Senator Alex Padilla is calling for "no strings attached" support for California as President-elect Trump and his allies continue criticizing the state amid the ongoing wildfires.

Padilla and Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which held a confirmation hearing on Bondi Wednesday. The hearings continue Thursday. Republicans control 53 of the Senate’s 100 seats, and GOP committee members praised Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, throughout the hearing.

US attorney general designee Pam Bondi fended off onslaughts from California Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, both of whom grilled her about President-elect Donald Trump.

Pam Bondi cast herself as an independent prosecutor who would keep politics out of the Justice Department if confirmed as President Trump’s attorney general. Senators on both sides predicted she would be confirmed.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press for an exclusive interview to discuss the raging wildfires across Los Angeles county and how federal resources are being utilized to support those impacted.

While tribal, federal, state, officials expected to attend event are lauding move, Trump threatens to reverse course.

The California Latino Legislative Caucus and a Democratic senator from the state argue for immediate and continued funding of public transit and high-speed rail.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said Sunday he is “a no” on the Laken Riley Act “as currently written.” “As currently written, I’m a no because it opens the doors for people simply being ...

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin talks about why he and many of his Republican colleagues believe fire aid for California should only come if there are some strings attached.

One by one, all the president-elect’ s men, and women, are falling into place in his Cabinet. While Defense Secretary pick Pete Hegseth’s nomination was teetering toward collapse just weeks ago, he now appears on track for confirmation after a fiery Senate hearing that focused on his drinking,

The Senate Judiciary Committee had a confirmation hearing for Pam Bondi, Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General. Cable news cut away. Here's why.

Jill Biden is still hurt by Nancy Pelosi’s vote of no confidence in her husband’s reelection. “I’ve been thinking a lot about relationships,” the first lady said in an interview with The Washington Post published Wednesday. “It’s been on my mind a lot lately, and we were friends for 50 years,” she said of Pelosi. “It was disappointing.”