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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 ...
The Alex Padilla altercation was captured on video but still seen through a political lens
A day after federal agents forcibly restrained and handcuffed U.S. Sen Alex Padilla at a Los Angeles news conference, leaders ...
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Takedown of California’s senior U.S. Senator, Alex Padilla, expected to ratchet up interest in Saturday protests in Bay Area
The incident occurred amid heightened political tensions nationwide, including protests against federal immigration ...
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‘Hands off our senator’: Protesters rally in support of Padilla in downtown Santa Rosa
If they can do this to a senator, they can do it to any of us,” said demonstrator Kathleen Miller. Organized by the Sonoma County Democratic Party, the impromptu protest attracted nearly 100 people.
Live updates: Sen. Alex Padilla removed from Kristi Noem’s news conference on L.A. protests
A curfew for part of downtown Los Angeles continued for a second night Wednesday, as protests against the Trump administration’s immigration raids continue in the city, where the president has tested ...