Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s rise: How one badass woman fought to keep going

Editor’s Note: Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on June 6, 2017. It has been updated and republished following Dianne Feinstein’s death on Friday at age 90.

I will never forget standing outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office in December 2014 and seeing her husband, Richard Blum, coming down the hallway. As he walked in, I asked him, “You know your wife is a badass, right?” He looked at me, surprised and a bit confused, until I quickly assured him that was a compliment.