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Arizona Sen. MORE (R) on Wednesday revealed in an emotional speech that she was raped by a superior while serving in the Air Force. She called for reforms to how the military handles sexual assault. “Like you, I am also a military sexual assault survivor,” McSally said during a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on prevention of and response to sexual assault in the military. “But unlike so many brave survivors, I didn't report being sexually assaulted. Like so many women and men, I didn't trust the system at the time.

House Democratic leaders taking fire from liberals in their caucus put the brakes Wednesday on plans to vote on a measure implicitly rebuking freshman Rep. MORE (D-Minn.) over her comments on Israel. Leaders are holding off on scheduling a vote as they rework a resolution condemning anti-Semitism to address various kinds of hatred. The vote was initially expected to occur on Wednesday, though it was never officially scheduled.

Senate Republicans are sending a pointed message to MORE to back off from his national emergency declaration, arguing that he has $6 billion currently available from multiple funds — more than he requested — to build border barriers. The eleventh-hour effort to persuade Trump to rescind his declaration will probably not work, but it reveals the growing anxiety within Republican ranks about a looming vote to rebuke the president’s move.

Last month, Ilhan Omar created fresh controversy by making an anti-Semitic comment implying that pro-Israel Americans had an “allegiance to a foreign country.” Omar suggested earlier in February that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was bribing politicians into supporting Israel and as a result was widely

Last month, Ilhan Omar created fresh controversy by making an anti-Semitic comment implying that pro-Israel Americans had an “allegiance to a foreign country.” Omar suggested earlier in February that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was bribing politicians into supporting Israel and as a result was widely

The meeting “erupted into a full-scale brawl Wednesday,” the Washington Post reported, as some “protested plans to vote this week on a resolution con

For the fourth time in about a month, Trump suggested increasing legal immigration levels. With Apple CEO Tim Cook sitting next to him at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said he not only wanted more legal immigration but that companies needed an expansion of new arrivals to grow their business. “We’re going to have a lot of people coming into the country. We want a lot of people coming in.

In her first amendment as a congresswoman, Representative Ayanna Pressley is pushing a measure that would lower the voting age in federal elections to 16 from 18. The measure would allow teens as young as 16 to cast votes in federal elections, such as for president or members of Congress, beginning with the 2020 election. It would leave the voting age of 18 unchanged for state and local races.

Renée Graham Trump is no First Amendment champion. The only speech he wants free is anything that promotes his beliefs.  SCOT LEHIGH The Great Trumpkin worried that the scales were falling from his supporters’ eyes.   JOAN VENNOCHI Democratic lefties are trying to squeeze Joe Biden off the 2020 road.  Mayor Martin J.