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Speaking at an event hosted by Muslims — a faith Omar embraces — Omar said the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was formed after 9/11 and that “some people did something” on that fateful day and that all Muslims were facing ill-treatment as a result. CAIR was, in fact, established in 1994, according to its website. And as Breitbart News has noted: Omar’s remarks were criticized on social me

The congresswoman recently made what might just be her most vile comments yet.

CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond said the unidentified man was being treated for injuries following the incident and posed no threat to President Donald Trump. NBC 4 reports that agents evacuated the North Lawn of the White House, along with Lafayette Square and sidewalks near the area. Members of the media were ordered to remain in the West Wing.

Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing another new tax that targets the richest entities in the US economy, this time Amazon and the nation’s other most profitable companies. The Massachusetts Democrat wants to slap a 7 percent levy on profits beyond $100 million.

Capital Source The line was drawn Wednesday when Councilor Althea Garrison proposed an ordinance that would allow Boston to cap yearly rent increases in residential homes.  The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million.   The hourlong meeting between Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins and Thomas A. Turco III — Governor Charlie Baker’s public safety secretary — was part of an effort to quell the heated dispute between the state and county officials.

SCOT LEHIGH You can’t just lower health-care premiums by decree.   Editorial The exit of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen makes it clear that President Trump would rather break the law than merely bend it in pursuing his immigration policy.   Capital Source The line was drawn Wednesday when Councilor Althea Garrison proposed an ordinance that would allow Boston to cap yearly rent increases in residential homes.  The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million.

SCOT LEHIGH You can’t just lower health-care premiums by decree.   Editorial The exit of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen makes it clear that President Trump would rather break the law than merely bend it in pursuing his immigration policy.   Capital Source The line was drawn Wednesday when Councilor Althea Garrison proposed an ordinance that would allow Boston to cap yearly rent increases in residential homes.  The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million.

SCOT LEHIGH You can’t just lower health-care premiums by decree.   Editorial The exit of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen makes it clear that President Trump would rather break the law than merely bend it in pursuing his immigration policy.   Capital Source The line was drawn Wednesday when Councilor Althea Garrison proposed an ordinance that would allow Boston to cap yearly rent increases in residential homes.  The goal: Generate much-needed cash to plow into education and transportation with a surcharge of 4 percentage points on the state’s income tax for earnings above $1 million.

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Businessman and former presidential candidate Herman Cain is expected to withdraw from consideration for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board, ABC News reported Thursday, citing an administration official and source familiar with the matter.  MORE last week announced he would nominate Cain to the board.