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In a nearly party-line vote, Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was removed from her post on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as Republicans cited past antisemitic comments.The vote passed by a 218-211 margin with one Republican voting present.Omar was appointed to the House Foreign Affa
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥?The Kansas City Public School District is on the verge of changing how it handles student s
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