Republicans continued to chastise Padilla, using words like “launch,” “lunge” and “bum rush” to describe Padilla’s behavior as he began to try to pose a question to Noem.

Democratic Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed and handcuffed during Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's Los Angeles press conference, sparking national outrage.

Padilla mirrors the film’s villainous and duplicitous Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, who deliberately gets hurt in a physical confrontation with a political rival, a Jedi, to gain sympathy from ...

Sen. Padilla's confrontation with security at Sec. Noem's press conference rightfully raises concerns as video evidence contradicts his account of the incident.

“Padilla didn’t want answers; he wanted attention,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement Thursday. House Speaker Mike Johnson said the incident warranted a censure. “Perhaps he ...

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla insisted Saturday that he didn’t pre-plan his heckling of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles — claiming that the stunt that got him ...

In a dramatic confrontation that has gripped Washington, Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California was pushed to the ground, handcuffed, and forcibly removed from a press conference held by ...

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.

Lorenzo Prieto is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send him an email. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., delivered remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor, defending his confrontation last week with ...

A day after federal agents forcibly restrained and handcuffed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla at a Los Angeles news conference, leaders of the country’s two political parties responded in what has become ...