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.”

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.

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

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

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

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.

Pam Bondi, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next U.S. attorney general, refused to give a basic yes or no answer, during her confirmation hearing Wednesday, regarding her views on birthright citizenship, which is etched into the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

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 ...

Sparks flew on Wednesday when Attorney General nominee Pam Bondi tangled with Sen. Adam Schiff, who demanded to know if she would open an investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s political opponents and whether she believes Mr.

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.

Calif., questioned Doug Burgum about requests from states for federal disaster relief and if providing that relief should come "with or without conditions."

Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, both Democrats, get a chance to question some of them during committee confirmation hearings. The Senate will hold hearings this week on 12 nominees.