Federal agents have searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C. home, only three weeks before the frequent target of President Trump’s criticism faces reelection.
The raid was carried out by the Department of Homeland Security and is connected to an investigation of immigration forms Omar’s father filled out when she was a child.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said last month Omar was under review for potential immigration fraud related to her family’s arrival in the U.S., but Omar said she’d never been contacted about an investigation into her immigration status. Omar was born in Somalia and is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Trump expressed more of his disdain for Omar while speaking to reporters Monday, although he said the raid wasn’t done at his direction.
The Army will move at "the speed of business," not the speed of government, acting Army Secretary Adam Telle told a major military conference.
At the Association of the U.S. Army convention, Telle said the Army was working closely with private industry in unprecedented ways. He said future battles require an Army that can move far faster than federal bureaucracy has traditionally allowed.
For the Army, rethinking its relationship with defense companies is part of a sweeping transformation initiative to modernize and restructure the force. Amid all that change, current and former Army officers say the fundamentals of the service’s mission remain constant.
NATO’s top commander, U.S. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, says the alliance is “ready to fight tonight” if Russia attacks.
Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, Grynkewich urged European leaders to step up support for Ukraine in response to Russia’s increasingly aggressive actions against NATO members. Those include airspace violations, arson and cyberattacks.
Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, said Washington is not leaving the alliance, but he listed Europe fourth among American priorities, after the homeland, the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific.
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ moves to put some daylight between himself and President Trump struck some Michigan Republicans as a wobble. But it’s also a strategic move by Rogers, as his base is already locked in and now needs to win over voters who are on the fence.
It’s a balancing act in a toss-up race, with the RealClearPolitics average showing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed leading by 3 percentage points, roughly within the margin of error.
Rogers says he hasn’t flip-flopped on tariffs, which he previously called “masterful” and “necessary,” or on the Iran war, which he once described as a “win-win-win.” He now says the tariffs have run their course.
And finally … Republican Sen. Susan Collins is in the toughest reelection battle of her career, with her position as Appropriations Committee chair not enough to give her a bigger boost.
She’s now at risk of becoming the first Senate Appropriations chair to lose reelection since 1980. Her Democratic opponent, Troy Jackson is running about even with her in the polls, boosted by a campaign centered on affordability and a message that Republicans have left the working class behind.
The 73-year-old has historically overperformed when her outlook was bad. Every public poll showed her losing in 2020, but Collins eventually beat Democrat Sara Gideon by 9 percentage points.
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