"Why did they get us here if they weren't going to let us in?" grumped a longtime KNX News reporter, one of two dozen media people queued up Thursday morning outside the federal building in West Los Angeles.

Calls grow for Kristi Noem to resign in the wake of Padilla incident - California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell leads calls for Homeland Security Secretary to step down after senator forcibly removed

Longtime Republican strategist Sarah Longwell urged sitting senators in her party to defend Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), who was handcuffed and forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ’s press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday.