Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff engaged in fierce verbal combat Wednesday with Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi, as they fought over her views on the 2020 elections, immigration and presidential pardons. At one point, a frustrated Bondi told Schiff “You were censured by Congress for comments just like this that are so reckless.”

Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh is in Washington DC for the annual United States Conference of Mayors. Goh and other U.S. mayors are in the capital to meet with federal officials and members of Congress on “the most pressing issues of the day.

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.

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla hopes President-elect Donald Trump will 'do the right thing' and support fire recovery efforts with no strings attached.

Sen. Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) swearing-in for a full six-year term in the upper chamber this week set a U.S. record as the 119th Congress convened for the first time Friday. The Democrat

In a tense exchange, Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff of California and Pam Bondi sparred over whether her personal political beliefs would affect decisions on pardons in January 6, 2021, cases and the preservation of evidence from the special counsel investigations into Donald Trump.

During her Senate confirmation hearing, Pam Bondi hit back at Adam Schiff, reminding him why he was censured by Congress in 2023

Adam Schiff on Sunday urged the creation of ... Fellow California Sen. Alex Padilla (D) on Sunday said the fires were a chance for Trump to cast aside the polarization that marred the 2024 ...

Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif ... The process happened in 2022 when Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was elected to fill the seat vacated by Vice President Harris for both the partial and full term.

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general who is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, artfully dodged most questions posed by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing this week. But we managed to learn quite a bit about her nonetheless.

'Backed ourselves into an oligarchy': Hillsborough Republican lawmaker chimes in on influence of lobbyists and party leadership

Pam Bondi had a tense exchange with Democratic senators during her confirmation hearing. The 59-year-old was tapped by Donald Trump to serve as the US attorney general after his first pick, Matt Gaetz,