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SCOOP: Ilhan Omar hit with House Ethics complaint over response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination

House Main Street Caucus Chairman Mike Flood, R-Neb., will refer Democratic colleague Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for a House Ethics Committee investigation, he first told Fox News Digital. It is the latest move in the GOP-led fallout over Omar’s response to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist who was shot and killed in

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FLASHBACK: Mamdani labeled Kirk a ‘far-right extremist’ who should be canceled from speaking in NYC

New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani once signed a letter labeling conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last week, as an ‘extremist’ while calling on a venue to block his ability to speak in New York City.  In a June 2023 press release by several local Democrats, Mamdani and his colleagues issued a

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Newsom says he kept in touch with Charlie Kirk since podcast, called him ‘gracious’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a campaign event Tuesday evening that he stayed close with Charlie Kirk after he appeared as his debut guest on his podcast, ‘This is Gavin Newsom,’ in January. ‘He was gracious enough, to not only say, yes, he flew out, to do it in person,’ Newsom said to progressive

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Obama calls Charlie Kirk’s death ‘horrific,’ blames Trump for fueling division

Former President Barack Obama said conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death was ‘horrific and a tragedy,’ while also taking a veiled shot at President Donald Trump with accusations of sowing political division in the country as the nation faces an unprecedented ‘political crisis.’  ‘Regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, what happened to Charlie

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Rand Paul clashes with top Democrat over CDC pushing vaccines on infants

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., clashed with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former CDC Director Susan Monarez over recommending vaccines for infants on Wednesday. The back-and-forth arose during a Senate hearing on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to oust Monarez last month. Monarez claims she was forced out for refusing to

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Turning Point USA expands its merchandise collection with items commemorating Charlie Kirk

Ahead of Charlie Kirk’s memorial service, his organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), added new commemorative merchandise to its online store this week.  The 11 new items are available ahead of Kirk’s celebration of life ceremony, which is scheduled for Sunday at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. President Donald Trump will speak at Kirk’s memorial service

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House clears path for vote honoring Charlie Kirk, denouncing ‘political extremism’

The House voted Wednesday to advance a resolution honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, clearing the way for floor debate later this week. Lawmakers voted in favor of advancing the measure and a bill to avert a government shutdown in a joint mechanism known as a ‘rule vote.’ The rule was adopted in a 216

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4 House Republicans vote with Dems to block resolution censuring Ilhan Omar for Charlie Kirk comments

The House of Representatives voted along bipartisan lines on Wednesday to table a resolution to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., over comments about Charlie Kirk. Four House Republicans voted with Democrats to table the legislation, effectively blocking it from receiving its own House-wide vote. A vote to table is a procedural mechanism allowing House members

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After Charlie Kirk, America is awash in a sea of anger

I’m writing today about anger. And I’m ticked off about it. I actually think it’s America’s biggest problem right now. Half the country hates the other half of the country. And vice versa. There are online mobs ready to pounce on any available target. That could be loathsome human beings, like the remorseless madman who

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Manchin recalls close ties with ‘outsider’ Trump, cold shoulder from Obama in new book

Former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., said he spoke more with President Donald Trump in the first two years of Trump’s term than with former President Barack Obama during Obama’s eight years in office. In his new book, ‘Dead Center: In Defense of Common Sense,’ released this week, Manchin outlined a cordial working relationship with Trump

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