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Trump news at a glance: Democrats rage after Secret Service, FBI shove and handcuff senator

Senator Alex Padilla is removed from a press conference in Los Angeles on 12 June 2025.
Senator Alex Padilla is removed from a press conference in Los Angeles on 12 June 2025. Photograph: Aude Guerrucci/Reuters

Democrats have criticized the forcible removal of a senator who posed a question on Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown at a news conference as “violent”, “horrifying” and “a stunning abuse of power”.

Secret Service and FBI officers grabbed, shoved and pushed to the ground Democratic senator Alex Padilla before handcuffing him after he showed up and asked a question at the conference held by the secretary of homeland security, Kristi Noem.

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