Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is facing scrutiny and criticism from Republicans based on a flawed translation of a speech she made at a gathering to commemorate recent elections in Somalia. Republicans led by U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer‚ also from Minnesota‚ have criticized an alleged translation of a speech to a room full of Somali supporters in Minneapolis last weekend‚ with Emmer calling it "anti-American" in a post on X. Omar said the translation accompanying a video of the speech...

Conservative calls to deport Representative Ilhan Omar over comments she purportedly made about Somalia have no legal merit‚ experts tell Newsweek. The progressive Democrat‚ a Somali American and Muslim‚ has been under fire for remarks she allegedly made to Somali American constituents that have been viewed over 7 million times on X. Omar‚ a Somali American and Muslim‚ seemed to address a deal struck by Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland with landlocked...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday called for "Squad" member Rep. Ilhan Omar‚ D-Minn.‚ to be expelled from Congress‚ have her citizenship revoked‚ and deported from the country over a speech she gave which critics alleged Omar put the interests of Somalis over Americans.  The clip of Omar’s Jan. 27 speech‚ which went viral this week‚ appeared to show the Somali-born congresswoman assuring her constituents that she would use her influence to ensure the breakaway...

Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the air of East Palestine‚ Ohio‚ after a Norfolk Southern train derailment nearly one year ago‚ polluting the environment with toxic chemicals that residents fear have caused long-term health effects. “We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open‚” hazardous materials specialist Sil Caggiano said. After a year of pleas for help and near silence from the Biden administration‚ the president...

Jena Griswold‚ Colorado’s secretary of state‚ on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm a decision by the state’s high court to remove Donald Trump from the ballot‚ citing the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case next week after justices decided to take up Trump’s appeal. Griswold said Colorado’s Election Code is designed in such a way that allows the secretary and...

Only two House lawmakers on Wednesday voted against a measure seeking to ban Hamas terrorists involved in last October’s attack on Israel from ever entering the US –  Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Cori Bush (D-Mo.). The No Immigration Benefits for Hamas Terrorists Act‚ introduced by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.)‚ would deem any members of Hamas‚ Palestinian Islamic Jihad‚ the Palestine Liberation Organization or other individuals who participated in or facilitated...

The House passed a $78 billion tax bill on Wednesday that boosts the child tax credit and reinstates business deductions that were rescinded during the Trump administration‚ sending the bipartisan‚ bicameral legislation to the Senate for consideration. The chamber cleared the measure‚ dubbed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act‚ in an overwhelmingly bipartisan 357-70 vote. Passage of the legislation — which was crafted by House Ways and Means Committee Chair...

The House voted Wednesday night to pass a $78 billion tax package that includes an expansion of the child tax credit‚ sending it to the Senate‚ where its path is uncertain. The Republican-led House passed the bipartisan measure 357-70‚ using a fast-track process that requires a two-thirds majority. The legislation received broad support from each party: 169 Republicans and 188 Democrats voted for it‚ while 47 Republicans and 23 Democrats voted against it. But the bill...

The House passed a major bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would expand the child tax credit and renew key business investment deductions. The vote was 357-70‚ with members of both parties supporting the $78 billion legislation‚ H.R. 7024‚ the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. The bill faces some obstacles in the Senate. The White House‚ though‚ has indicated that President Joe Biden supports the plan. Lawmakers have been rushing to...

The ongoing negotiations over a border security bill continue. Almost daily the public is promised the text of the draft bill any day now.  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema‚ I-Ariz.‚ lambasted critics of the bill as it has leaked out detail by detail.  "The stories that are swirling about what this does and doesn’t do are wrong‚" Sinema argued Wednesday. "It is misinformation‚ and whether it is willful or not is someone else’s question to answer‚ but the rumors that are swirling about...