Ilhan Omar

Dems, GOP edging away from fight over Reps. Greene, Omar

By Alan Fram Jun. 16, 2021 01:06 PM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 12, 2021, file photo, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Greene apologized Monday, June 14, 2021, for affronting people with recent comments comparing the required wearing of safety masks in the House to the horrors of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Rep. Greene apologizes for comparing safety masks, Holocaust

By Alan Fram Jun. 14, 2021 07:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2021, file photo, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The mood is so bad at the Capitol that a Democratic congressman recently let an elevator pass him by rather than ride with Republican colleagues who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s election. “You know, I do sometimes just close my eyes and like picture this place in the way that it used to be, and how welcoming it was,” said Omar, first elected in 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Fallout from riot, virus leaves toxic mood on Capitol Hill

By Lisa Mascaro Mar. 20, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

Sections of pipe await placement near Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the Enbridge Line 3 project on Feb. 8, 2021. Conflict is growing among Indigenous communities along the nearly 400-mile path of Enbridge's Line 3. As the project cuts across the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe, and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, it has brought not just jobs but controversy and discord into the most intimate spheres of spirituality, family, and community. (Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today via AP)

Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

Mary Annette Pember Feb. 24, 2021 10:29 AM EST

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., center, accompanied by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, and Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., left, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, about plans to reintroduce a resolution to call on President Biden to take executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in debt for federal student loan borrowers. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden officials considering action on student debt relief

By Collin Binkley Feb. 04, 2021 03:41 PM EST

Minnesota Law Enforcement officers protect the Minnesota State Capitol Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in St. Paul, Minn., in the wake of the Electoral College protests Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

4 Minnesota GOP lawmakers silent on blame for Capitol siege

By Steve Karnowski And Mohamed Ibrahim Jan. 07, 2021 05:01 PM EST

Protesters attended a rally in support of President Donald Trump on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in St. Paul, Minn. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Trump backers rally at Minnesota Capitol against Biden win

By Steve Karnowski Jan. 06, 2021 02:37 PM EST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., receives a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot by Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Politicians and vaccines: Set an example or cut in line?

By Nicholas Riccardi Dec. 23, 2020 11:59 PM EST

Politicians and vaccines: Set an example or cut in line?

By Nicholas Riccardi Dec. 23, 2020 03:20 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Nov. 18, 2020 04:32 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 17 The Minneapolis Star...

San Diego elects California's youngest House representative

Nov. 05, 2020 02:04 PM EST
San Diego (AP) — San Diego has elected California’s youngest U.S. House representative. At 31, Democrat Sara Jacobs handily beat fellow...

U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., walks her dog Boomer to greet voters at a polling station early, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Democrat Mark Kelly flips Republican Senate seat in Arizona

By Jonathan J. Cooper Nov. 03, 2020 09:28 AM EST

Greg Janacek and Christina Janacek, of the Minneapolis suburb of Blaine, Minnesota, biked to Bridgewood Community Church to vote on Tuesday, Nov, 3, 2020. Greg Janacek said he voted for President Donald Trump, mostly over law and order issues and the economy, but his wife declined to say how she voted. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Biden wins Minnesota; Smith keeps Senate seat; Peterson out

By Steve Karnowski Nov. 02, 2020 11:43 PM EST

President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Norton Shores, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Trump leans into fear tactics in bid to win Midwest states

By Jill Colvin And Brian Slodysko Oct. 17, 2020 02:45 PM EDT

The crowd cheers as Air Force One arrives with President Donald Trump at Duluth International Airport on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, for Trump's campaign appearance in Duluth, Minn. (AP Photo/Jack Rendulich)

Three congressmen who joined Trump in Minnesota test clear

By Steve Karnowski Oct. 02, 2020 12:18 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 951 in Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump campaign manager tests positive for COVID

Oct. 02, 2020 01:44 AM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 10, 2017, file photo, Abdisellam Hassen Ahmed, a Somali refugee who had been stuck in limbo after President Donald Trump temporarily banned refugee entries, walks with his wife Nimo Hashi, and his 2-year-old daughter, Taslim, who he met for the first time after arriving at Salt Lake City International Airport. Refugee advocates, including faith-based groups that President Donald Trump is courting in his re-election bid, called on Congress Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, to halt his administration’s plans to slash the limit on refugees allowed into the U.S. to a record low, saying it goes against America’s values. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Faith groups decry Trump's plans for record low refugee cap

By Julie Watson And Matthew Lee Oct. 01, 2020 01:55 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Idaho

By The Associated Press Sep. 22, 2020 02:08 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Idaho newspapers: The Idahoan surfing the waves of partisanship ...

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2019, file photo, political activist Laura Loomer holds up a sign across the street from a rally organized by Women's March NYC after she barged onto the stage interrupting Women's March NYC director Agunda Okeyo who was speaking during a rally in New York. Loomer, a far-right social media provocateur whose hate speech got her banned from social media won her Republican primary on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020, and will challenge Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel for Congress in November. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Far-right provocateur vs. Florida congresswoman in November

By Terry Spencer Aug. 19, 2020 05:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2019, file photo Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, left and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., talk during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC at Texas Southern University in Houston. Warren, a Massachusetts senator and leading progressive, has become an unlikely confidant and adviser to Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. They talk every 10 days or so, according to aides to both politicians who requested anonymity to describe their relationship. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

How Sanders is helping keep the progressive movement strong

By Will Weissert Aug. 17, 2020 11:26 PM EDT