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Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin announced Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2024, likely setting up a competitive primary in the Democratic stronghold state.It is time and when this term ends it will be my last years as an elected official, I will not seek reelection, Cardin said in a video.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised Cardin in a statement and expressed confidence that Democrats will hold onto the Senate seat.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer chooses much of the Democratic leadership team, and there's been no decision on whether he would fill the vacant assistant leader slot or make another change.The New Yorker oversees a sprawling set of advisers, and the top four leaders often appear together at press conferences and events.

Dianne Feinstein, a Democratic senator from California, returned to the Capitol last week after spending more than two months recovering from shingles.The disease, often characterized by a painful rash, is triggered by the same virus that causes chickenpox, which stays in people's bodies for life and, years later, can become reactivated.

Mayor-elect Karen Bass announced one of the central roles in her administration Tuesday, naming LA28 senior vice president Christopher Thompson as her chief of staff.Thompson, who will also guide Bass' transition, will start Monday.He is the first major hire announced by the new administration."My number one priority is assembling a team that will be ready on day one to move our city forward," Bass said in a press release that touted Thompson's public and private sector experience.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old Democrat from California, announced Thursday that she was hospitalized and receiving treatment for shingles, hoping to return to Washington later this month.Feinstein's absence could influence Democratic strategy in the chamber as the Democratic Caucus controls the Senate by a 51-49 margin, and Sen. John Fetterman has also been hospitalized since last month for treatment for depression.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that he has been released from an inpatient physical therapy facility after he fell earlier this month and was treated for a concussion and rib fracture.I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes.I'm happy to say I finished inpatient physical therapy earlier today and I'm glad to be home, McConnell said in a statement.

California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced this week she will not run for reelection next year, ending a legendary career that saw her go from San Francisco City Hall to Capitol Hill.With her upcoming retirement, there's much speculation as to who will replace her.Today, we look back at the career of the storied politician and look ahead as to who'll be running for Feinstein's seat.

Hello and welcome to our selection of this week's top stories - in pictures.Here's what you may have missed.Above, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, makes it official: She will retire at the end of her current term.Peruse our full coverage of her storied political career....
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WASHINGTON Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and minority leader who suffered a concussion in a serious fall last week, was released from the hospital on Monday and will move to a physical rehabilitation center before returning to the Senate, according to his office.A spokesman, David Popp, said that the lawmaker's concussion recovery is proceeding well and that Mr. McConnell, 81, had been discharged from George Washington University Hospital, where he was taken after the accident at the Waldorf Astoria on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington about 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Ronen and the majority of her fellow supervisors, along with Mayor London Breed and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, have called on Becerra, California's former attorney general, to refrain from requiring the hospital to remove patients while it works toward recertification.The majority of residents at Laguna Honda, one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the country, are older and require specialized care for conditions including dementia, physical and post-stroke rehabilitation, HIV and mental illness.

Adam Schiff has decided not to seek a top House Democratic leadership post in the next Congress and is instead turning his focus to a potential Senate run, according to multiple people familiar with his decision.The California Democrat has privately weighed his future in recent months, meeting with Democratic colleagues to gauge support for a potential House leadership bid.

Ben Savage (left) and Danielle Fishel speak onstage at the Boy Meets World 25th Anniversary Reunion panel during New York Comic Con 2018.Savage announced this week he is running for Congress.Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for New York Comic Ben Savage, the former star of the 1990s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, is running as a Democrat for a U.S. House seat covering the district that includes Hollywood.