"We are a democracy, but we can lose that democracy," a mournful Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) said today at the Capital mere minutes after Senator Alex Padilla was stunningly dragged out of a press conference in West LA by Sec.

Sen. Alex Padilla linked President Donald Trump's first campaign to heightened political tensions that allegedly led to the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers.

The senator pushed back on Trump administration claims he was trying to make a "viral moment," saying, "Nothing could be further from the truth"

Sen. Alex Padilla disputed the White House’s account of the events surrounding his forcible removal from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem Thursday in Los Angeles, pus

The administration of President Donald Trump swiftly sought to downplay a Thursday incident in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was roughly pinned to the ground and briefly handcuffed during a press conference by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.

Padilla, 52, was handcuffed and briefly detained after he interrupted the DHS chief’s briefing by shouting questions about the criminal migrants Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents

During a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on June 11, 2025, Senator Alex Padilla discusses a DOJ opinion piece that asserts the president has legal authority to abolish national monuments.

The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on June 15, 2025.MARGARET BRENNAN: And we're joined now by California Senator Alex Padilla.

Alex Padilla said he was "escorted" to Kristi Noem’s press conference by FBI agents, where he was manhandled by agents claiming they didn't know who he was. The post Sen. Alex Padilla Tells MSNBC FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed first appeared on Mediaite.