Three elderly Democrats have already died in this congressional session. If your favorite NPR show disappears from the ...

The Congress member framed the NYC mayor’s race as a referendum on the Democratic Party at a rally for Zohran Mamdani.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s exit from the 2024 presidential race marked a turning moment – and not just for the November election. In stepping aside, and endorsing vice president ...

The 47-year-old Californian has been a member of the House for just over two years.

Experts USA TODAY spoke with said they’re unlikely to know whether Biden’s baton pass to Harris marked an end to the gerontocracy until after the 2024 election.

Stop Complaining about the ‘Gerontocracy.’ Older People Are More Vital Than Ever. Some pundits want to replace everyone over 50.

Gerontocracy transcends government as a full-scale social phenomenon, in which older people accumulate power of different kinds, and then retain it. This form of power is both old and new.

The Gerontocracy of the Democratic Party Doesn’t Understand That We’re at the Brink. June 14, 2022. Credit... Desiree Rios for The New York Times. Share full article. 3k. By Jamelle Bouie.

That’s the sort of gerontocracy worth making a fuss about—and worth abolishing through term limits. Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan: The Supreme Court is not supposed to have this much power.

"We have a sclerotic gerontocracy," posted 48-year-old Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) in December. Khanna's outburst on X was provoked by the revelation that an 81-year-old Rep. Kay Granger (R ...

The questions raised by Ginsberg, Feinstein and McConnell were reflective of a calcified gerontocracy in nearly all branches of government. The current House, with an average age of 58, ...

The Soviet Union became a gerontocracy in its final years, contributing to its collapse. Historians say it's a cautionary tale for the US, whose leaders have been in power for decades.