Takeaways from the 2018 primary season Source: AP

Elections in New York Thursday marked the end of a long, dramatic and sometimes tumultuous primary season that reshaped both parties going into the midterm elections. Democrats have a younger, more liberal, and more diverse slate of candidates they believe can flip control of the House and reclaim several governor's offices.

Sen. Feinstein gives investigators info she got on Kavanaugh Source: AP

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she has notified federal investigators about information she received - and won't disclose publicly - concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The California Democrat said in a statement Thursday that she "received information from an individual concerning the nomination."

Letitia James wins primary for New York attorney general Source: AP

Letitia James, a longtime New York City politician with ties to both the state's underclass and its elites, beat three other candidates in a Democratic primary for attorney general, then turned her sights on the man she saw as her real opponent: President Donald Trump. "This campaign was really never about me, or any of the candidates who ran," James told supporters at her Thursday victory party in Brooklyn.

Too late for many, Florida’s prescription database is finally mandatory

Florida has been battling its image as the Oxy capital of America for more than a decade. The state began by shutting down pill mills, and this year the Legislature finally required its prescription database to be mandatory for health care professions.

Barack Obama Tells Democrats: ‘I Need You To Come Through’ In November

Former President Barack Obama urged voters to head to the polls this November in an impassioned speech in Cleveland on Thursday night, chastising his successor and Republican leadership as out of touch and indifferent to the plights of Americans. "On November 6 we have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics," Obama, speaking at a rally for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Richard Corday and other Democrats, said.

Cuomo easily defeats Nixon in NY gubernatorial primary

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo easily beat back a primary challenge from activist and actress Cynthia Nixon on Thursday, thwarting her attempt to become the latest insurgent liberal to knock off an establishment Democrat.

Barack Obama in Cleveland: Republicans ‘Try to pit one against another.’

In Cleveland Thursday night, Obama showed why he might be Democrats' biggest asset this fall, drumming up enthusiasm by condemning fearmongering from Republicans, chastising apathetic voters and lauding praise on Ohio gubernatorial candidate Rich Cordray , an early Obama supporter locked in a tight race with Republican Mike DeWine. Breaking with years of political precedent, Obama is openly criticizing his successor, President Donald Trump, while campaigning for Democrats such as Ohio gubernatorial hopeful Rich Cordray.

Kavanaugh: no idea stranger who approached him in Senate hearing…

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he had no idea the man that approached him at his hearing last Tuesday was a Parkland father Fred Guttenberg's daughter Jaime Guttenberg was one of the 17 high school students killed in the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Guttenberg approached Kavanaugh at a break in his hearing and photos of the judge turning away from him went viral Kavanaugh: 'I assumed he was a protestor. In a split second, my security detail intervened and ushered me out of the hearing room' 'If I had known who he was, I would have shaken his hand, talked to him, and expressed my sympathy.

FBI won’t investigate Brett Kavanaugh following Democrats’…

One 18-year-old killed and 10 injured after 70 properties EXPLODE in flames across three Boston suburbs in unexplained gas main meltdown - with thousands still evacuated from their homes Monster Florence's symbolic arrival: Hurricane winds rip American flag to shreds on the North Carolina coast, as 156,000 lose power and chilling videos show the beginning of a terrifying 11-foot surge - even as the storm downgrades to Category 1 Jimmy Buffett leads the scores of people ignoring 'life-threatening' storm surges by riding the waves off the Carolinas - while others ignore evacuation orders for the 'adrenaline rush' and PARTY instead 'Interview the bird!': CNN speaks to Hurricane Florence shopper - but ignores the colorful parrot called Maximus perched on his shoulder Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh says he had no idea the man he snubbed in Senate hearing room was father of a Parkland ... (more)

Mark Zuckerberg subtly made a case for not breaking up Facebook

The 3,300 word note Mark Zuckerberg published Thursday about Facebook's approach to election interference contained some surprisingly frank insight into why Facebook has made some of the business decisions that it has. For example, Zuckerberg shared that he considered banning political ads all together .