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Ivanka Trump Supports Allowing Headscarves in Congress Even Though Her Father Once Called for Muslim Ban
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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Ilhan Omar, BDS sanctions, and why criticism of Israel's government isn't anti-Semitic
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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Rep.-Elect Ilhan Omar Says She'll Work To Lift Ban On Religious Headwear In Congress
“No one puts a scarf on my head but me," Omar wrote on Sunday.
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Russian agents reached a staggering number of Americans through social media during the 2016 election campaign, and sites like Facebook missed some obvious signs of what was... Read more ...
Trump lashes out at the Fed ahead of expected rate hike that could...
The Federal Reserve is expected to increase its benchmark interest rate this week. President Donald Trump criticized the central bank once again on Monday for considering... Read more ...
American CEOs are worried about 4 things. Number one is Donald Trump
134 American CEOs were survey last week during the Yale CEO Summit in New York. The event was off-the-record, but The New York Times got access to the results of the survey. At... Read more ...
Weekly Standard Co-Founder Calls Rep. Steve King 'Foul, Disgusting Liar'
Conservative John Podhoretz lambasted the white supremacist congressman on Twitter after King applauded the magazine's closure. Read more ...
Jeremy Corbyn to call no-confidence vote in Theresa May
Theresa May faces a possible no-confidence vote this week launched by the opposition Labour party. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is poised to call a parliamentary vote of no... Read more ...
Saudi Arabia praises 'prudent' Trump administration for repeatedly covering...
Saudi Arabia praised the Trump administration on Sunday for their "prudent" stance on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in October by Saudi agents. President Donald... Read more ...
Trump's own lawyer Giuliani suggests he hasn't been truthful in felony...
President Donald Trump's own lawyer, former Rudy Giuliani, suggested on Sunday that the president hadn't always told truthful stories about alleged campaign finance... Read more ...
Trump Administration 'Absolutely' Prepared to Force Shutdown
Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide $5 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border despite... Read more ...
Theresa May told by ministers to surrender control of Brexit to Parliament
Theresa May is losing control of the Brexit process. Ministers publicly call on her to hand over control to Parliament as she heads towards a landslide defeat on her... Read more ...
New report shows where Russia prevailed and failed in its mission to elect...
A draft report seen by The Washington Post shows how effectively Russia twisted Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media to influence the right voters and achieve its... Read more ...