Adrian Boafo, meanwhile, a second-generation Ghanaian-American, will represent Maryland’s 5th Congressional District after succeeding veteran Congressman Steny Hoyer, who retired after a political career spanning more than four decades. The 32-year-old was born in Virginia and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland. His parents immigrated to the US from Ghana. Boafo’s route to Congress began
This is a milestone for Muslim Americans who had to watch, along with their children, as El-Sayed was attacked with increasing anti-Muslim rhetoric, including directly from the president of the United States. It comes at a time of rising in Islamophobia nationwide. Roula Allouch, an Arab American Muslim, told the BBC she had goosebumps from
A public feud between Stevens, a centrist Democrat, and El-Sayed, who represents the party’s left wing, has boiled over in recent days. Stevens gave her endorsement to Rogers just two days before the election – making a surprise appearance alongside the Republican on Sunday. “I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign,” she said in a video
Bill Maher opened his new episode of “Real Time” Friday night by addressing Trump’s 1,300-word social media tirade against him following their White House dinner earlier this month, with the comic comparing the president to Taylor Swift. Following a sit-down interview with Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who was busy hawking his new book on Supreme
Michigan is one of the key races Democrats need to win if the party is to take control of the US Senate after the midterm elections on 3 November. With President Donald Trump’s approval near record lows and voters frustrated by the high cost of living, the political landscape looks good for Democrats. Yet polls
US President Donald Trump is facing a backlash after invoking 9/11 as part of a verbal assault on Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Michigan. Speaking at a rally in the state on Sunday, Trump accused El-Sayed of being “a jihadist”. He introduced as a guest speaker the father of a
