Politic > Democrats
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.
Read more ...
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...
Read more ...
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.
Read more ...
Search by Tags
Democrats Congress Election News BDS Election 2018 Ilhan Omar Israel Minnesota Palestine PoliticsActing Defense Secretary Says He Hasn't Determined Amount For 'Emergency'...
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 ...
'SNL' mocked Trump's border wall national emergency - and Trump wasn't happy
"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 ...
Bernie Sanders Reportedly Records 2020 Campaign Announcement
It's the latest indication the senator may be seeking another shot at the Oval Office. Read more ...
In Surprise, Trump's Pick for UN Ambassador Withdraws
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picked by President Trump to be the next US ambassador to the United Nations but never officially nominated, has withdrawn from consideration, the State...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 ...
How Does a Straight White Male Democrat Run for President?
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 ...
Trump says Europe must take back 800 captured ISIS fighters and put them on...
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 ...
'Obviously it's a statement of fact that the UK is not within the Pacific'...
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 ...
Stephen King Offers $10,000 For A Trump Border Wall Debate
Fellow writer Don Winslow has challenged the president to a debate to prove Trump's "narrative" is a "flat-out lie." Read more ...
Graham: I 'support' Trump emergency declaration
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 ...
Roger Stone communicated with WikiLeaks about hacked Democratic emails, says...
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 ...