In another race, Sen. Amy Klobuchar isn't saying yes or no about whether she will seek the No. 2 leadership post in the U.S. Senate.
The race is more than a year away but the question about her future got kick-started after Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois announced his retirement in 2026, meaning he will step down from his role as Democratic Whip in the U.S. Senate.
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz made an early stake in the race, and naturally, all eyes have turned to Klobuchar, who would technically be next in line to succeed Durbin.
“I’m No. 3 in the Senate, and my job is to focus on what policies are going to move our country forward,” Klobuchar told NBC News.
“I am focused on one thing right now, and that is taking on Donald Trump and gaining a better economy for the people of this country,” she conitnued. “And I truly believe that talking about something a year and a half from now and we have no idea who’s going to win the Senate, who’s going to get this, is a mistake.”
Republicans are going after Rep. Ilhan Omar again. Vice President JD Vance and Rep. Tom Emmer bashed Omar on social media this week. The vice president unearthed a nearly a decades old clip of Omar talking about how the country "should be more fearful of white man across our country because they are actually causing most of the deaths within this country."
Vance says: "This isn’t just sick; it’s actually genocidal language. What a disgrace this person is."
Omar said the video was taken out of context because she was referring to the rise of white nationalism from an annual report from the Anti-Defamation League that said white supremacists "were responsible for 78 percent of 'extremist-related murders.'"
Emmer also piled on, saying Omar "never ceases to be an embarrassment for Minnesota."
Omar also took a swipe at former President Joe Biden as she boosted a headline that read: "Biden Officials Admit They Never Pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Leaders Boast of Playing Washington."
"We all knew they weren’t working tirelessly on a ceasefire and it was all a lie," Omar said in response.
Omar stuck by Biden last year despite calls from other Democrats for him to drop out of the presidential race. The war in Gaza left Omar, one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s actions, walking a delicate line between pressuring Biden and eventually the Harris-Walz presidential ticket to call for an end to the conflict, while also rooting for them to win the election.