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Sen. Dianne Feinstein resigned as a result of her continued absence in the Senate due to health difficulties, which is hindering Democrats' ability to select federal judges. Feinstein (D-Calif.) was hospitalized for shingles in February and then released last month, but she hasn't returned to the Senate after missing 60 percent of the last 82 votes.

Speaking to four of his former employees on the Pod Save America podcast, Obama said that not being a buzzkill gives him joy, but that Democrats must cool down the temperature. "Sometimes Democrats are [buzzkills," he said. People are still trying to avoid feeling as if they are walking on eggshells, and they want some sense that life is unpredictable, and that all of us, at any given time, make mistakes.' As I was behind the podium rather than in a crowd, Obama told his colleagues that they should learn from what he felt were his mistakes as president, including: "I used to get into trouble whenever I was a little too academic and, you know, started..."