Obama taps first Muslim for federal bench

Published September 6, 2016 10:12pm ET



President Obama used lawmakers’ first day back in Washington after a seven-week recess to push the Senate on judicial nominations.

Obama nominated Abid Riaz Qureshi to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday.

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