U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla is pursuing answers after the Trump administration opened California dams using military resources.

According to the Times on Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had then been directed to dramatically increase the flow ...

"California is the largest contributor of tax revenue to the federal treasury by far," Padilla wrote Jan. 27 on X. "In 2022 alone, California paid $83 billion more to the federal government than it ...

A day after President Donald Trump claimed to have used the U.S. military and emergency powers to pump more water from ...

California Democrats delayed votes on their “Trump-proofing” bills that would have provided $25 million for funding lawsuits ...

President Donald Trump said on social media that the military had intervened to secure California water supplies.

Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., grilled Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the FBI, over Patel’s pro-gun stances. Asked by Padilla whether Patel believes background checks on ...

On the first week of Donald Trump's second presidency, we report from Washington, D.C., and the frontlines of fire damage in ...

U.S. Senator Alex Padilla Questions Defense Secretary Hegseth on Trump’s Purported Military Action to “Turn On” California Water ...

California is suing to block President Donald Trump’s federal funding freeze, which impacts programs including wildfire aid ...