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Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C.-area home in October 2026 as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork. The search warrant reportedly lists potential crimes including false statements, immigration fraud, and conspiracy, and officials are examining whether Omar misstated her birth date to derive citizenship through her late father's 2000 naturalization. Agents seized her phone and issued subpoenas to relatives. Omar denounced the search as an abuse of power and political intimidation; the Justice Department confirmed a judicially authorized warrant. The raid occurred weeks before midterm elections.

44 reports · 7 sources · Updated Oct 19, 12:57 AM UTC

Federal prosecutors charged Abdulrahman Alfozan, a 35-year-old Saudi national and OpenAI engineer, with using a device to intercept oral communications after a recorder wrapped in toilet paper was found plugged into a TV's USB port in a San Francisco executive conference room on 30 September. OpenAI used its own AI models to trace the device, fired Alfozan and alerted the FBI, which arrested him on 9 October. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine; a detention hearing is set for 19 October.

34 reports · 12 sources · Updated Oct 16, 09:07 PM UTC

The Trump administration's Justice Department sued California officials over allegations that roughly 20,000 noncitizens are registered to vote, seeking to stop the state from counting about 20,000 ballots. The filing followed a DOJ demand that California review a thumb drive of "likely noncitizen" voters within 48 hours and prove citizenship for listed voters or have ballots withheld. California declined to open the drive, and CNN described the suit as a "long shot." California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has disputed the reliability of the administration's figures.

10 reports · 2 sources · Updated Oct 15, 11:39 PM UTC

The US Department of Justice has opened an antitrust investigation into five major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News — over their brief suspension of White House press-pool coverage of President Donald Trump. The networks paused pool participation after the administration revoked credentials for CNN, MS Now and Politico; access was later restored after a judge ruled on the outlets' lawsuit. The DoJ has requested pool-related communications and cited the Sherman Act. Legal experts cited by the Washington Post say the probe rests on thin legal grounds. The networks have not commented.

10 reports · 3 sources · Updated Oct 11, 07:07 PM UTC