Ilhan Omar: Last News

dropped an anti-Israel song in May titled “Hind’s Hall,” referring to the Columbia University building that students occupied and renamed in honor of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed in the Israel-Gaza war. The song praised the anti-Israel encampments and protests on college campuses across the country and called out President Biden, the police and the music industry. The rapper this month dropped a second version of the song that now calls out Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the Democratic presidential nominee when Biden backed out of the race in July.

The loudest voice in Hollywood last week belonged to Haim Saban. “Bad . . . Bad . . . bad decision, on all levels,” he roared, in an email to President Joseph Biden, sent via White House aides, denouncing the Administration’s announced plan to withhold bombs and artillery shells from Israel if it proceeds against Hamas in the population centers of Rafah.

Meghan McCain is getting real about that super awkward 2019 appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat.”“Speaking of late-night stuff, I went on ‘Seth Meyers‘ and it was one of the worst experiences of my life, truly,” McCain told her guest, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, during a conversation about the media, which dropped on Thursday.

No stranger to controversy, self-billed stand up comic/mixed martial arts fanatic/psychedelic adventurer Joe Rogan offering the following generalization about Jews on his massively popular Spotify show: “The idea that Jewish people are not into money is ridiculous. That’s like saying Italians aren’t into pizza.”

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was booted off the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a move that Democrats see as payback but Republicans say was over past controversial comments.

Glamour, laughing at the memory. That came later for the host of Alex Wagner Tonight, the primetime cable news program in which she delves into some of the days’ headlines and conducts on-set and field interviews with newsmakers (Governor Gavin Newsom, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and comedian Trevor Noah), as well as those impacted by current events (election officials facing security threats, relocated asylum seekers, and teachers adjusting to new curricula). The show that launched in mid-August, and that Wagner describes as “a work in progress,” has made her the only Asian-American host of a prime-time cable news program.“It’s a huge honor,” the 44-year-old broadcaster says about her ground-breaking achievement. “It’s also a little bit overwhelming and incredibly frustrating because I shouldn’t be the only one.”Before assuming the weeknight seat previously occupied by one of cable news’ biggest stars, (who retains her Monday slot), Wagner sought out her predecessor’s advice.

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., drew comparisons between women risking their lives to protest Islamic law in Iran to women fighting for abortion rights in the United States. During a campaign rally to re-elect Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Friday, Omar said pro-life Republicans are challenging women’s bodily autonomy, much like Iran’s oppressive clerical regime led by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, and the world is celebrating her place in history as the first Black woman to serve on the nation's highest court.Jackson, who will be the second-youngest justice at 51 years old, is the first former federal public defender to ever be nominated to the Supreme Court. She will be the only justice besides Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the high court with actual trial experience.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is coming under intense backlash and criticism.

due to complications from COVID-19.Omar shared a public statement in which she paid tribute to her father and shared a Quranic quote, written in Arabic, that she translated as, «Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.»«It is with tremendous sadness and pain that I share that my father, Nur Omar Mohamed, passed away today due to complications from COVID-19,» Omar, 37, shared. «No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,» she continued. «My family and I ask for your respect and privacy during this time.»She shared the news in a tribute on social media as well, alongside a photo of herself and her father.إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Surely we belong to God and to him shall we return.