NewzFederal agents on Monday searched the home of Democratic U.S. Ilhan Omar, a startling escalation in a criminal investigation that brings renewed scrutiny to the frequent target of Trump administration derision in the final weeks of her reelection bid.The Justice Department confirmed that a judicially authorized search warrant of Omar’s home was executed by Homeland Security Investigations but provided no other details. Trump administration officials have repeatedly hinted at the existence of an inquiry targeting the Minnesota representative.
Omar called the search an “attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement.”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.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:Trump goes to Ohio with 2 guests: ex-NFL coach Jon Gruden and influencer Jake PaulThe president boarded Air Force One with a pair of Ohio-born celebrities ahead of a rally in Youngstown.Trump exited Marine One with the former NFL coach and the social media influencer turned boxer.Gruden was born in Sandusky, Ohio, and won the Super Bowl in 2003 as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He previously spoke at Trump’s recent rally in Vandalia, Ohio, near Dayton.Paul was born in Cleveland, found fame on YouTube and became a boxer who fought the former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.Trump says he may meet with North Korea’s leader during a trip to Asia next monthThe president, who is going to China next month to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, told reporters that he may meet with Kim Jong Un while he’s in Asia.Trump said earlier this year that he planned to meet with Kim sometime this year.Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Guilfoyle after reports alleging questionable behavior by the ambassadorAsked if he was considering firing Kimberly Guilfoyle from her post as the U.S. ambassador to Greece, Trump told reporters: “Well, we’re looking at it.
We’re not happy.”A series of recen… sanctions law.The Latest:Trump says he’ll have a rally in Kansas to boost Sen. Roger MarshallThe president said he’ll have a “Kansas Style Rally, in Roger’s Honor, very soon,” in a lengthy social media post Monday attacking Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton’s leadership at the nation’s largest United Methodist church.Marshall’s race is considered a tossup, even though Democrats haven’t won a Senate seat in Kansas since 1932.Hamilton founded the Kansas City-area Church of the Resurrection in 1990, which has grown to 25,000 members.
That’s been among his key selling points as a candidate.When Trump previously denounced Hamilton as a “lunatic,” Hamilton told a crowd in Topeka, “That is so cool! I love this!”Iowa GOP Senate candidate says Russia should still face sanctionsRep. Ashley Hinson said “it makes me a little bit nervous anytime we’re talking about relieving a sanction on Russia.”Hinson is the Republican facing a competitive race for U.S.
Senate in Iowa, where $6 diesel prices have become an issue in the campaign against Democrat Josh Turek.Trump said last week he struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, reversing years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine.After touring an ethanol plant in Dyersville, Iowa, Hinson told reporters that fuel prices are a p…
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