16:25 (20:25)โขSenator Padilla Handcuffed at Federal Presser
โจThe newspapers report on Democratic Senator Alex Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed during DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (Boston Globe, Breitbart, CNN, Common Dreams, Fox News, NBC News, NPR, Newsweek, AP News, The Daily Beast, Mother Jones, The Blaze, ABC News, MSNBC, NY Post, NYTimes, The Hill, Washington Post, HuffPost). Padilla interrupted Noem as she discussed attacks on federal police by California rioters, with security treating him as a potential threat before handcuffing him. Conservative outlets frame this as a "botched ambush" while liberal sources emphasize the unprecedented nature of a sitting senator being physically restrained. Meanwhile, the Air India crash death toll reaches 290 with one survivor walking away from the wreckage after being thrown from the Boeing 787 that crashed into a medical school (CNN, AP News, USA Today). The House approved $9.4 billion in DOGE cuts to foreign aid and public media, while police targeted dozens of reporters during LA's anti-ICE protests (The Epoch Times, Reason).