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Dozens of House Dems ditch Ilhan Omar as party rallies to block Trump immigration probe
Dozens of House Democrats are keeping their distance from Rep.
Ilhan Omar as the Minnesota “Squad” rep faces a federal investigation —
even as party leaders rally behind her and demand that the Trump
administration back off.
A letter led by Rep. Pramila Jaypal (D-Wash.) and signed by 175 House
Democrats accused the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland
Security of weaponizing law enforcement against Omar, whose Washington
DC home was searched by federal agents earlier this month.
Around 40 Democrats declined to sign the letter from the 214-member caucus.
Serious consequences Ilhan Omar could face as immigration probe is thrown into spotlight: judge
A former federal immigration judge says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., who
is under investigation, could face both criminal charges and
denaturalization.
There are two federal probes ongoing into the congresswoman — the first
into alleged immigration fraud and the second involving her financial
disclosures and a sharp discrepancy reported just one year apart.
“If somebody who’s a naturalized citizen — which I believe Ilhan Omar
is — is convicted of a crime, that doesn’t automatically mean that they
face denaturalization or anything like that,” Nathan Hansen, an
attorney of 23 years, told Fox News Digital. “They would be handled by
any type of other normal punishment that would come from the court.”
Denaturalization proceedings are separate from any criminal case that
could arise from the federal investigation into Omar, whose “real
name,” according to sources familiar with the investigation, is Ilhan
Nur Said Elmi. Omar is under investigation for alleged immigration
fraud related to the way she or her late father filled out her
citizenship paperwork.
Trump's unusual legal gambit against Biden-era deportation rule pays off at Supreme Court
The rule allowed immigration judges to delay deportation proceedings while migrants sought asylum or other relief
The Supreme Court, with no noted dissents, has allowed an agreement
between Texas and the Department of Justice ending a Biden-era
immigration rule to go into effect.
The Biden administration adopted the rule in 2024, formally
establishing procedures for immigration judges to temporarily pause
certain deportation proceedings through a practice known as
"administrative closure," including when migrants were pursuing
immigration relief through other federal proceedings. The Supreme
Court's move leaves in place a lower court ruling eliminating that
rule, stripping away a procedure that allowed certain deportation cases
to be put on hold.
Texas sued the federal government in June, arguing that the rule was adopted without proper legal authority.
The Department of Justice agreed with Texas, asking the judge
overseeing the case to vacate the rule and prevent similar rules from
being adopted in the future.
Kamala Harris warns Dems against impeaching Trump if they retake Congress: ‘Not a good idea’
Former Vice President Kamala Harris has cautioned Democrats against
impeaching President Trump for a third time if they regain control of
the House of Representatives in next week’s midterm elections.
“I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea,
just to be honest with you, just because we have limited resources,”
Harris told MeidasTouch’s Aaron Parnas in a Tuesday interview.
“I think the energy and the resources need to be put into
accountability, need to be put into investigations,” she added. “And
that’s where the time should be spent.”
Trump survived two impeachment attempts during his first term. Harris,
who was in the Senate at the time, voted to convict Trump over an
alleged attempted quid pro quo involving Ukraine aid.
Netanyahu defies exit polls to take lead in Israeli election — what it means for Iran war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the lead following a
pivotal election Tuesday — making a third act for the Iran war almost
certain.
The prime minister’s coalition was in the lead Wednesday with 53 seats
after Gadi Eisenkot’s Change bloc failed to deliver a knockout blow
following the highest election turnout in decades.
Eisenkot had 49 seats with more than 90% of the vote counted. Both
sides were notably well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority.
Peltola Allies Sought Sullivan Namesakes in Alaska
Operatives working with Democrat Mary Peltola's Senate campaign sought
to recruit candidates who could draw votes from Republican Sen. Dan
Sullivan in Alaska, according to an investigation published Wednesday.
The effort included finding another Alaskan named Dan Sullivan to run
against the incumbent, recruiting other potential candidates, and
discussing the creation of a conservative political party, The New York
Times reports, citing interviews, text messages, and documents prepared
for a potential lawsuit.
Peltola's campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee denied recruiting candidates.
Cook Shifts Kansas, Nebraska Governor Races Toward Dems
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted its ratings of the Kansas
and Nebraska governors' races toward Democrats on Tuesday, citing
increasingly competitive contests in the two Republican-leaning states.
Cook moved Kansas from "Lean Republican" to "Toss Up" and Nebraska from
"Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican." The changes improve
Democrats' prospects of winning a majority of the nation's
governorships for the first time since 2010, according to the analysis.
In Kansas, Democrat state Sen. Cindy Holscher faces Republican state
Senate President Ty Masterson in the race to succeed Democrat Gov.
Laura Kelly, who cannot seek another term because of term limits.
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky reveals details of 'Operation Veles'
Ukrainian forces "eliminated" more than 100 Russian soldiers and
captured more than 30 others during an operation involving underground
gas pipelines near Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast, President Volodymyr
Zelensky said on Oct. 27.
"The Russians had already tried to use underground gas pipelines to
move through our positions and launch assault operations. Ukrainian
warriors have successfully transformed this tactic, modernized it, and
made it much more sophisticated and technologically advanced," Zelensky
said.
The operation, code-named "Veles," involved an underground advance of more than 15 kilometers (9 miles), according to Zelensky.
Egypt’s parliament approves military support for Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks
Egypt’s parliament on Monday authorised President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
to provide military assistance to defend Saudi Arabia if the kingdom
requests help, following a wave of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed
Houthis.
The House of Representatives said the decision passed with the required
two-thirds majority. It allows el-Sisi, in coordination with Riyadh, to
take measures to protect Saudi territory, sovereignty and holy sites
against external attacks.
