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In a new interview with The Cut, Feinstein sometimes forgot the question she'd just been asked and depended on an aide for help recalling details.

California Sen. Alex Padilla this week called out colleagues over what he said was...

Less than 24 hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she supported the idea of...

There is no limit, under current law, on how much money members of Congress can make as landlords.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein commented on whether she thought a 15-week fetus was human -- touching on a raging debate surrounding the MIssissippi ban that recently reached the Supreme Court.

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“The senator has no plans to step down,” Tom Mentzer, her spokesman, said in an email Monday. Were she to retire before her term is up, the governor would appoint a replacement. Newsom recently held that power after then-California Sen. Kamala Harris was elected vice president. He faced competing pressure to name a Latino and a Black woman and eventually chose Alex Padilla, making him California’s first Latino U.S. senator. Harris’ departure left Black women without any representation i...

Skip to main content Gov. Newsom says hell name a Black woman to Senate if Feinstein doesnt finish term FacebookTwitterEmail Sen. Dianne Feinstein with then-Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in San Francisco on May 28, 2018.John Storey / Special to the Chronicle SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom would appoint a Black woman to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein if she does not finish her term, he said Monday. Newsom faced pressure from African American and progressive political leaders to name a Black woman to re...

Newsom will appoint Black woman if Feinstein retires early KATHLEEN RONAYNE, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing examining the Jan. 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says hell appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Senate if Feinstei...