As the minority leader’s health concerns spill out in public view, his Senate colleagues have retreated behind closed doors and gerontocratic traditions.

Her illness and absence from the Senate earlier this year stalled part of the Democratic agenda, but Feinstein shows no signs of stepping down—and the particulars of her situation underscore the dysfunction on Capitol Hill.

The California senator is back on Capitol Hill. Now she just needs to remember how to vote—because the Democrats need her on Thursday.

What the Democrats can learn from the fabled story of Clair Engle, the dying senator who saved civil rights 60 years ago—without saying a word

President Biden’s agenda will be imperiled unless Democrats summon the courage to end this madness.

With the proposal to temporarily seat a replacement for the ailing senator on the Judiciary Committee, the majority’s plans—and Biden’s judges—may be left in limbo.

The ailing senator would like to be replaced temporarily on the Senate Judiciary Committee, but that’s easier said than done.

A San Francisco Chronicle report on her mental state is devastating and undeniable. DiFi, don’t be the Democrats’ Strom Thurmond.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are teeming with ideas to halt the practice of self-enrichment. Which one will they choose?

Nancy Pelosi believes that lawmakers should be allowed to participate in the “free market economy.” Well, they are “free” to leave office then!

Democrats are realizing that the outcome of the September 14 vote has implications that stretch beyond the state capital.

Joe Biden is making some necessary defenses of democracy abroad. I can’t help wishing he’d make them more forcefully here at home.

It should be illegal. Even if it isn’t, it’s politically stupid.

The United States has two speeds when it comes to older people: sycophancy for the powerful, contempt for everyone else.

A grim report about Dianne Feinstein’s cognitive decline underlines a larger problem with the leadership of the party.

The Supreme Court nominee would have us believe she’s just a vessel for the law, but her rise to conservative power tells the real story.

Conservatives are trying to rally support for the Supreme Court nominee by baiting Democrats into attacking her Catholic beliefs.

Some in the party believe the 87-year-old senator is ill-equipped to lead the opposition to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee—so why won’t they do anything about it?

The new movie about the Torture Report has to take on people who still wield enormous influence.

The House speaker has some wise advice for climate activists.