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PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 27: In this photo illustration, California Proposition 50 special election mailing materials are displayed on October 27, 2025 in Pasadena, California. California voters are casting their ballots in the redistricting measure which would redraw the state’s congressional districts in an effort to increase Democratic seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Photo Illustration by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

California Democrat senators demand DOJ withdraw election monitors

Democrat senators from California are urging the United States Justice Department to hold off on sending federal election observers to the state for its special election next week.

(Background) US Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat from California, speaks to reporters outside of the Wilshire Federal Building, after he was forcibly removed after interrupting a news conference being held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Los Angeles was "safe and sound" for the past two nights, crediting his deployment of thousands of troops to quell anti-deportation protests, as California prepared for a legal showdown over his unprecedented move. With protests spreading across the United States, a night-time curfew has been in place in its second-largest city with authorities tackling vandalism and looting that scarred a few city blocks. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) / (R-Top) US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Los Angeles was "safe and sound" for the past two nights, crediting his deployment of thousands of troops to quell anti-deportation protests, as California prepared for a legal showdown over his unprecedented move. With protests spreading across the United States, a night-time curfew has been in place in its second-largest city with authorities tackling vandalism and looting that scarred a few city blocks. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) / (R-Bottom) Screenshot image taken of video footage filmed by DHS videographers.

Democrat Sen. Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference after ‘interrupting’ and ‘not complying with officers,’ DHS responds

Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly escorted away from a Los Angeles press conference on Thursday after attempting to hound Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with questions during her remarks concerning illegal immigration policy.

A view of cars on the road during rush hour traffic jam, while California's government authorities are expected to put into effect a plan to prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035, according to local media, in San Francisco, California, U.S. August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

US Senate votes to block California 2035 electric vehicle rules

The Senate voted to bar California’s landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles by 2035 that has been adopted by 11 other states.