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What happened during Ilhan Omar's town hall event?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was rushed by a man during a town hall event Tuesday night. He used a syringe to spray an unknown liquid at her. He's now in custody. NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports on what happened.
Footage from the event shows a man approaching Omar and spraying an unknown substance in her direction. He was swiftly tackled by security. A statement from Omar's office said the congresswoman is okay. After a brief pause and comments from her staff asking her to step aside to get checked out, Omar continued her remarks. This comes on the heels of another attack on a lawmaker.
Democrat Maxwell Frost of Florida reported being punched by someone at the Sundance Festival. Threats against congressional lawmakers have been rising. Last year, there was an increase in security funding in the wake of growing concerns about political violence. Barbara Sprint and Peer News, Washington.
President Trump has verbally attacked Minnesota's Somali community, the largest in the nation, and during a speech Tuesday in Iowa, he said Omar does not love the United States. Trump traveled to Iowa Tuesday to talk about his first year back in the White House.
today just after one year of president trump our economy is booming incomes are rising investment is soaring inflation has been defeated our border is closed totally closed trump delivered his remarks after 37 year old icu nurse alex preddy was fatally shot in minneapolis
Hundreds of anti-ice protesters stood outside the event during the rally, calling on Trump to remove federal ICE agents from the city. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will brief his former colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday about one of his many jobs overseeing Venezuela. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports on what he plans to say.
In his prepared remarks to the committee of which he used to be a member, Rubio defends what he describes as a law enforcement operation to arrest and remove Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife. Rubio says he's keeping a close watch on Venezuela's interim leader, Delce Rodriguez, who he says has vowed to cooperate with the U.S.
and open up Venezuela's energy sector to American companies. President Trump has seized control over 50 million barrels of crude oil from Venezuela. and says the U.S. will be in charge of that. Democrats say they have a lot of questions about the long-term plan for Venezuela and will raise those with Rubio. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
National Transportation Safety Board says FAA failures led to last year's mid-air collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines jet. 67 people were killed in the crash near Washington, D.C. The NTSB released the findings of its investigation Tuesday. And you're listening to NPR News.
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