
Lauren Peller
Congress Reporter at ABC News
Covering Congress, the House @ABC News / Pitch it to P: [email protected] / Prev. @cbsnews. @smpagwu alum.
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abcnews.go.com | Jack Date |Mike Levine |Benjamin Siegel |Lauren Peller
"People are really scared," a congressional source told ABC News. ByJack Date, Mike Levine, Benjamin Siegel, and Lauren PellerPolice United States Capitol car in Washington D.C., July 8, 2024. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesFederal authorities are trying to determine who has been anonymously ordering pizzas that are sent to the homes of U.S. lawmakers across the country and to the homes of those who help protect those lawmakers.
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abcnews.go.com | Lauren Peller |Mike Levine
Republicans, in what was called a "tense" meeting, shared safety concerns. ByLauren Peller and Mike LevineLaw enforcement establish a security perimeter near the residence of senior Democratic state assemblywoman Melissa Hortman after Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed earlier in the day, in Brooklyn Park, Minn., June 14, 2025.
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southernillinoisnow.com | Lauren Peller |Isabella Murray |Ivan Pereira
(WASHINGTON) — Democrats expressed outrage after Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference on Thursday in Los Angeles, taken to the ground and handcuffed by law enforcement officers. Noem was speaking to the media about the federal response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the area when Padilla entered the room and approached Noem’s podium.
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aol.com | Lauren Peller
Democrats expressed outraged after Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's news conference on Thursday in Los Angeles, taken to the ground and handcuffed by law enforcement officers. Noem was speaking to the media about the federal response to protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the area when Padilla entered the room and approached Noem's podium.
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southernillinoisnow.com | Lauren Peller |Allison Pecorin |Isabella Murray
(WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday once again aligned himself with President Donald Trump, saying the president is “absolutely right” to send the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles as protests over against Immigration and Customs Enforcement continue — and sided with the president’s criticism of California Gov.
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