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.

California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla said he will attend the 47th presidential inauguration on Monday in which President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office for his second term.

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

Sacramento, CA — A $2.5 billion relief package was approved by the California legislature today to help those impacted by the fires that have devastated Los Angeles.

The candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump won the Republican primary in a special congressional election to replace former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz in Florida.

President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles.

The U.S. Senate energy committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's picks to lead the U.S. Departments of Energy and Interior, officials who, if approved by the full Senate, will seek to maximize fossil fuel output and dismantle parts of former President Joe Biden's climate policy.