Congressional Democrats are poised to update Capitol Hill rules that would allow lawmakers such as Ilhan Omar to wear religion headwear in the chamber.
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Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar is already claiming her place in American history even though her official work as part of the new Democratic House majority won't begin until January.
In addition to being the first Muslim woman ever elected to Congress, along with Rep.-elect Rashida Tlaib , the congresswoman-elect who lived in a refugee camp as a child after the outbreak of Somalia's civil war and came to the United States at the age of 12 despite being unable to speak English, will be the first Somali-American congressional member and is poised to become the first lawmaker to wear religious...
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“No one puts a scarf on my head but me," Omar wrote on Sunday.
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Shanahan said he has a great deal of discretion in deciding how to use the authorities granted to him by Trump's declaration Friday of a national emergency. Read more ...
"Saturday Night Live" took aim at President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency over funds for his long-sought wall along the US-Mexico border. Alec Baldwin... Read more ...
It's the latest indication the senator may be seeking another shot at the Oval Office. Read more ...
Heather Nauert, picked by President Trump to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State... Read more ...
Of the nine candidates officially running in the Democratic presidential primary, only one is a heterosexual white man. And that guy, former Rep. John Delaney, generally polls... Read more ...
President Trump warned late on Saturday that Europe must take back around 800 captured ISIS fighters from the continent, or risk the US being forced to release them. "The... Read more ...
Australia's trade minister says UK will not be able to join key trade agreement straight after Brexit. Simon Birmingham poured water on proposals from the UK to swiftly join... Read more ...
Fellow writer Don Winslow has challenged the president to a debate to prove Trump's "narrative" is a "flat-out lie." Read more ...
Sen. Lindsey Graham on Saturday expressed his support for President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency, and said Trump's own admission that he “didn't need... Read more ...
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team found communications about hacked Democratic Party emails between Trump advisor Roger Stone and WikiLeaks, according to Friday court... Read more ...