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Kamala Harris and mayor London Breed make remarks in a private service as mourners pay their respects at San Francisco’s city hallAt a memorial for Dianne Feinstein on Thursday, Joe Biden praised the late senator as a dear friend and a woman of deep in…
Butler becomes only the third Black female senator in history, following the death of Feinstein last week at age 90In a unique and historic moment on Capitol Hill, former union leader and Democratic strategist Laphonza Butler was sworn in by Kamala Har…
Butler will be the only Black woman, and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to represent the state, serving in the chamberGavin Newsom, the California governor, has named Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and former labor leader, to fill the Senate …
California Democrat says loss of Feinstein may have focused politicians on, ‘Let’s get the job done to keep government open’The death of the California senator Dianne Feinstein may have helped inspire US lawmakers to avoid a federal government shutdown…
She became San Francisco mayor after an assassination but her last days in the Senate brought questions about age and infirmityDianne Feinstein was the oldest serving senator, and the longest-serving woman in the Senate at time of her death on Friday. …
Death of longest-serving female US senator, who was due to retire at end of her term next year, has weighty political implicationsDianne Feinstein, the oldest serving member of the US Senate who blazed a trail for women in American politics, has died. …
Suggestion comes after the competence of several legislators – both Democrat and Republican – has come into questionCongress should have a rule requiring certain top federal officials to disclose medical records, the Republican US senator Bill Cassidy …
California senator, 90, was only in hospital for ‘an hour or two’, spokesperson saysThe California US senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, was hospitalized on Tuesday evening after suffering a fall in her home, a spokesperson said.“Senator Feinstein briefly w…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the California Democratic senator should retire, amid a long absence from Congress due to ill healthThe New York progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Monday that the California Democratic senator Dian…
California senator absent for weeks as Democrats and progressives eye effect on pace of confirmations of liberal judgesCalls for Dianne Feinstein to resign from the US Senate because of ill health are not sexist or ageist, a prominent liberal columnist…