President Donald Trump dedicated part of his Tuesday night speech on affordability in northeastern Pennsylvania to mock Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and her hijab in the wake of his administration’s investigation of fraud cases within Minnesota‘s Somali community. Omar, a Somali American, has been mentioned repeatedly in the president’s anti-Somali tirades in recent weeks, and […]

Democratic candidate Eileen Higgins will become the next mayor of Miami, Florida, after winning Tuesday’s runoff election. Higgins, whose victory broke the Democratic Party’s 28-year losing streak in seeking the Miami mayor’s office, will succeed Republican incumbent Francis Suarez. “With her runoff victory tonight, Eileen Higgins will be Miami’s next mayor—the first woman in the […]

MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania — Hundreds, if not thousands, of people braved the cold on Tuesday to attend President Donald Trump‘s economy-focused speech in northeast Pennsylvania, the informal kickoff of the president’s efforts to boost Republican candidates ahead of a contentious midterm election cycle. Trump’s remarks, delivered in a ballroom at a casino in Mount Pocono, came […]

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) caused a public “spectacle” at an airport in Charleston, South Carolina, where she hurled profanities and insults at airport employees in October, a police investigation concluded. The widely reported encounter started with Mace complaining about the color of the vehicle in which she arrived at Charleston International Airport. The on-duty police […]