Ms. Pelosi’s two most powerful deputies in the House, James Clyburn and Steny Hoyer, are both 80 or older. Over in the Senate, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee is 85 and coasting to re-election. His site is consumed, to the dismay of Mr. Trump’s supporters, with the president’s illness. But for the next few years, at least, our leaders’ age and health will remain big news. “The more specific and precise questions reporters ask, the better.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2020 00:22 UTC