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Brooklyn woman charged for making ‘terroristic threat’ to public school over ‘Zionist’ student body

The charges stemmed from an alleged post on Instagram by Abdul on Thursday in which she made a “terroristic threat” against the Leon Goldstein High School for the Sciences.

The Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Science was named after Leon Goldstein, the former president of Kingsborough Community College and acting chancellor of the City University of New York.
 U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on psychedelics in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2023.

AOC ordered to repay gifts after ethics violation, US Ethics committee says

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to the media outside the U.S. Capitol after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 3, 2025.

AOC faces backlash, vandalism after voting against cutting US aid from Israel’s Iron Dome

 U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on psychedelics in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2023.

AOC: AIPAC pushes voters away from Democrats, overly influences Congress members


Ilhan Omar introduces bill cancelling rent, mortgage payments amid coronavirus

In order to counterbalance the inevitable loss in revenue property owners will incur while waiving tenant payments, the legislation intends to install a relief fund to cover the losses.

Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful.

AOC: We need universal healthcare, basic income to fight coronavirus

The House of Representatives, however, has already prepared new legislation regarding coronavirus relief, voting in favor of the new measures on Thursday.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing

Trump retweets Mark Levin saying AOC is a 'barely literate moron’

Ocasio-Cortez said “no one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars,” during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day discussion with author Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) looks on during a march organised by the Women's March Alliance in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 19, 2019

AOC admits to being one of the 'most hated' people in the US

Finishing her first year in Congress, the leader of "The Squad" looks back on the hate against her, as well as the vocal support she's received.

A woman passes by an electronic billboard in Times Square displaying, "Thanks For Nothing, AOC!", referencing U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and the pullout of Amazon's HQ 2 in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2019

AOC: Trump is a corrupt politician afraid of 'strong women'

'I think that if the president is calling me crazy, that's good. It'd be a problem if he said he agreed with me, because he has a lot of issues,' Ocasio-Cortez said in the interview.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduces Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the "Bernie's Back" rally at Queensbridge Park in the Queens Borough of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2019

U.S. uses fake university to fight visa fraud, 100s of students arrested

"ICE is setting up fake universities to trap students. Yet we were called radical for opposing it," tweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

ICE officers carry out a raid

AOC says 'sorry' for blocking former New York assemblyman on Twitter

In a statement AOC said, "I have reconsidered my decision to block Dov Hikind from my Twitter account."

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks to members of the media following a televised town hall event on the “Green New Deal” in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 29, 2019

Could AOC work in presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders' administration?

Senator Bernie Sander’s endorsement videos with AOC and Rashida Tlaib take different approaches.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduces Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during the "Bernie's Back" rally at Queensbridge Park in the Queens Borough of New York City, U.S., October 19, 2019

Facebook employees criticize company over political ads policies

"Misinformation affects us all. Our current policies on fact-checking people in political office, or those running for office, are a threat to what FB stands for."

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on stage during a town hall at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California September 27, 2015.

Rashida Tlaib becomes the latest 'squad' member to endorse Sanders

“We deserve someone who writes the damn bill,” Tlaib said, echoing a Sanders' catchphrase about his Medicare for All legislation. “We deserve Bernie Sanders.”

Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib before Election Day in Michigan, 2018.