Political Turmoil: Vacant Senate Seat and Government Shutdown Dilemma

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, is dead at 90. The government is about to shutdown over intra-GOP disagreements. And Biden gave a speech warning about the continuing threats to American Democracy.

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