Ocasio-Cortez endorses challenger of House Dem chairman
(World News USA)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed the Democratic primary challenger of a veteran House committee chairman whose New York district is adjacent to her own, the progressive freshman`s latest challenge to party leaders. Ocasio-Cortez, who in less than two years has shot from obscurity to one of Congress` most recognized names and faces, used a series of tweets late Wednesday to announce she was endorsing Jamaal Bowman, an educator. That meant Ocasio-Cortez was trying to topple fellow Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, 73, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs...