Schumer and nine other Democrats crossed the aisle to advance the budget in a key procedural vote. The legislation only required a simple majority in the Senate chamber for final passage, and all but ...

Some climate activists think the benefits of permitting reform outweigh the costs. Others are skeptical. They see environmental reviews as some of the best tools for reining in fossil fuel pollution — ...

A local progressive advocacy group is calling for new leadership in the U.S. Senate after Minority Leader Chuck Schumer allowed a ...

Experts are warning that Trump administration workforce cuts at federal agencies overseeing U.S. dams are threatening their ...

The California Republican Party held its annual convention over the weekend in Sacramento and picked a new leader.

The top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, who promoted President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 ...

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) issued the following statement ahead of his vote against cloture and final passage of Republicans’ partisan bill to fund the government ...

California Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff will vote “no” on the House-passed plan to keep the government running through ...

California Sen. Alex Padilla wrote Interior Secretary Doug Burgum a letter of support for Yosemite's reservation system.

California’s Democratic senators, historically big supporters of organized labor, were split over whether to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as the Trump administration Labor Secretary, a rare schism ...

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-CA, surveys damage from the Jan. 2025 L.A. County wildfires with L.A. city Fire Capt. Frank Líma. Padilla has invited Líma to be his guest at President Donald Trump’s ...