U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar‚ D-Minn.‚ praised her daughter Friday‚ a day after the Ivy League college student was arrested in New York City while participating in an anti-Israel protest.  &;quot;I am enormously proud of my daughter @israhirsi‚&;quot; Omar wrote on X.  &;quot;She has always led with courage and compassion‚ from organizing a statewide school walk out on the 20th anniversary of Columbine at the age of 15‚ to leading the biggest youth climate rally at our nation’s Capitol at 16‚ and now...

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) daughter Isra Hirsi announced Thursday she had been suspended from college after taking part in an unauthorized pro-Palestine protest on campus.   “i’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP‚ in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings‚” Hirsi said on social platform X.   “i just received notice that i am 1 of 3 students suspended for standing in solidarity with Palestinians facing a...

Isra Hirsi‚ the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.)‚ was suspended from Barnard College this week over her participation in a pro-Palestinian protest. Hirsi‚ a junior at Barnard‚ the women’s college connected to Columbia University‚ is an organizer with Apartheid Divest‚ a student coalition that has been pressing the university to cut ties with companies that support Israel. The group had set up an encampment at the university. Hirsi said she was one of three students who were suspended...

The Senate reauthorized an anti-terrorism surveillance law just after midnight Friday‚ overcoming objections from lawmakers worried the revamp did not do enough to protect Americans’ privacy. The Senate rushed to vote‚ 60 to 34‚ in favor of the two-year renewal‚ barely missing approving it ahead of the law’s midnight expiration. With the House having passed the bill last week‚ it was set to go to the White House for President Joe Biden’s signature. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence...