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Dianne Feinstein

Latest news and comment on the California Democratic senator and head of the Senate intelligence committee

May 2023

  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the US Capitol in Washington DC on 28 July 2022.

    AOC says Feinstein’s refusal to retire is ‘causing great harm’ to US courts

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says the California Democratic senator should retire, amid a long absence from Congress due to ill health

April 2023

  • Critics say judicial nominations have been held up because of Feinstein’s absence due to health problems.

    Molly Jong-Fast: calls for Dianne Feinstein to resign not sexist or ageist

    California senator absent for weeks as Democrats and progressives eye effect on pace of confirmations of liberal judges
  • Arwa Mahdawi

    The Week in Patriarchy
    Clinging to power does not make Dianne Feinstein a feminist hero

    Arwa Mahdawi
    The 89-year-old senator has been urged to stand down amid doubts about her cognitive and physical health but Nancy Pelosi claims a man would not face similar questions
  • Last month, Feinstein announced that she will not seek re-election next year.

    Dianne Feinstein vows to return to her post as Democrats call for her to resign

    Representatives Ro Khanna and Dean Philips tweet echoing sentiments as ailing senator has missed 60 of 82 votes taken so far

March 2023

  • Black and white portrait of Dianne Feinstein from 1971.

    After Dianne Feinstein: as a political giant steps down, California weighs its future

  • Actor Ben Savage of Boy Meets World at an awards function

    Boy meets Congress: Ben Savage, star of 90s sitcom, to run for California seat

February 2023

  • Barbara Lee.

    Democrat Barbara Lee announces bid to replace Dianne Feinstein in US Senate

  • Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing in Washington, US - 13 Dec 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (13665278k) U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) speaking at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing in Washington, US - 13 Dec 2022

    California senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, announces she will not seek re-election

January 2023

  • Katie Porter in Long Beach, California. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

    Politics Weekly America
    The 2024 senate race in California kicks off: Politics Weekly America podcast

    After the presidential primary, California is expected to be the most interesting race in 2024. Jonathan Freedland and Tal Kopan of the Boston Globe discuss which way the largely blue state could vote
  • Schiff speaks at a press conference on committee assignments at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

    Adam Schiff, lead prosecutor of Trump’s first impeachment, declares Senate run

    California congressman makes play for Dianne Feinstein’s seat, which is being eyed by at least three other candidates
  • Senator Feinstein asks questions of supreme court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during a hearing.

    Senate musical chairs: California prepares for political battle over Feinstein vacancy

    An ‘avalanche’ of candidates, including Katie Porter, Barbara Lee and Adam Schiff, announce candidacy for California seat

November 2020

  • US Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing: “Oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation: Day 4”, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 10 Nov 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (11010886e) United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California), Ranking Member, US Senate Judiciary Committee, arrives for a US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC,, on a probe of the FBI’s Russia investigation. US Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing: “Oversight of the Crossfire Hurricane Investigation: Day 4”, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 10 Nov 2020

    Dianne Feinstein to step down as top Democrat on Senate judiciary panel

    California lawmaker, who has held position for four years, has faced growing opposition from progressives

October 2020

  • Judge Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 15 Oct 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (10958195r) United States Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee and United States Senator Dianne Feinstein (Democrat of California), Ranking Member, US Senate Judiciary Committee, hug at the conclusion of the fourth day of the confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s Nominee for Supreme Court, in Hart Senate Office Building in Washington DC, on October 15th, 2020. Judge Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 15 Oct 2020

    'She represents the past': a Senate hug symbolizes California's Dianne Feinstein fatigue

    The senator’s response to the supreme court hearings has sparked calls for her retirement. Many of her progressive colleagues have sought it for years

February 2019

  • Isha Clarke, 16, was one of several young activists seen in a viral clash with California Senator Dianne Feinstein.

    'We're the ones affected': teen climate activist on her viral clash with US senator

    In a Guardian interview, Isha Clarke says she’s been inspired by student climate strikes in the UK and is planning one in the US

  • Dianne Feinstein rebuffs young climate activists' calls for Green New Deal – video

    California senator Dianne Feinstein is facing criticism over a video of her response to a group of children and teenagers asking her to support the Green New Deal.

  • Senator Dianne Feinstein confronted by young climate activists from the Sunrise Movement Bay Area group - screengrab for video holding image

    'You didn't vote for me': Senator Dianne Feinstein responds to young green activists

    Sunrise Movement says California senator reacted with ‘smugness and disrespect’ to their campaigning for New Green Deal

September 2018

  • Protesters demonstrate against Brett Kavanaugh in front of the US supreme court court in Washington on 28 September.

    The Observer view on the Brett Kavanaugh Senate hearing

  • Activists against Brett Kavanaugh.

    Fight to vote
    The politics minute: more Democrats to vote no on Brett Kavanaugh

  • FILES-US-POLITICS-COURT-KAVANAUGH<br>(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 5, 2018; US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh speaks on the second day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate in Washington DC. - Kavanaugh on September 14, 2018, denied involvement in an alleged sexual assault on a woman while they were in high school in the 1980s. In a statement released to US media, Kavanaugh rejected the woman’s claim. The allegation came just one week before the Senate Judiciary Committee is to vote on his nomination. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

    Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denies sexual misconduct allegation

  • Dianne Feinstein<br>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks as President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, for the third day of his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Dianne Feinstein alerts authorities to secret Brett Kavanaugh letter

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