Nation World Sen. Padilla’s arrest prompts fierce reactions from both parties The incident has sparked concern from some members of Congress about what it means for democracy.

Legislators and political commentators are weighing in after U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a Homeland Security press conference in his home state Thursday morning. Padilla was ...

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 ...

Other D.C.-area reactions came from Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who posted on X that Padilla's removal by Secret Service represented "the weaponization of our justice system and the normalization of ...

The videos, which showed officers aggressively pushing Padilla out of Noem’s news conference and eventually restraining him on the floor outside the room, shook Senate Democrats to the core.

Padilla said. In a statement afterward, the Department of Homeland Security said that Padilla “chose disrespectful political theater” and that the Secret Service “thought he was an attacker.” ...

On June 12, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, was removed from a press conference being held by the Secretary of Homeland Security, forced to the floor and handcuffed after he interrupted to ...

But there are real outlaws out there who will take their cues from crazy charades. If Sen. Alex Padilla meant no physical harm to Homeland secretary Kristi Noem, he should be censured as an idiot.

WASHINGTON (AP) — When videos first rocketed around the internet Thursday afternoon showing security officers forcibly removing Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla from a news conference with Homeland ...

Padilla said that even though he was accompanied by a National Guardsman and an FBI agent, “I was pushed and pulled, struggled to maintain my balance” and ended up flat on his chest on the floor.