Former Massachusetts representative Barney Frank died this month at the age of 86. Obituaries have highlighted his role as an openly gay politician and his work on the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform package.
Frank continued to offer advice to Democrats even from his hospice bed. He expressed criticism of the progressive left for its focus on racial and cultural issues alongside economic inequality, particularly after his preferred Senate candidate in Maine lost a primary race.
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Robert Mueller, who served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 and led the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election, died on Friday at age 81, his family announced on Saturday. No cause was given, though he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Reactions ranged from harsh criticism by Donald Trump to tributes from former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and praise from journalist Rachel Maddow.
David Scott, a Georgia Democrat in the US Congress since 2003, has died at age 80. He was running for a thirteenth consecutive term. His death marks the fourth Democrat in the House of Representatives to die in office.
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The influential German philosopher and sociologist Jürgen Habermas died on Saturday at the age of 96 in Starnberg. The Suhrkamp Verlag confirmed the death citing the family. Politicians and intellectuals pay tribute to the master thinker for his contribution to democratic debate.
Democratic voters in Maine head to the polls Tuesday to select their nominee for the U.S. Senate race against Republican incumbent Susan Collins. Graham Platner remains the frontrunner despite multiple controversies surrounding his past.
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Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) officially resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and assault from several women. A fifth accuser, model Lonna Drewes, detailed a 2018 rape claim at a Beverly Hills press conference, alleging the congressman drugged her drink, choked her and assaulted her in a West Hollywood hotel. Swalwell denies the serious accusations but apologized for past mistakes in judgment.