Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove expressed outrage over the treatment of Senator Alex Padilla, warning that silencing public officials threatens everyone. She criticized political intimidation and accused former President Trump of creating distractions to avoid accountability on issues like Medicaid cuts and economic hardship.

Footage on social media shows Senator Alex Padilla of California identifying himself while being blocked by agents, but not before.

Federal agents removed California’s senior senator from a news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after he attempted to question her — an agency spokesperson has said that agents thought he was “an attacker.

California’s U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials Thursday morning.

Outraged and demanding accountability, House Democrats are calling on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to testify before Congress after her protective detail tackled and handcuffed U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) during a press conference—despite video (below) showing Padilla clearly identifying himself by name,

California’s U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other Trump administration officials Thursday morning. “I am Sen. Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary,” the Democratic senator said as he was being pushed out of the room by multiple people.

is leading a march from the House of Representatives to the officer of Senate Majority leader John Thune to demand accountability over Sen. Alex Padilla being forcibly removed from a DHS press ...

I’m joining House Democrats to march to Senator Thune’s office and to demand ... must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal.” Johnson called Padilla’s ...

Calif., was forcibly removed and handcuffed at a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.

Senator Patty Murray struggles with emotions in a dramatic speech, raising questions about authenticity and political theatrics.

“All Americans must demand accountability and justice on behalf of Senator Padilla and the many others who have been targeted by the Trump Administration for exercising their First Amendment right to speak out against this administration’s ...