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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.
First of two Muslim women in Congress. Born to a Muslim family of Palestinian immigrants. [7] Abraham Hamadeh: Republican: AZ-08: January 3, 2025: Incumbent 54 days First Muslim in Congress who is a member of the Republican Party. Identifies as non-Denominational. [8] Lateefah Simon: Democratic: CA-12: January 3, 2025: Incumbent 54 days [9]
Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho (Republican) was arrested on 11 June 2007 and charged with lewd conduct arising from his behavior in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. [111] [112] Craig pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of disorderly conduct; he later unsuccessfully sought to withdraw his guilty plea.
Joseph R. Burton Senator (R-KS) was convicted of accepting a $2,500 (equivalent to $87,491 in 2024) bribe (1904). [9]John Hipple Mitchell Senator (R-OR) was involved with the Oregon land fraud scandal, for which he was indicted and convicted while a sitting U.S. Senator (1905).
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]
Issa is one of several Lebanese-Americans in Congress. [131] He had a significant role in U.S. peace initiatives in the Middle East. He traveled to Lebanon and Syria in an effort to negotiate the end of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. In 2003, he appeared at a Washington rally by Iranian groups protesting against the Islamist government in ...
50 Cent has shared an AI-generated video depicting Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs getting arrested. Taking to Instagram in the late hours of Tuesday, December 10, 50 Cent (real name Curtis ...
George Aref Nader (Arabic: جورج نادر, born May 15, 1959) is a Lebanese-American consultant, lobbyist, political adviser, and repeat sex offender.He has repeatedly acted as an unofficial liaison between United States politicians and the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia and as a lobbyist for private security firm Blackwater.