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Trump Calls On Rep. Ilhan Omar To Resign Over Remarks Criticized As Anti-Semitic

2:20pm February 12, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

"Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress," President Trump said. "I think she should either resign from Congress or she should certainly resign from the foreign affairs committee."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the press in the newly inaugurated Cathedral of the Nativity Christ, east of Cairo, on Thursday.

Pompeo's Cairo Speech Is Met With Skepticism About Trump Policies

10:12pm January 10, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

A former ambassador to Yemen, scholars and Muslim leaders question Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's claims that the U.S. under Trump is a positive influence in the Middle East.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (left) and Rep. Deb Haaland look up to the gallery at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, their first day as members of Congress.

Congresswoman Tlaib Inspires Palestinian-Americans With A Dress And A Hashtag

1:25pm January 04, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib wore a thobe to her swearing-in ceremony, and women responded on social media with photographs of themselves wearing the elaborate embroidered Palestinian dress.

Ilhan Omar, a candidate for State Representative for District 60B in Minnesota, gives an acceptance speech on election night, November 8, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Omar, a refugee from Somalia, is the first Somali-American Muslim woman to hold publi

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This Week In Race: New Doc, New Pols, New Race Game

4:01am March 17, 2017

The Fader had an terrific profile of Congress' first Somali-Muslim American, Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is standing firm against the so-called Muslim ban.

One month after winning a seat in Minnesota's legislature, Ilhan Omar says she was assailed in a cab ride to her hotel from the White House.

History-Making Somali-American Legislator Reports 'Hateful' Taunts In D.C.

4:32pm December 08, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Ilhan Omar says she was "subjected to the most hateful, derogatory, Islamophobic, sexist taunts and threats I have ever experienced" in a cab during her visit to the nation's capital.