Ilhan Omar
Democrat · MN-5 · U.S. House
Bio
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019. The district includes all of Minneapolis and some of its first-ring suburbs. From 2017 to 2019, Omar served in the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing part of Minneapolis. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Ilhan Omar Aims at Repealing Alien Enemies Act, Blocking Military Force Against Designated Terrorist OrganizationsDemocrat Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is seeking to amend the National Defense Authorization Act to potentially block the Trump administration from using military force against congressionally designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations, such as foreign drug cart…
Daily Signal · Yesterday
Donald Trump Launches Personal Attack By Posting Faces Of KindergartenersPresident Donald Trump posted an unblurred video of more than a dozen Muslim kindergartners to Truth Social, exposing the children's faces while targeting them for their religion. The video showed students at Gateway Kindergarten in St. Paul, Minnesota, cel…
Crooksandliars.com · July 6, 2026
Trump broadcasts right-wing attack on kindergartners over their hijabsPresident Donald Trump posted an unblurred video of more than a dozen Muslim kindergartners to Truth Social, exposing the children's faces while targeting them for their religion.The video showed students at Gateway Kindergarten in St. Paul, Minnesota, celebr…
Raw Story · July 6, 2026
Democrats can’t outrun their socialist wing“In New York, they don’t say ‘I love you,’ they say ‘NYPD suck my d**k’ and I think that’s beautiful.”“A world without borders — just like a world without prisons or police — is possible, necessary, and the only moral way forward.”Voters judge political parti…
TheBlaze · July 2, 2026
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