuz)

Teamsters president Sean O’Brien says former President Donald Trump’s comments made to Elon Musk on striking workers is "economic terrorism.”

Former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are facing labor charges from the United Auto Workers union after the pair had their conversation on X Monday night. The union says that during their chat, Trump and Musk tried to intimidate and threaten workers who go on strike. CBS News campaign reporter Jake Rosen has more.

Trump-backed Republican Tony Wied defeated a current and former state lawmaker in a competitive primary in northeast Wisconsin. He will face Democrat Kristin Lyerly, a doctor who sued to protect abortion rights, in the race for the open 8th Congressional District seat.

Former President Donald Trump marked his return to the social media platform X on Monday night with a lengthy and glitch-plagued interview with Elon Musk, the site's owner. But some in the Trump campaign fear Trump isn't handling the change in opponent from President Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris well. Robert Costa reports.