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The city’s comptroller was grabbed by masked officers and accused of ‘assault’ days after US Sen. Alex Padilla was handcuffed at a Kristi Noem event on ICE enforcement in California

‘I was forced to the ground first, on my knees and then flat on my chest,’ California senator says as he recalls arrest

The civilian who was detained identified himself as Marcos Leao, an army veteran, and said he was treated ‘very fairly’

We do not ever see something like this happen to members of Congress

The first US Marines ordered by Donald Trump to Los Angeles will deploy Friday, the Pentagon said, raising the stakes in a standoff that pits the president against protesters claiming growing authoritarianism.

Democratic leaders and a lone Republican senator, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, quickly decried the treatment of U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California and called for an investigation after he was removed from a press conference with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on June 12, 2025, in Los Angeles, handcuffed…

Luckily, people were recording.

The Trump administration won a temporary reprieve to retain control of California National Guard troops at least until Tuesday after a day of legal tussling over the president's decision to send them to quell demonstrations in Los Angeles that erupted over immigration raids.

Senator rubbishes claims he did not identify himself and ‘barged’ into Homeland Security briefing