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Cognitive concerns continue to rise

Despite her months away from the Senate and repeated calls for her resignation, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) had mostly returned to her normal life of being told what to say in the Senate. That is until multiple lawsuits about her family’s riches have taken center stage, exposing the fact that a woman who feels mentally fit enough to remain in the Senate has apparently given power of attorney to her adult child.

The 90-year-old's daughter hasn't articulated "why a sitting United States senator would require someone to have power of attorney over her," one lawyer said.

With retirement on the horizon, we're looking back at the Jewish legacy of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's long career in politics.

Dianne Feinstein, née Dianne Emiel Goldman, (born June 22, 1933, San Francisco, California, U.S.), American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 1992 and began representing California later that year. She was the first woman to serve as senator from that state. In 2023 Feinstein announced that she was retiring after her current term ended in two years. She previously was the first female mayor of San Francisco (1978–88). Goldman grew up in San Francisco’s upscale Presidio Terrace district. She attended public school through the eighth grade and eventually became...