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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace laid into Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on "The Beat" on Thursday evening — and on Fox News for giving her a platform to spread a "lie."

The Trump administration is scrambling to handle the controversy after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) tried to ask a question at a DHS press briefing, only to be wrestled and handcuffed by federal agents.

A MAGA senator sparred with CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon during a grilling over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisting the Pentagon doesn't have to "respect a court ruling."

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) joined Tapper's show "The Lead" and was asked to react to Hegseth's comments to lawmakers after Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) asked whether Hegseth would respect court rulings on U.S. service members being used to intervene in Los Angeles protests.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace chuckled Thursday afternoon at the idea Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) might say something productive about a brouhaha in which one of his members was thrown out of a news conference and handcuffed despite identifying himself as a senator.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) went to a press conference for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, where he said he had a question. He was shoved by law enforcement out the door, pushed face down on the carpet by three officers, and handcuffed. He wasn't arrested or charged with a crime.

A longtime Republican political strategist and publisher of The Bulwark is issuing a warning to the senators in her party that they need to be careful where they stand on their colleague, Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), being manhandled and handcuffed at a news conference when he tried to ask a question.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem claimed in an official statement from the DHS X account that Padilla didn't identify himself as a Senator at the event. She repeated the comment when speaking to Fox News about it later.

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) posted a video of lawmakers marching their way through the U.S. Capitol to demand accountability from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) after a Democratic senator was recorded Thursday afternoon being tackled by federal agents.

"We are marching to Senator Thune’s office. There must be accountability for the detainment of a Senator. This is not normal," Frost wrote on Bluesky.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) faced backlash from members of Congress after he accused Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) of "storming" Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference.

"Did federal agents go too far in the way they treated Senator Padilla today?" Fox News correspondent Chad Pergram asked the speaker.

House Speaker Mike Johnson attacked Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) for interrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference on Thursday.

Padilla identified himself as a U.S. senator and said, "I have a question for the secretary." He was forcibly removed by marked and unmarked FBI agents, shoved face-down on the ground by three officers, and handcuffed.

A Democratic U.S. Senator is coming after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over "deceptive" posts on social media.

The department came under fire Thursday following an incident in which Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from a news conference. In the wake of the news conference, DHS issued a statement falsely claiming that Padilla didn't identify himself.

The Department of Homeland Security alleged in a post on X that Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was detained because he attended the event "without identifying himself or having his Senate security pin on." It's something one U.S. Senator called a "lie."

Video shows Padilla being grabbed by FBI officers, where he says, "I'm U.S. Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."

CNN analyst and political director David Chalian was stupefied by video of federal agents manhandling and handcuffing Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) after he tried to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question during a news conference about the federal intervention of the Trump administration against anti-deportation protesters in California.

Homeland Security has defended their actions by claiming that Padilla behaved unprofessionally and failed to identify himself as a member of Congress. However, some observers note that he did just that.

A House hearing descended into shouting on Thursday afternoon with a Democrat demanding a subpoena for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Chairman James Comer shouting at him to "shut up."

During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Thursday, Rep. Maxwel Frost (D-FL) argued with Comer (R-KY) about whether Noem should be subpoenaed because her agents detained Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA).

U.S. Senators took to the floor on Thursday afternoon after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was shoved out of a Homeland Security news conference, pushed to the ground, and handcuffed by the FBI.

"We have a constitutional obligation to provide oversight to the executive, a constitutional obligation to ask questions, to make inquiries, a constitutional obligation to check and balance the authority of the executive," Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said from the Senate floor.