During a nomination hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 30, 2025, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) grilled Eric ...

Trump’s takeover is authorized by law for 30 days. He would need congressional approval to legally maintain control after that.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: With immigration staying in the national spotlight, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla is pushing to update a law that was created almost a century ago that would give some immigrants a path ...

If a U.S. senator doesn’t work to alleviate the fears of his or her constituents, they probably are not doing their job very well. This explains why, even when he knows the measure has no ...

Sen. Alex Padilla discussed his registry bill to grant legal status to long-term undocumented immigrants who pay taxes and ...

Calif., that he hopes the senator is successful in getting illegal immigrants citizenship in spite of the “brutality and ...

Democratic lawmakers demand inquiry into whether citizens' civil rights have been violated during immigration crackdown.

By Beeta B. Lashkari and Andrea Chavez As record-breaking temperatures continue to impact communities and workplaces across ...

A current state Senate bill called SB 627 would also make any law enforcement officers masking up while on-duty a misdemeanor, although this most likely could not be enforced on federal officers ...

P resident Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of America’s 250th-anniversary celebration began this past spring when his team drew up a $33 million fundraising plan for a series of events starring the ...