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California Sen. Padilla’s Capitol Hill Tears: Was DHS Clash Political Theater?
California Senator Alex Padilla delivered an emotional address on the Senate floor today, recounting his forceful removal ...
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‘Outrageous’: California Democrats react to FBI agents handcuffing Sen. Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla is the first Latino to represent California in the U.S. Senate. FBI agents handcuffed him after he interrupted a ...
Transcript: Sen. Alex Padilla on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 15, 2025
The following is the transcript of an interview with Sen. Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, that aired on "Face the ...
Alex Padilla ‘not shocked’ by New York Dem’s arrest
Alex Padilla dominated headlines last week when he was handcuffed for disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference. And while the news cycle has whirred at warp speed to other ...
Padilla defends disrupting Noem, warns of ‘tyrant’ in the White House in Senate speech
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) issued a warning Tuesday that the United States had entered “uncharted territory” after he was ...
The Alex Padilla altercation was captured on video but still seen through a political lens
Republicans continued to chastise Padilla, using words like “launch,” “lunge” and “bum rush” to describe Padilla’s behavior ...
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Takedown of California’s senior U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, expected to ratchet up interest in Saturday protests in Bay Area
Bay Area Republican strategist Matt Shupe described Padilla’s attempt to abruptly question Noem “pure political theatrics.” ...
Daily Briefing: Lawmakers brazen after Sen. Alex Padilla expelled
Hours after senior U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press briefing with Homeland Security ...