What Dianne Feinstein’s death means in the short term for American politics

Feinstein, who was first elected to the Senate in 1992, had announced in February that she would not seek reelection next year. There are three Democratic US representatives running for the seat and it is far from certain what will happen now. But there are other immediate impacts to the loss of the longest serving woman in the Senate, especially as Congress is being asked to avert a federal government shutdown this very weekend, and there will be one less vote to get something passed. The news Friday of Senator...