Minnesota lawmaker’s attorneys asked for return of seized items and the preservation of any recordings of search
Ilhan Omar’s attorneys have asked the US Department of Justice to return property that federal agents removed days earlier from her home during a search.
The lawyers for the Minnesota Democrat contended that the seizure as “neither justified nor lawful”, according to a letter that the Associated Press reported on Friday.
A criminal investigation into the lawmaker’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.
This week, Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss the federal government's raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., residence and question the temporary pause of U.S. intelligence support to Ukraine. Next, the boys exchange mishaps—Robby lost his phone, and Christian had a bad experience at a local restaurant—before decrying the Pentagon's idea to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Next, Christian gives a rave review for the new movie Primetime, and Robby shares a positive reaction to Greta Gerwig's first trailer for The Magician's Nephew. Finally, they wrap with some cultural commentary, striving to answer the age-old question of whether or not women dress like "whores" at the gym.
0:00—The politicized raid on Omar
12:40—U.S.-Ukraine dynamics
26:55—Do not lose your phone.
39:10—Christian might leave a two-star restaurant review.
46:00—Livestreaming the Fort Hood shooter's execution was a grotesque idea.
La investigación federal busca revocar la ciudadanía a la congresista bajo el alegato de presuntas inconsistencias en su edad al momento de ingresar como refugiada somalí.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper questioned whether Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) should have come forward about any potential issues with her immigration status during the Biden administration rather than face a criminal investigation under President Trump. Federal agents raided Omar’s Washington, D.C., home with a court-authorized search warrant Monday as part of a criminal investigation into…
The scope of the investigation into Omar is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested that authorities were examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork.
President Donald Trump's administration has taken the unusual step of searching Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in Washington, just three weeks before the midterm election.
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar early Monday. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations were seen carrying boxes from the home. Rep. Omar accused the Trump administration of political intimidation. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Devlin Barrett, a New York Times reporter and author of "The Department of Revenge."
This is an escalation in a criminal investigation of US Rep. Ilhan Omar, in the final weeks of her reelection bid. She is a frequent target of Israel partisans and the Trump Administration over her opposition to Israel's human rights violations and the Israel lobby's destructive influence in the US
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar early Monday as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into alleged fraud in the congresswoman’s immigration records.
The search took place before dawn on Monday, in the Washington, D.C. area. A Justice Department spokesperson confirmed that the action was authorized by a judge and said it forms part of a federal criminal investigation that continues to develop.
The raid occurred only weeks before the midterm elections, placing a sitting member of Congress at the center of an active federal inquiry as voters prepare to head to the polls.
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), carried out the operation in coordination with the Department of Justice (DOJ)
People close to the case said the procedure derives from an investigation into alleged immigration fraud in the congresswoman’s documents. Those records were processed by her late father when she was a child, which means the allegations under review reach back to her earliest years in the country.
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
The intervention aligns with what border czar Tom Homan announced in mid-September, when he said the lawmaker was subject to a criminal process. A federal prosecutor separately indicated that the statute of limitations could prove decisive regarding older accusations connected to her 2009 marriage. That detail suggests parts of the case may turn on records that are now years old.
Omar, who was born in Somalia, has represented Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District since 2019. A prominent voice on the left wing of the Democratic Party, she was the first Somali and the first Muslim woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
She is also an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly made her a target of his rhetoric. Civil rights advocates have long questioned the accusations directed at her and at the broader Somali-American community, pointing to both the verbal attacks and episodes of physical aggression she has faced over her progressive positions.
Finances Under Scrutiny
The federal operation lands amid separate scrutiny of the lawmaker’s finances. Her disclosure statements show that assets she shared with her husband fell from an estimate of between $6 million and $30 million in 2024 to a maximum of $125,000 in 2025. The shift amounts to roughly 29.9 million dollars.
Combined with student loan and credit card debts held by the couple, that drop suggests a possible negative net worth.
The raid unfolded during a second Trump term in which the United States has revoked 250,000 visas. Federal authorities have offered no timeline for the next phase of the investigation, leaving the case open as the midterms approach.
Supporters of the investigation may argue that no one is above the law, while critics may question whether the case is politically motivated, given the president’s history of attacking the congresswoman.
Ilhan Omar said Monday that she will not be silenced, denouncing a federal search of her Washington-area home as an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize law enforcement, in a message posted on X.
“I am fine. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to attack political enemies and to use federal law enforcement as a weapon,” Omar wrote. “For ten years, Trump has attacked me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation,” she denounced.
Following the search, Omar’s congressional office said in a statement that the “raid by Trump’s DHS is an outrageous abuse of power.” The statement added that the attacks against her “have now escalated to a senseless federal raid.”
“The Congresswoman has done nothing wrong,” the office said. “No president should be able to use the power of the federal government to intimidate his political enemies,” it added.
No charges against Omar have been announced. A search warrant indicates that a judge found probable cause to authorize the search, but it is not an accusation of wrongdoing and does not establish guilt.
On Monday, CBS News reported that federal agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D–Minn.), as part of an ongoing investigation that "centers on Omar's immigration paperwork."
In a statement to the Associated Press, the Justice Department said agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—an office within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that conducts federal criminal investigations into immigration fraud and identity and benefits fraud—"executed a judicially authorized search warrant" as "part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation."
