California Politics: Feinstein’s brief exchange with the press

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein departs a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week after returning to Washington, D.C., from a long convalescence at home in California. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has not said much publicly since last week following a long stay at home in San Francisco while she was recovering from shingles. But she did answer a few questions this week when Times reporter Benjamin Oreskes found her in the halls of the U.S. Capitol and asked about the well wishes she had received from her Senate colleagues since her return....