Overview

• Video footage shows Sen. Alex Padilla identifying himself and seeking to question DHS Secretary Kristi Noem before being forcibly removed and handcuffed by federal agents.
• Padilla said he entered the briefing room with a National Guard member and FBI agent escort and described his subsequent meeting with Noem as yielding no substantive answers.
• Senate Democrats unanimously called on President Trump to redeploy National Guard troops and Marines from Los Angeles protests over immigration raids.
• A federal appeals court temporarily stayed a ruling that would have returned state control of the California Guard, allowing federal troops to continue supporting ICE operations.
• Some Republicans, including Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, criticized the handling of Padilla’s ouster, while others defended agents’ response as standard security procedure.