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DIANE FEINSTEIN

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2023
Diane Feinstein, back in the U.S. Senate, relies heavily on staff to function
The California Democrat is surrounded by a large retinue of aides at all times, who tell her how and when to vote and shield her from the press and public.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2018
Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein urges FBI probe into sexual assault allegations against Trump's top court pick
U.S. Senate consideration of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to become a Supreme Court justice should be put on hold until the FBI conducts an investigation into a California woman's allegations of sexual misconduct against President Donald Trump's nominee.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 14, 2018
U.S. intel chief Dan Coats says North Korea 'decision time' is near
The U.S. director of national intelligence warned on Tuesday that time was running out for the United States to act on the threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2017
NRA opposes outright U.S. legal ban on 'bump stocks' like those used by Las Vegas sniper
The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 19, 2017
Mueller says Trump Jr., Manafort can testify publicly before Congress: Feinstein
President Donald Trump's eldest son and his former campaign chairman have been given approval by a U.S. special counsel to testify publicly to Congress as part of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2015
Key Democrat Feinstein hits U.S. approach to strengthening, spreading Islamic State
Leading Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said on Sunday the United States is not doing enough to fight Islamic State, and the group is gaining strength outside Iraq and Syria.

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