Man charged with setting fire to Minneapolis mosque A man who is suspected of setting fires to mosques in Minneapolis has been indicted on federal charges of arson and damage to religious property The Independent UK · May 4, 2023
Ilhan Omar condemns US’s failure to act since George Floyd: ‘A broken system’ Exclusive: three years after the murder, the Minnesota congresswoman talks prison abuse and her new police violence resolution The Guardian - US · May 3, 2023
Minneapolis mosque fires suspect arrested and charged with arson Federal complaint alleges Jackie Little, who had a ‘known history of arson or suspect arson’, started fires at two mosques The Guardian - US · May 2, 2023
House rejects Gaetz resolution to remove US troops from Somalia - Roll Call The House easily rejected Rep. Gaetz' resolution requiring US troops to be returned from Somalia, but more than 100 lawmakers were on board. Roll Call · Apr 27, 2023
Ilhan Omar embarks on new path no longer defined by 'firsts' Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is now in her third term and she's no longer defined by the “firsts” that accompanied her arrival in Congress The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2023
Maga at war as ‘un-Christian’ Marjorie Taylor Greene and ‘mentally unstable’ Laura Loomer squabble over Trump The former president reportedly wants to hire Ms Loomer for his 2024 election campaign The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023
Trump’s foes delight in ex-president’s indictment: ‘In America, NO ONE is above the law’ ‘Republican officials are claiming it’s relatable that Donald Trump paid hush money to a porn star in order to win a presidential election, then manipulated official business records to conceal his campaign finance violations,.Weird’ The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2023
In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices and norms. The Conversation · Mar 22, 2023
DOD shields Russia war crime evidence "Basically, we want others punished, but not ourselves," reporter says Salon · Mar 10, 2023
Biden faces split Congress, 1st veto as bipartisanship ebbs President Joe Biden is getting ready to speak to House Democrats in a private meeting later Wednesday The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023
MTG: "We want our own safe space" Critics quickly mocked Greene's comment as "beyond parody" Salon · Mar 1, 2023
Q&A: Jewish staffer for Rep. Omar decries religion-based hatred WASHINGTON — In the hours after House Republicans voted to remove his boss from the Foreign Affairs Committee, Jeremy Slevin, a Jewish American and senior adviser to one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, posted to Twitter. Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023
Jewish Omar staffer targeted over boss's comments decries religion-based hatred - Roll Call Accused of betraying his faith for working for Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Muslim, Jeremy Slevin decries religion-based hatred. Roll Call · Feb 22, 2023
What the Biden administration has – and hasn’t – done in response to the Ohio train derailment Pete Buttigieg said he planned to visit East Palestine The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023
Axios · Feb 16, 2023 Ohio derailment prompts calls to investigate federal oversight of freight trains The 150-car Norfolk Southern train was hauling at least five tanker cars containing the hazardous gas vinyl chloride.
Salon · Feb 15, 2023 Ohio train disaster follows deregulation The East Palestine derailment is the "latest in a long string of corporate malfeasance"
Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023 Joe Rogan criticized for an antisemitic trope he used in defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar Another week, another Joe Rogan controversy.
Reason · Feb 7, 2023 Ilhan Omar and Joe Rogan, A Short Play Scene 1: One day on Twitter Glenn Greenwald: Republicans criticizing Rep. Omar for saying Israel has hypnotized the world shows that members of Congress prefer Israel's interests to Americans' right to free speech. Rep. Omar: It's all about the Benjamins. Scene 2, later on Twitter< The crowd: That's antisemitic! You…
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023 Police violence upended the lives of these families attending Biden’s State of the Union Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black victims of police brutality will attend prime-time address
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023 Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at AOC in Twitter spat: ‘Like a teenaged girl’ Disagreement came as House voted to remove Ilhan Omar from committee
The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023 AOC fires back at Marjorie Taylor Greene in Twitter spat Disagreement came as House voted to remove Ilhan Omar from committee
Los Angeles Times · Feb 6, 2023 Robin Abcarian: What got Rep. Ilhan Omar kicked off that House committee? Payback and prejudice, not antisemitism The idea that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has essentially given aid and comfort to those who supported an insurrection against the United States government, would accuse anyone of being un-American is as rich as it is Orwellian.
Salon · Feb 6, 2023 Behold, the new Republican culture war Republicans' only agenda is to make sure the rich get richer — and to distract us with manufactured moral outrage
Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2023 Editorial: McCarthy’s House of ill repute: Booting of Omar from committee is an embarrassment With a party-line vote, the House has removed Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee, the latest disgrace for a chamber where Speaker Kevin McCarthy has ceded control to his party’s militant fringe.
The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2023 Democrats’ Ilhan Omar defence weakened by party’s own attacks over Israel Party’s criticism of Omar’s Israel position has greased the path for Republicans to oust her from the foreign affairs committee