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.

Calif., questioned Doug Burgum about requests from states for federal disaster relief and if providing that relief should come "with or without conditions."

Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) asked Burgum whether he would commit to ... None of the three are expected to face major roadblocks to confirmation in the GOP-majority Senate, although Wright faced tough questioning Wednesday from Padilla and Hirono on his history ...

Pam Bondi was pressed about the 2020 election and Trump's influence over the Justice Department, while Marco Rubio struck a more measured tone on the Russia-Ukraine war.

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for his second term.

A day after President Donald Trump claimed to have used the U.S. military and emergency powers to pump more water from Northern California to Southern California, federal officials have yet to provide details or explain the action.

President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles.

The U.S. Senate energy committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's picks to lead the U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior, officials who, if approved by the full Senate, will seek to maximize fossil fuel output and dismantle parts of former President Joe Biden's climate policy.

The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special congressional election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida.

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.

Sen. Alex Padilla recently pressed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on her previous support for President Donald Trump’s claims regarding the 2020 election results. Trump has nominated Bondi for the position of Attorney General.

President Donald Trump is returning to Florida for the first time after his second inauguration to spend the weekend and attend the GOP's January retreat, which is being held at Trump's Doral golf ...