Parliament’s statement did not specify what assistance Egypt would provide or announce that troops were being sent.
On 17 October, Yahya al-Raei, speaker of the Houthi-controlled
parliament in Sanaa, warned Egypt against military involvement, saying
it would endanger Egypt’s own security and stability.
'60 Minutes' under fire after full DHS interview reveals what was left on cutting room floor
CBS News has published the full 60 Minutes interview with Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel James Percival after omitting
key exchanges.
Percival sat down with 60 Minutes contributor Gianna Toboni for a
segment titled "Destination: Nowhere," which aired Sunday and examined
the Trump administration's third-country deportation policy.
Percival later said the interview lasted nearly an hour, but only part
of it aired. On Oct. 26, 2026, 60 Minutes published the full version on
its official YouTube channel, while DHS criticized the program's
editing and argued that the omitted exchanges provided additional
context about the administration's policies.
In one clip shared by Percival onX, he challenged Toboni over whether
deportees faced persecution or torture after returning to their home
countries.
Ex-FBI boss tells Americans to take warnings to stock up seriously
The former Deputy Director of the FBI has issued an urgent warning to
Americans as countries worldwide start stockpiling supplies for a
potential crisis.
Dan Bongino, who left the bureau in January, said the public needs to
take the Pentagon's doomsday scenario seriously and prepare as if a
large-scale disaster could strike the US in the immediate future.
'Get your stuff today. Please. Do it for your family,' Bongino said on Monday.
The former FBI chief, Secret Service agent and police officer explained
that the US military is already preparing for a potential crisis to cut
off access to food, water and emergency supplies - and the public
needed to do the same.
Bongino's warning came just hours after details of FORTRESS were
revealed, a plan to keep US forces fighting and military bases stocked
for at least 90 days, even if civilian infrastructure fails.
Ex-FBI official weeps as she appears in court to face charges of lying to Congress about Hunter Biden laptop
Former FBI official Nikki Floris broke down in tears outside a federal
courtroom Tuesday during a preliminary hearing on charges that she and
another ex-bureau official lied to Congress about burying the Hunter
Biden laptop story.
Floris was seen weeping in a courthouse hallway during a break in the
probable cause hearing in the district court for Washington, DC.
She and fellow former FBI official, Bradley Benavides, self-surrendered
last week and face up to five years in prison if convicted of lying to
the House Judiciary Committee in 2023 about their involvement in
discrediting stories about the troubled first son.
Leftist streamer triggers fury after mocking 'funny' injuries to ICE agents at Ilhan Omar event: ‘Disgusting’
A DHS spokesperson blasted Piker over his comments
Far-left streamer Hasan Piker sparked online controversy after he
mocked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents injured in
Operation Metro Surge during a campaign event alongside Rep. Ilhan
Omar, D-Minn., Monday night.
Recalling his time in Minnesota amid protests over the Trump
administration’s federal immigration crackdown, Piker said he thought
agents must be "extra racist" to be out in frigid winter temperatures
and mocked one of them who was injured as the crowd laughed along.
"We saw a lot of funny compilations as well, you know. A lot of hip
bones were broken. 'Officer Martinez down,'" he said while speaking to
Democratic socialist and failed Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar
Fateh, who hosted the sold-out Minneapolis event.
Supreme Court must take Herridge case and protect reporters' sources
Former Fox News investigative reporter
Catherine Herridge is seeking to establish a fair standard, so a court
can balance interests in cases such as hers
By Jonathan Turley
Not long ago, former Fox News investigative reporter Catherine Herridge
began a painful daily ritual. With her oldest son for support, she
walked to the mailbox at the end of her street and dropped an envelope
into the mail. It contained a check for a daily fine of $800 that she
was ordered to pay to coerce her into revealing her confidential
sources in a national security story that aired on Fox News in 2017.
The money came from the college funds of her two children.
As Herridge drained the savings of her military family, an alleged
former colonel in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) was
demanding that a court increase the daily fine to $5,000. A court later
rescinded the fines, but they will be reimposed unless the Supreme
Court takes Herridge’s case and reverses the lower courts.
Yanping Chen led a school called the University of Management and
Technology (UMT) in Northern Virginia, which catered to U.S. service
members. According to investigators and experts, Chen’s past in the
Chinese military suggested that UMT posed a national security danger,
including by potentially gathering information on military personnel
participating in its programs. The Department of Justice declined to
prosecute Chen. Nevertheless, after Herridge's investigative report,
the government terminated its contracts with UMT because it considered
the school a national security risk.
In her investigation, Herridge published details that directly
contradicted Chen, who denied being a colonel in the PLA. Herridge
showed photos in her report of Chen in her PLA uniform, and a
whistleblower said on camera that UMT collected information on the
military training of its students, and it was all remotely accessible
from China on UMT’s computers.
Crime’s way down thanks to Trump — Dems will fight to send it back up
By New York Post Editorial Board
Democratic mayors are trying to claim credit for last year’s marked
decline in violent crime, yet the staggering 25% drop was nationwide
and came in the first year of President Donald Trump’s new term.
The cause and effect are obvious: The Trump team made fighting crime a
top priority — a reversal from the “criminal justice reform” emphasis
of Joe Biden and #Defund Democrats — and got the expected results.
Per Justice Department’s National Crime Victimization Survey, 2025 saw
2.16 million violent incidents — down from 2.83 million in 2024, for
the largest single-year drop since 1973.
Aggravated assault fell 31%; motor vehicle theft, 30%; burglary and trespassing, 25%.
Overall, households suffered roughly 3.5 million fewer property crimes.
