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Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., has claimed that the Thursday arrest of fellow “Squad” member Rep.Ilhan Omar’s daughter at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University was political payback for the congresswoman’s probing of the institution’s leadership the day before. Bowman said Omar, D-Minn., had questioned Columbia leadership’s commitment to “free academic expression” during afiery congressional hearingon Wednesday and the following day her …

Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter was suspended from Barnard College amid anti-Israel activism, she said in a post on X. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Omar, said Thursday that she has been suspended from Barnard College for her involvement in anti-Israel protests on Columbia University’s campus. “I’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest Columbia [Student for Justice in Palestine], …

Social media erupted Thursday evening after Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., revealed she had been suspended from Barnard College following her involvement in an anti-Israel protest on Columbia University’s campus in New York City. Hirsi, who confirmed the news in a post on X on Thursday morning, was also one of several students arrested in connection …

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sounded the alarm about what she called an “attack” with a “toxic chemical substance” at an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University during a congressional hearing Wednesday. However, according to court documents, the substance was a non-toxic flatulence spray. Omar questioned Columbia’s president, Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, about a January incident that involved anti-Israel activists while they …

The daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was arrested Thursday at anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, law enforcement sources told Fox News. Isra Hirsi was in the custody of the New York Police Department and put into flex cuffs or zip ties and will face trespassing charges, according to sources. She was among more than 100 people issued a …