A political standoff in Texas over new U.S. House maps aimed at adding five Republican seats is poised to enter a new phase.

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Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he would support an investigation into President Trump’s firing of the ...

The Senator told NBC 'the stakes are simply too high' for Democrats to not respond to Texas' controversial gerrymandering.

During his remarks from the Senate floor in June, Senator Adam Schiff disgraced the Trump administration over their forceful ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a Los Angeles event and addresses the federal immigration agents operating outside ...

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

Democrat California Sen. Alex Padilla said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that illegal migrants in the U.S. are simply ...

California Sen. Alex Padilla, who made headlines on June 12, 2025 after being forcibly removed from a press conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, hails from Pacoima, a working ...

Padilla, 51, was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1999, the state Senate in 2006 and secretary of state in 2014, where he oversaw elections and voting rights issues.

Padilla's San Fernando High School government teacher and " tocayo," the Spanish-language word for "namesake," Mr. Alex Reza was also there. "I actually remember where he sat in my class.