U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, both Democrats from California, wrote to the Trump Administration on Monday ...

SANTA CRUZ — California Senate leadership has appointed Sen. John Laird chair of the influential Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee for the remainder of the 2025-26 legislative session, ...

“This bill addresses a long-standing gap in consumer safeguards for timeshare agreements, which often involve complex terms ...

Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.) pushed the Trump Administration to reverse its shortsighted staff cuts and harmful reductions to critical weather forecasting services ...

The junior senator says he’s ‘proud’ to be high on the president’s enemy list as he highlights his work over the past 12 ...

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A top federal election official who falsely claimed Democrats need “illegal citizens” to vote to win elections and publicly mused about committing voter fraud herself must rescind those statements or ...

WASHINGTON D.C. – California Senator Alex Padilla joined Senator Gary Peters in filing an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump Administration from gathering voter information to ...

The Oil and Gas Leasing Program includes six lease proposals to drill for oil and gas off the coast of Northern, Central and Southern California. The Administration’s plan proposes opening vast ...