Republicans continued to chastise Padilla, using words like "launch," "lunge" and "bum rush" to describe Padilla's behavior ...

This is about our standing up for one of our colleagues… if we don’t, then our democracy starts to die.” But some Republican ...

"If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you," the California governor says ...

America seems headed to an angry and ugly place. Inflammatory incidents, rhetoric and dissent unleashed by President Donald ...

Padilla tried to ask his question amid escalating tension between federal troops and protesters in Los Angeles and ongoing ...

The reactions to Padilla's treatment were split ... thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately." Padilla's political career began in 1999, when he was elected to the Los Angeles ...

The incident occurred amid heightened political tensions nationwide, including protests against federal immigration authorities over aggressive sweeps of migrants and immigrants, and deportations.

Senator Alex Padilla was removed from a Homeland Security press conference in LA after attempting to ask questions on ...

Reactions are rolling in after Senator ... June 12, 2025 “Senator Padilla chose disrespectful political theatre and interrupted a live press conference without identifying himself or having ...

Video shows a Secret Service agent on Noem’s security detail grabbing Padilla by his jacket Thursday and shoving him from the ...

Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he tried to question Kristi Noem, the ...