NewzHomeland Security agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday as part of a criminal investigation. The Justice Department said agents used a judicially authorized search warrant but provided no other details.
Omar has not commented.A senior U.S. official said President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.The U.S.
Department of Justice meanwhile is investigating whether it was a violation of antitrust law when the White House television press pool collectively halted coverage of Trump last month after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.And a bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Trump administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia despite a U.S. sanctions law.The Latest:Elon Musk quietly becomes this year’s biggest known campaign donor as he tries to save RepublicansThe world’s only trillionaire has donated more than $276 million since July to try to save the GOP’s control of Congress.The numbers, first reported by the New York Times ahead of this week’s federal filing deadline, were confirmed by Andrew Romeo, a spokesperson for Musk’s super PAC.Musk’s $158 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates, is one of the largest known political donations in American history. Another $76 million went to a Musk super PAC that has built out a major turnout operation like the one it used to help elect Trump in 2024.
And $10 million went to a PAC supporting Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton in Texas.It’s a dramatic turnaround since last May, when Musk said he intended to cut back on future political spending.JD Vance has accused Rep. Omar of immigration fraud, without offering evidenceDetails about what Homeland Security agents were looking for in their search of the Minnesota Democrat’s home early Monday have not been announced, and Omar has yet to comment.In the past, the vice president has accused her of committing immigration fraud, without providing details, and has said that he and deputy White House chief of staff Stephen Miller were trying to figure out how to investigate the congresswoman.Omar has… sanctions law.The Latest:Darline Graham and Annie Andrews argue over who’s less qualified to be a US senatorSen.
Darline Graham, R-S.C., and Democratic nominee Annie Andrews sparred for an hour in their only debate in a race that’s become unexpectedly close.On questions bouncing from Iran to the economy and artificial intelligence, their answers Sunday night boiled down to who’s less qualified.Andrews brought up Graham’s Republican runoff debate flub when she struggled to answer whether the U.S. has a national security interest in Taiwan and the South China Sea — a longstanding contention of both Democratic and Republican administrations — before admitting, “National security is not my thing.”“If your surgeon said that appendectomies aren’t really his thing, would you still hand him a scalpel? No,” Andrews said, calling Graham “unserious and unqualified.”“Your thing apparently is not being honest with people of South Carolina.
If I don’t know something, I am glad to say it, and I’ll say it again tonight,” said Graham.Barack Obama adds Mississippi Senate nominee Scott Colom to his endorsement listAccelerating his midterm involvement, the 44th president released a video Monday backing the Democrat’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.“Mississippi, it’s time for a change,” Obama said, praising Colom as “a devoted husband and dad, a 7th-generation Mississippian” and successful loca…
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