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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and 15 other Democrats arrested near the Supreme Court during abortion-rights protest
Democratic lawmakers gathered at the steps of the Capitol and marched toward the Supreme Court as p…
Oma Seddiq
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Abortion rights and gun control join the wish list of executive orders that midterm-wary Democrats want Biden to issue ASAP
With the midterms fast approaching and legislative options dwindling, congressional Democrats are a…
Warren Rojas
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Student-loan payments resume in 2 months as Biden nears a decision on federal debt cancellation
Advocates are pushing Biden to cancel student debt and extend the payment pause, as the GOP slams h…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Ilhan Omar says she won't get the COVID-19 vaccine immediately because Congress members are 'not more important' than frontline workers
"People who need it most, should get it," the Minnesota congresswoman said, unlike many other lawma…
Oma Seddiq
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Impeaching Clarence Thomas: How Democrats could remove conservative justices
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has fueled calls for the impeachment of Justice Clarence Thomas and …
C. Ryan Barber
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Rep. Ilhan Omar says a man who called her office and said 'tell her I'm going to kill her today' has been convicted of threatening lawmakers
The man was also convicted of calling another congressman and claiming he was a member of the gang …
Kelsey Vlamis
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Biden's Education Department must prepare to carry out student-loan forgiveness 'quickly and efficiently,' Ilhan Omar says — and avoid 'unnecessary roadblocks' for millions of borrowers
"We cannot abandon the millions of Americans who are still shackled to thousands of dollars in stud…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Eric Swalwell slams House GOP for moving against Ilhan Omar after supporting the openly anti-semitic Kanye West
"So don't come here looking at us for antisemitism," the California Democrat said on the House floo…
Brent D. Griffiths
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George Santos says he's undecided on whether he'll vote to kick Ilhan Omar off of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Omar's seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, at risk due to anti-Semitism charges, could be decide…
Bryan Metzger
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Rep. Ilhan Omar called the governor of Texas a 'hypocrite' for defending the 'right to choose' on vaccines a week after the state passed a restrictive abortion law
Gov. Greg Abbott criticized the White House for infringing on the "right to choose" after it said i…
Kelsey Vlamis
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House Republicans aim to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from committees instead of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
House Republicans pushed a tit-for-tat response to calls for reprimanding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gree…
Oma Seddiq,Jake Lahut
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Facebook is refusing to remove an attack ad falsely linking Rep. Ilhan Omar to Hamas
The video was created amid clashes in Israel and Gaza. Omar's office told Facebook the video could …
Tom Porter
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Ilhan Omar calls for Israel to be held accountable for 'human rights violations' over killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
The Biden administration condemned Akleh's killing and called for an investigation, without explici…
Oma Seddiq,John Haltiwanger
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It's been more than a year since Biden found out whether he could legally cancel student debt using executive action
In April 2021, the Education Department wrote a memo on Biden's legal ability to cancel student deb…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Ilhan Omar calls for US to join International Criminal Court amid calls for war crimes trial against Putin: 'Our refusal to join the court is antithetical to our commitment to human rights'
The United States has long resisted becoming a member of the court, fearing it would be investigate…
Bryan Metzger
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Rep. Ilhan Omar shares details about her warm relationship with 'Auntie' Nancy Pelosi
Although Pelosi and the Squad have had their scuffles, Omar revealed to journalist Susan Page that …
Oma Seddiq
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Student-loan borrowers will likely have to pay off their debt 'at some time' during the Biden administration, the White House says
After extending the student-loan-payment pause, Psaki told Fox News that Joe Biden will "continue t…
Ayelet Sheffey
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House votes to boot Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee after McCarthy wins over GOP holdouts with ethics promises
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace told Insider that McCarthy couldn't win her over on kicking Omar off the…
Bryan Metzger
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Ilhan Omar is fighting a lonely battle against the 'muscle memory' driving Democrats' response to Russia's war in Ukraine
"A lot of progressives, I feel, have abandoned their principles of being anti-war," Rep. Ilhan Omar…
Bryan Metzger
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Rep. Ilhan Omar slams Biden's 'shameful' plan to restart construction on Trump's 'xenophobic and racist' wall
"It's shameful and unacceptable for [Biden] to continue the construction of Trump's xenophobic and …