McCain’s final statement: Americans have ‘more in common’

Sen. John McCain expressed his deep gratitude and love of country in his final letter and implored Americans to put aside "tribal rivalries" and focus on what unites. Rick Davis, former presidential campaign manager for McCain who is serving as a family spokesman, read the farewell message Monday at a press briefing in Phoenix.

Trump Fears Biden Most In 2020

"Advisers to President Trump say Joe Biden is the Democrat he most fears running against, and that Pennsylvania is the state he worries most about flipping against him," Axios reports. "Trump's calculation is based partly on how weak he sees other Democratic possibilities, including Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, and partly on who's capable of appealing to his base of working class whites."

Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals

While Chappaqua's Hillary Clinton, Vermont's Bernie Sanders and Delaware's Joe Biden are considered presidential contenders in 2020, three-out-of-four Democratic voters think their party needs to back someone new. However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73 percent of likely Democratic voters believe their party should seek a fresh face to run for president in 2020.

The Latest: Biden urges Americans to ‘rise up’

The Latest on the looming battle to choose a successor for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy : Former Vice President Joe Biden is urging Americans to "rise up" to demand President Donald Trump nominate a "consensus candidate" to the Supreme Court. Biden sided with Democrats who have said the Senate should postpone the confirmation process until after the mid-term elections.

Joe Biden had plenty to say about President Trump during a stop at an Ohio barber shop

Former Vice President Joe Biden stopped by a Cincinnati barber shop Friday , but he wasn't there to get a haircut. The outspoken Democrat shook hands, cracked jokes and talked about President Donald Trump the way a future presidential candidate might, even though he continued to play coy about whether he'll run in 2020.

For the record: Supreme Court nominees considered in ‘election years’

There's nothing like Supreme Court nomination to get the political spin going at full speed. In 2016, The Fact Checker awarded a bushel of flip-flops to lawmakers , Democrat and Republican, who conveniently changed their position on Supreme Court nominations depending on who was in power at the time.

The Latest: Biden urges Americans to a rise upa

The Latest on the looming battle to choose a successor for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy : Former Vice President Joe Biden is urging Americans to "rise up" to demand President Donald Trump nominate a "consensus candidate" to the Supreme Court. Biden sided with Democrats who have said the Senate should postpone the confirmation process until after the mid-term elections.

Without civil society, there’s no civility

The audacity of the recent actions by immigration officials - separating children from their parents en masse , and warehousing the kids indefinitely in underequipped facilities - explains some of the recent abandonment of political civility. President Trump's very nature, regardless of actions, explains some more.