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Fast Forward House Panel Expands Probe Into Kushner, Ivanka Trump Working With Private Email
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee said Monday that he was expanding his investigation of Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and other White House employees who reportedly used personal emails, cell phones and apps for work communication, in violation of federal record-keeping laws. Chairman Elijah Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland, wrote in a letter to…
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Fast Forward Most House Democrats Slam Israeli-Palestinian Plans That Don’t Include 2 States
WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than half of the Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives say a peace plan that does not expressly have as its outcome two states would endanger the prospects of peace. The resolution, a dig at the Trump administration’s peace policies, was backed by J Street, the liberal Middle East policy…
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The Schmooze ‘You Should Be Ashamed: Jon Stewart Rebukes Congress For Half-Empty 9/11 Survivor Hearing
“Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress,” comedian and commentator Jon Stewart berated a small, furtive group of congress members at a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning Stewart, who has mostly stepped away from public life since his departure from…
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News A New Black-Jewish Caucus Aims For Solidarity — But Will Israel Get In The Way?
Congress has hundreds of caucuses, collections of politicians with common interests in everything under the sun –- the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Medicare for All Caucus, the Chicken Caucus. On Monday, a new, bipartisan caucus was announced, one that hopes to rebuild a historic alliance that has lately seen some tensions: the Congressional Caucus on…
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Fast Forward Rep. Steve King Was Kicked Off House Committees Over White Nationalism. Now Some In The GOP Want Him Back.
Some Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to get Rep. Steve King back on congressional committees, months after he was kicked off them for making offensive comments about white nationalism, Politico reported Monday. Politico named three leaders of the effort, but noted others were involved as well. “It was unfair the way it…
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Fast Forward Anti-Zionist Imam Who Gave Congressional Prayer Hits Back At Critics
(JTA) — The Texas imam who gave an invocation on the House floor responded to those who criticized his invitation over social posts in which he demonized Israel, likening the country to Nazi-era Germany. Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Dallas-based Yaqeen Institute, an organization that describes itself as a resource about…
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Fast Forward Imam Who Compared Israel To Nazis Gives Opening Prayer In Congress
An imam who has been praised for his social justice work but criticized for his statements about Israel delivered the daily prayer at the House of Representatives on Thursday. Omar Suleiman, the founder and president of the Dallas-based Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, was introduced by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after having been sponsored by…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib’s Going To The West Bank, Inviting Other Politicians To Come With
U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is inviting members of Congress on a trip to the Palestinian Territories, and it could overlap with AIPAC’s planned trip to Israel, Jewish Insider reported. The trip will take place in the middle of August, during Congress’ summer recess. That is typically the time when AIPAC’s trip to Israel, led…
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