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June 24, 2019

Sanders calls for wiping out $1.6 trillion in student debt by taxing Wall Street

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., proposed a plan Monday to eliminate all $1.6 trillion in student debt held by Americans by levying a tax on Wall Street banks.

June 22, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez, other Dems accuse ICE and CBP of 'killing' children, call for hold on funding

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., along with a slew of other House Democrats, responded on Saturday to President Trump's announced Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids by calling for the agency's abolition and opposing supplemental funding for both it and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

June 21, 2019

Ilhan Omar backs AOC on 'concentration camps' at the border comment

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, is backing her freshman colleague, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, over the claim that there were "concentration camps" along the southern border, saying what the U.S. government is doing fits the "general definition."

June 18, 2019

Ilhan Omar criticizes Trump for using legal term on immigration: 'No one is an 'alien''

President Trump was incorrect to call illegal immigrants "aliens," Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said on Tuesday as she called the administration out for dehumanizing immigrants.

June 18, 2019

Cruz blasts John Cusack over tweet critics slammed as anti-Semitic

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex mocked John Cusack over the anti-Semitic tweet he made Monday, asking if he was "one of the freshman trio" of Democratic congresswomen who have previously been condemned for similar controversies. 

June 17, 2019

Omar calls for US to ‘return to table’ after report on Iran’s uranium threat, blames Trump

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, one of Congress' most vocal critics of President Trump, placed the blame squarely on the White House after Iran announced it could enrich uranium up to 20 percent -- just a step below weapons-grade level.

June 12, 2019

Ilhan Omar's 'credibility' questioned by hometown newspaper in stinging editorial

The Star Tribune conveyed its frustration in a Tuesday editorial on Rep. Ilhan Omar's, D-Minn., campaign finance violations -- suggesting that it was just the latest "misstep by the first-term congresswoman."

June 11, 2019

Rep. Ilhan Omar slams 'bigoted' Trump administration for barring pride flag from foreign embassies

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D., Minn., has slammed the Trump administration amid reports that U.S. embassies have had requests to fly the rainbow Pride flag denied.

June 7, 2019

Trump Jr. blasts Omar, Tlaib on Twitter as leaders of 'the Hamas Caucus'

Donald Trump Jr., President Trump's son, had a strong rebuke Friday for New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after the 2020 presidential candidate called anti-Semitism a "right-wing movement."

June 7, 2019

Ilhan Omar violated campaign finance rules, investigation finds, as more questions about tax filings arise

Omar used campaign funds to pay for personal out-of-state travel and help on her tax returns and must reimburse her former campaign committee nearly $3,500.