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Alabama Republicans are urging lawmakers to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. from Congress after a series of controversial statements, including remarks about Israel and her support of economic boycotts against that country. The state GOP passed a resolution last weekend at the party's summer meeting in Auburn calling on its congressional delegation to “proceed with the expulsion process” against the first-term congresswoman. “Representative Omar has engaged in rhetoric that explicitly runs counter to American values and patriotism by falsely accusing U.S. armed forces of committing war crimes while on mission to liberate her home country of Somalia,” the resolution said....

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA — Voters Tuesday appeared to have given Republicans control of the state House and Senate for the first time since the 1870s, according to incomplete and unofficial vote results. The Republican Party claimed wins in the governor’s race with the election of state Rep. Robert Bentley of Tuscaloosa as governor and claimed the House and Senate. “This is more than just an historic day for the Alabama Republican Party, it is a victory for all Alabamians who believe in cutting wasteful spending, ending corruption and creating a business-friendly Alabama that will foster job growth,” GOP Chairman Mike Hubbard,...