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This list includes persons of North African or Horn of Africa native ancestry who identify as Arabs, as well as Middle Eastern Americans who are not Arabs. The first Arab American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was George A. Kasem in 1959, and the first Arab-American U.S. senator was James Abourezk in 1973.
Thomas Porteous (D), Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana was impeached, convicted and removed from office December 8, 2010, on charges of bribery and lying to Congress (2010). [169] [170]
U.S. Representative Michael Myers, second from left, holds an envelope containing $50,000 that he just received from undercover FBI agents. Abscam, sometimes written ABSCAM, was a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s that led to the convictions of seven members from both chambers of the United States Congress and others for bribery and corruption. [1]
Mills, who is married to an Iraqi refugee who later gained American citizenship and has two sons, is in his second term representing Florida’s 7th District, which covers the area northeast of ...
Farenthold's former communications director, Lauren Greene, sued the congressman in December 2014, [156] and a settlement was reached in 2015. The identity of Farenthold was made public in 2017. This was the first documented case of taxpayer funds being used to settle sexual harassment complaints against a member of Congress. [157]
The men, arrested in Sacramento and Houston, were not involved in a single plot, but they may have been in contact with each other. Two Middle East refugees arrested in U.S. on terrorism charges ...
This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress. As of 2025, only six Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. [1] Five Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All but one are members of the Democratic Party.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Alex Odeh Odeh in 1985 Born Alexander Michel Odeh (1944-04-04) April 4, 1944 Jifna, Mandatory Palestine Died October 11, 1985 (1985-10-11) (aged 41) Santa Ana, California, U.S. Cause of death Assassinated in a terrorist attack Alma mater Cairo University California State University, Fullerton ...