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Chris Wicker isn’t quite sure which emotions will bubble to the top when he walks into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night for President Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress.
He knows he’ll be humbled. As a six-year Air Force veteran who has saluted the American flag more times than he can count, the 40-year-old Woodbury native will be in awe to stand amid history at the gathering of the joint session of Congress.
Two Democratic members of Congress are demanding that the acting secretary of Labor explain planned mass dismissals and the dismantling of an agency that was reviewing Elon Musk’s Tesla for suspected discrimination.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among African American women in the United States, at 47% according to the National Library of Medicine. Hypertension, a major risk factor for CVD, affects 56% of African American women, nearly 1.5 times higher than the rates in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Former longtime KARE 11 political reporter John Croman was recognized at the nation's Capitol for his 27 years of reporting.
Rep. Ilhan Omar took a moment on the House floor Wednesday to honor Croman, who retired from KARE back in November.
WASHINGTON– Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke on the House Floor during debate to vocalize her opposition to the Republican budget plan. She sits on the House Budget Committee and offered four amendments this week to alter the legislative text.
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WASHINGTON – House Education and Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Ranking Member Ilhan Omar (MN-05) are demanding the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) share how the reductions in staffing and pro
WASHINGTON—Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) outlined her agenda as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Education and Workforce. The Congresswoman also unveiled her fact sheet here and below.
Washington — Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she doesn't think Republicans have the support in Congress to approve the Trump administration's gutting of federal agencies and programs, saying "that's why they're not bringing it through Congress."
Right-wing defenders of Elon Musk’s assertions of virtually unlimited authority over the government of the United States are pushing the big lie that the richest man in the world has been legitimately (and legally) empowered to make federal agencies his personal fiefdoms. But Americans who are familiar with their country’s history know better.