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January 8, 2019

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? 5 things to know about the New York congresswoman

At 28 years old, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ran her campaign with a relatively low budget and remained steadfastly and unapologetically liberal.

January 8, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez attacks fact-checkers for 'false equivalency,' 'bias'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at fact-checkers just days after taking office, accusing them of 鈥渇alse equivalency鈥� and 鈥渂ias鈥� toward her in their columns examining her statements.聽

January 7, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dance video spurs false media claims of conservative outrage

An old video of now-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez playfully recreating a dance scene from 鈥淭he Breakfast Club鈥� was resurfaced anonymously on Twitter last week -- resulting in a slew of misleading stories claiming conservatives were outraged over it, despite virtually no supporting evidence.

January 4, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on top earners to fund Green New Deal

Rising Democratic star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in a new interview that she could fund her proposed "Green New Deal" in part by slapping a tax as high as 70 percent on聽top earners.

January 4, 2019

Chair of Democrats' new climate-change committee invested in big polluters

Florida Democratic Rep.聽Kathy Castor, whom House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tapped to chair the newly restored聽House "climate crisis"聽committee, owned investments worth聽tens of thousands of dollars over several years in two聽top polluters, federal disclosure records reveal.

January 3, 2019

Democrats' new House majority will hold hearings on 鈥楳edicare-for-all鈥� legislation

House Democrats 鈥� with the backing of newly installed Speaker Nancy Pelosi 鈥� plan to hold hearings this year on Medicare-for-all legislation that has quickly picked up support within the party.

January 3, 2019

Pelosi elected speaker despite defections, as Democrats reclaim House majority

Nancy Pelosi on Thursday recaptured the speaker鈥檚 gavel as her party returned to power in the House of Representatives,聽overcoming more than a dozen defections from rebellious Democrats.聽

December 26, 2018

McCaskill throws shade at Ocasio-Cortez: 'Little confused why she's the thing'

Outgoing Sen. Claire McCaskill says she's unsure why Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has become so popular among Democrats.

December 25, 2018

Ocasio-Cortez says Jesus was a 'refugee' in Christmas tweet

U.S. Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. wished her Twitter followers a Merry Christmas Tuesday by referring to the newborn Jesus as a "refugee."

December 10, 2018

Liz Peek: Ocasio-Cortez backs green policies that would hurt the poor and cripple our economy

Does Ms. Ocasio-Cortez really want to impose a near-tripling of electricity costs on Americans?