Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has defended the forcible removal of Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla from her Los Angeles press conference on Thursday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The thugification of the Trump administration is not a new phenomenon, but it has rarely been so graphically on display.

Alex Padilla was attempting to ask a question at a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about ...

Sen. Padilla represents 39 million people – he is not some back-bencher member of the House of Representatives.

Outraged and demanding accountability, House Democrats are calling on U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to testify before Congress after her protective detail tackled and handcuffed U.S.

“We will hold this administration accountable,” says Sen. Alex Padilla after trying to ask a question of Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem.

The handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) raises the stakes for future clashes between Democrats and the administration as acts of protest have been met with swift law enforcement action.

Sen. Padilla represents 39 million people – he is not some back-bencher member of the House of Representatives.

Sen. Padilla represents 39 million people – he is not some back-bencher member of the House of Representatives.