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President Biden’s agenda has hit a snag in the U.S. Senate, as medical-related absences for two Democrats have left his party without the critical 51-vote threshold it secured in last year’s midterm elections. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has been hospitalized with shingles and likely will not return until "later this month," the 89-year-old said in a statement Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is receiving treatment for clinical depression, and it is not yet clear when he will return. Those absences leave the fate of Biden’s legislative priorities and judicial nominees up in the air — at least temporarily. "The...