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Alex Padilla blames first Trump campaign for igniting political tensions in wake of Minnesota shootings
California Sen. Alex Padilla blamed President Donald Trump’s first election campaign and its “tone" for escalating political ...
RCP Podcast: Will Trump Keep US Out of Iran War? WH 180 on Immigration, Secret Service Followed Protocol in Padilla Incident
Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, ...
Sen. Alex Padilla: If Law Enforcement Detained Me, ‘Imagine What They’re Doing to People Without Titles’
Sen. Alex Padilla talks about being handcuffed and detained for asking Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem a question during a press conference.
Trump’s war on Latinos reaches a new low in abuse of Sen. Alex Padilla
Immigration is a concern everywhere, and yet Trump’s immigration enforcement seems to be exclusively focused on Latino ...
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 ...
Padilla fears for people who ask questions ‘when cameras are not there’
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) worries about what will happen to people who question the Trump administration, who aren’t senators, ...
Democrat to Trump MAGA loyalists in Congress: You’ll need protection someday, too
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference about ...
Alex Padilla’s Unlikely Moment in the Spotlight
The senator is known on Capitol Hill for being kind and nerdy. His forcible removal from a news conference resonated as a ...