A Texas man accused of breaching the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, and posting on social media against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was sentenced to 38 months behind bars. Garret Miller, 36, of Richardson, was sentenced on Wednesday. He pleaded guilty to 11 counts in December, including assaulting a police officer, an interstate…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is now one of the top two Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Selected on Jan. 30 to serve as the panel’s new vice ranking member, she will be second in power to Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) among the Democrat members. Sharing the news on Jan. 30…

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) during a Jan. 3 television appearance suggested the possibility of a “coalition government” between Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)—the frontrunner in the race for speaker—and Democrats. On Jan. 3, the House cast three ballots for speaker of the House with no result—the first time in more than 100 years that the vote for…

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee. That’s according to a statement from the Committee on Dec. 7. Senator Ron Johnson held a panel on COVID-19 vaccines in Washington on Dec. 7. Find out what experts had to say about the effectiveness and safety of the vaccines. The Supreme Court…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is under investigation for ethics violations, the House Ethics Committee announced on Dec. 7. The brief announcement said only that “the Acting Chairwoman and Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics have jointly decided to extend the matter regarding Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which was transmitted to the Committee by the…

Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)were among the members of the so-called Squad winning re-election on Nov. 8. Omar, 40, had 74.3 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting while Ocasio-Cortez, 33, had 67 percent, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota and New York secretary of state offices. Omar represents Minnesota’s…

Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)were among the members of the so-called Squad winning reelection on Nov. 8. Omar, 40, had 74.3 percent of the vote with all precincts reporting while Ocasio-Cortez, 33, had 67 percent, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota and New York secretary of state offices. Omar represents Minnesota’s…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has easily won reelection in her deep blue district. She swept more than 71 percent of the vote with 97 percent of expected ballots counted, according to the New York Post, which has the most up-to-date results. Her Republican challenger, Tina Forte, garnered less than 27 percent. The results mirror the…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) this week claimed that proceeds from sales of her campaign merchandise go to charity groups, a claim that appears to be at odds with information on her official website. The contradicting claims come after Ocasio-Cortez, in a Twitter post on Nov. 2, took aim at billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s new plan to charge Twitter…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has faulted President Joe Biden for not including undocumented immigrants in his blanket pardon he announced in early October for people convicted of possessing marijuana on a federal level. The New York lawmaker made the comments during an episode of “Pod Save America” that came out on Oct. 25. Her comments…