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March 23, 2021

Ilhan Omar faces backlash for tweet about Boulder massacre suspect's race

Rep. Ilhan Omar, faced backlash for a comment she made after Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa was charged in the Boulder, Colorado mass shooting.

March 22, 2021

Squad member Ilhan Omar to join Dems in border visit amid burgeoning crisis

House Reps. Joaquin Castro of Texas and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota will join a group of Democrats set to observe conditions at an immigration facility for unaccompanied migrant children later this week amid concerns about a mounting crisis at the southern border.

March 16, 2021

Laura Ingraham: Biden, Democrats aim to use pandemic to put US on 'Road to Serfdom'

Democrats are using the coronavirus pandemic to "transform the economy so it will no longer be the free market that has created more prosperity and happiness than any other economic system in the world.," Laura Ingraham told viewers Monday.

March 15, 2021

Ilhan Omar leads Democrats in demanding Biden end ICE contracts with state, local jails

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., led a group of progressive Democrats on Monday in demanding that President Biden's administration end contracts between federal immigration enforcement agencies and state and local detention facilites. 

March 6, 2021

House Progressive leader breaks silence about Senate COVID bill changes

The head of the House Progressive Caucus Saturday offered a statement of support in favor of the Senate version of the coronavirus legislation despite the weakening of some provisions that House liberals had fought for.

March 5, 2021

Ilhan Omar criticizes Biden-backed stimulus for 'sending money to less people'

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., criticized President Biden's decision to tighten income limits on coronavirus relief, arguing that he was sending less money to people than his predecessor did.

March 5, 2021

Ilhan Omar knocks Biden, Senate Dems on COVID relief: We're 'sending money to less people' than Trump

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., expressed her dismay with the lack of progress she believes has been made with the newest round of COVID relief being led by President Biden and Senate Democrats. 

February 27, 2021

Ilhan Omar, other progressives question Biden's 'legal rationale' for Syria airstrikes

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said Friday she was concerned about the White House’s "legal rationale" for launching airstrikes in Syria a day earlier without congressional approval.

February 26, 2021

'Squad' members AOC, Omar suggest Senate parliamentarian could be removed over minimum wage decision

House Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., lashed out at Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough Friday after she rejected a progressive-backed proposal to include a federal minimum wage hike in President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.

February 26, 2021

Past Biden, Psaki tweets criticizing Trump resurface after new Syria airstrikes

Past Twitter messages from President Biden and one of his top aides -- both criticizing former President Trump -- weren't appearing to age well Thursday after Biden ordered airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia stronghold in Syria.