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1. Top from last 48 hrs
   House Republicans aim to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from committees instead of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
   Business Insider (Moderate Left) • Credibility Grade 79% • 3 min read
   

   Democrats unveiled a measure this week to drop Greene from the House Education and Labor Committee and the House Budget Committee over concerns that she had amplified conspiracy theories and endorsed political violence, detailed in recent reports on her social-media activity. Texas Rep. Brian Babin on Tuesday proposed an amendment to the resolution that would replace Greene's name with Omar's.
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   "We're really trying to say, look, if it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander, but maybe what should happen is we let Republicans take care of our own, and you Democrats take care of your own," he continued, "and when someone is elected — and by the way, most of these statements were known when [Greene] was running, and she won overwhelmingly."
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   Omar, who represents Minnesota's 5th Congressional District and is one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, faced criticism shortly after she took office in 2019 over her tweets about Israel. Several Republicans and Democrats condemned her statements as anti-Semitic. Omar apologized and said that her intentions were "never to offend my constituents or Jewish Americans as a whole."

1. Top from different political viewpoint
   House takes step toward removing Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees.
   Fox News (Moderate Right) • Credibility Grade 72% • 4 min read

1. Top long-read
   The Ilhan Omar anti-Semitism controversy, explained. (2019)
   Vox (Left) • Credibility Grade 73% • 13 min read

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