The search warrant reportedly "lists a series of potential immigration crimes under investigation, including false statements and fraud in immigration paperwork, as well as a general conspiracy charge," according toThe New York Times. The Times reported that federal officials are also investigating "whether Ms. Omar derived citizenship from a father who may have been ineligible to obtain naturalized status." In a statement, Omar called the investigation an "outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies," stating she did "nothing wrong."
Omar has been in the Justice Department's crosshairs since January, when President Donald Trump announced that the department and Congress were "looking at 'Congresswoman' Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars."
Trump was referencing an investigation by the House Ethics Committee, based on a 2025 financial disclosure form showing she and her husband held assets worth between $6 million and $30 million, a notable increase from her previous filings. Omar later filed an amended disclosure form that showed the assets were worth $18,004 to $95,000 after accounting for liabilities. However, in September, the Wall Street Journalreported that the Office of Congressional Conduct—which reviews allegations against House members and their staff—voted 5–1 to recommend that the House Ethics Committee dismiss the allegations. Per the Journal, investigators found no "substantial reason to believe that Rep. Omar reported false or incomplete information in her financial disclosures." Omar's office told the Journal she didn't catch the errors, which stemmed from erroneous valuations of her husband's businesses, because she "isn't involved in her husband's businesses and trusted the accountant involved."
Omar's opposition to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts, particularly in her home state of Minnesota, and her Somali heritage have made her a frequent target of the president and his allies.
Last December, a federal indictment revealed a nearly $9 billion fraud scandal in Minnesota, much of it tied to the state's Somali immigrants. In March, Vice President J.D. Vance—who leads the Trump administration's anti-fraud task force—told right-wing commentator Benny Johnson that Omar "definitely committed immigration fraud against the United States of America." Vance accused Omar of "being at the center of a lot of the worst fraudsters in the Somali community."
Vance doubled down in May, telling White House reporters the immigration fraud allegations were "something that the Department of Justice is looking at right now." He appeared to pull back from his March claim that he was certain Omar had committed immigration fraud, instead stating that while he didn't want to "prejudge an investigation," it "certainly seems like something fishy is there."
In September, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told Johnson that the investigation into Omar was still "ongoing," and that the department knew she had "married her brother to try to bring him into the United States." Omar's office has denied the accusations, which were first levied against her in 2016.
Mullin claims the investigation into Omar is "not political." He could be telling the truth; federal investigators have scrutinized Omar before. In 2024, the Biden administration's Justice Department opened an investigation into Omar's "finances, campaign spending and interactions with a foreign citizen," according toThe New York Times. Per the Times, the investigation eventually "stalled for lack of evidence."
But Mullin's words are also hard to take at face value. Despite denying accusations of weaponizing the justice system, the Trump administration has time and again used dubious legal reasoning to investigate the president's political enemies. This includes New York Attorney General Letitia James, who, after successfully suing Trump for financial fraud, was indicted for mortgage fraud by Trump's Justice Department, which used the same petty justification on her.
The president has also continued a campaign to indict Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, announcing last week that the White House would hold in-person hearings to look into claims she committed mortgage fraud. Ousting Cook would ostensibly allow the president to install a Fed governor aligned with his priorities. It's a tactic that failed Trump once before, when his Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for his handling of renovations at the central bank's headquarters. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, dropped the probe in April, and the department ultimately found nothing criminal in Powell's conduct.
An investigation will reveal whether Omar broke the law. Still, if it's anything like the Trump administration's previous efforts, the investigation is likely driven by political animus, not criminal behavior.
Um despiste de uma moto 4 numa zona de mato próximo do lugar do Furadouro, na freguesia de Sabacheira, concelho de Tomar, provocou dois feridos, um dos quais em estado grave, no final do dia 2 de setembro.
Bombeiros do município de Tomar
As vítimas pertencem a um casal na casa dos 70 anos. Para o local foram mobilizados os Bombeiros Municipais de Tomar com 8 operacionais e 3 veículos, segundo os Bombeiros Municipais de Tomar. A prestar apoio à ocorrência estiveram ainda a ambulância SIV de Tomar, a VMER do Médio Tejo, a Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) e um Helicóptero de Emergência Médica.
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Por: Dino Frazão OSMONHACAS.COM 3 de setembro de 2026
Uma colisão entre duas viaturas ligeiras na A13, junto à localidade de Santa Cita, em Tomar, provocou este sábado, 22 de agosto, um morto e um ferido grave. O acidente levou ao corte total de estrada no sentido sul-norte.
O alerta foi dado pelas 13:13 através do 112. O sinistro ocorreu ao quilómetro 128 da Autostrada do Pinhal Interior, segundo a Proteção Civil.
Segundo o Comando Sub-Regional de Emergência e Proteção Civil do Médio Tejo, para o local foram mobilizados os Bombeiros de Tomar e de Vila Nova da Barquinha. À chegada, os meios de socorro encontraram duas vítimas em estado grave, tendo o óbito de uma delas sido declarado no local. A outra vítima foi transportada para a unidade hospitalar.
O ferido grave, uma mulher de 26 anos, foi transportado para o hospital de Abrantes e, a vítima mortal é um homem de 68 anos de Ferreira do Zêzere.
As duas vias no sentido sul-norte da A13 estiveram cortadas ao trânsito, segundo a mesma fonte. Foi acionado para o local o Núcleo de Investigação de Crimes em Acidentes de Viação (NICAVE) da GNR, que se encontra a apurar as causas do acidente.
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