Alex Padilla
United States Senator from California since 2021
Photo: United States Senate Photographic Studio, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Sep 30
US Senate blocks congressional stock trading bill in 53-47 vote over loopholes and voter ID rules
Democrats and independents in the US Senate halted the Stop Insider Trading Act ahead of the midterm recess, voting 53 to 47 against advancing a measure that excluded existing stock portfolios and added federal voter identification rules.
- Jul 21
Ava DuVernay's '14th' documentary will close the 64th New York Film Festival on Oct. 9, ten years after '13th' opened the event
The world premiere of Ava DuVernay's new documentary '14th,' examining the 14th Amendment and birthright citizenship, will be the closing-night selection of the 64th New York Film Festival on Oct. 9, 2026.
