Democrats outraged after federal agents handcuff Sen Padilla at Noem press event

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced a $9.4 billion cut from USAID and public broadcasting outside the House chamber, but reporters quickly shifted focus to the controversy surrounding Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., who was forcibly removed during a press conference. Amid heckling from Democrats and Johnson’s defense of Padilla’s actions as “wildly inappropriate,” a civil conversation ensued between Johnson and Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa.

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