A former political prisoner held by Cuba says that Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defended the communist country when he visited him in prison. 
Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) has joined MSNBC and NBC News as a political analyst.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.) on Tuesday night was defeated by her Republican opponent Rep. Kevin Cramer (N.D.) after trailing in the polls by as much as 16 points in recent weeks.
Democratic National Commitee chair Tom Perez said in an interview published Friday that he respected Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.) for voting to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, even though he disagreed with the decision. 
The $12.4 million fundraising haul brought in by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.) in the aftermath of her vote against Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh was due to a flood of out-of-state contributions. 
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.) on Tuesday apologized after her campaign publicly disclosed the names of women identified as "survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or rape," saying she was in the process of "personally apologizing to each of the people impacted" by her newspaper advertisement.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D., N.D.) rejected former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's assertion that liberals should do away with civility until after they beat Republicans at the ballot box. 