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.

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith criticized Sen. Alex Padilla for disrupting Kristi Noem's press conference, leading to him being forcibly removed and handcuffed at LA riots aftermath.

The manhandling of California Sen. Alex Padilla and his subsequent depiction by conservatives as a modern-day Pancho Villa isn’t surprising one bit. June 13, 2025 ...

Federal law enforcement agents forcibly removed Sen. Alex Padilla from a June 12 press conference, forced him to the ground and handcuffed the California Democrat after he interrupted an event for ...

In 2022, Sen. Alex Padilla reversed the willful neglect of Latino senatorial candidates by both major political parties, winning 61.1% of the vote, more than any other statewide candidate ...

Now the senior U.S. senator from California, Alex Padilla’s career in public service started amid intense fervor over immigration in the early 1990s. Now, it comes full circle.

Noem told Fox LA afterward that she had a “great” conversation with Padilla after the scuffle, but called his approach “something that I don't think was appropriate at all.” In a social media post , ...

Democratic leaders in New Mexico responded with outrage on Thursday following U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla's forceful removal from a press conference involving Department of Homeland Security Secretary ...

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace said on a Friday podcast that Democratic California Sen. Alex Padilla’s Thursday removal from a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security (DHS ...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) has accused President Donald Trump of creating a “crisis” in Los Angeles to distract from his administration’s failures. Speaking with Vietor, Padilla said he was ...