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New York Times demotes editor who sparked fury
By CNN,
915, August 14, 2019 (EAT)
Jonathan Weisman, the deputy Washington editor for The New York Times (NYT), has been demoted after a pair of incidents in which he ignited controvers...
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‘Apologize to America,’ Trump tells Democratic congresswomen
By Reuters,
1813, July 22, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up his attacks on four Democratic congresswomen who have criticized his policies, calling on them to apo...
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House condemns Trump over ‘racist comments’ tweeted at congresswomen
By Reuters,
1434, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for “ racist comments” against four minority Democratic congr...
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Trump tells Democratic congresswomen to ‘go back’ to ‘fix’ countries they came from
By Reuters,
1321, July 15, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told a group of mostly American-born Democratic congresswomen to “go back and help fix the totally broken and ...
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Trump seeks to swing traditionally democratic Jewish vote
By VOA,
1837, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
Shelley Berkley spent 14 years in Congress representing the western swing state of Nevada. The lifelong Democrat is worried about her party’s abilit...
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First Somali-American congresswoman ignites controversy in diverse Minneapolis
By VOA,
1152, March 26, 2019 (EAT)
Representative Ilhan Omar has a way of attracting attention. Four months ago, the Democrat became the first Somali-American — and one of the firs...
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Women and LGBT candidates make history in 2018 midterms
By CNN,
2016, November 7, 2018 (EAT)
From a pair of Native American women to a Somali refugee to the first openly gay man elected governor, the 2018 midterm elections brought a series of ...
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Ilhan Omar, Malcolm Kenyatta: The Kenyan connections in US midterm elections
By Ian Omondi,
1205, November 7, 2018 (EAT)
Voters from the United States of America on Tuesday took to the ballot to participate in the country’s midterm elections. What many may not know ...
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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib become first Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress
By Reuters,
637, November 7, 2018 (EAT)
Voters in Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress, a former refugee who fled Somalia’s ci...
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Somali-American Ilhan Omar set to be first Muslim woman in Congress
By Linda Ngari,
746, October 31, 2018 (EAT)
Ilhan Omar landed in the US as a refugee at 12-years-old, fleeing the war in her home country Somalia. 24 years later, Omar stands to make history ...
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Dadaab Camp refugee elected American Legislator
By Citizen Team,
1500, November 10, 2016 (EAT)
Although the United States of America did not choose its first female president, Ilhan Omar made history becoming the first Muslim woman of Somali ori...
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