14 h. ago Dramatic standoff in Minnesota as federal agents with weapons drawn square up to Ilhan Omar's 'woke army' with tensions set to boil over

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar faced off with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis as tension continued to rise after a 37-year-old was shot dead by the agency.

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15 h. ago Trump administration suspends $129m in benefit payments to Minnesota

USDA notified state’s governor of decision, citing inquiries into alleged fraud by local non-profits and businessesThe Trump administration announced it is suspending $129m in federal benefit payments to Minnesota amid allegations of widespread fraud in the state.The secretary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Brooke Rollins, shared a letter on Friday on social media that was addressed to Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, and the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, notifying them of the administration’s decision and citing investigations into alleged fraud conducted by local non-profits and businesses. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago USDA suspends ‘federal financial awards’ for Minnesota, citing ‘massive fraud’

The agriculture secretary cited ‘massive fraud’ in the state

Economics

63 h. ago New video angle proves ICE agent was defending himself as woman struck him with ‘weaponized’ car

HARROWING videos have captured the full scope of the tense confrontation that led to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officer gunning down a Minnesota mom. The newest angle appears to show Renee Good, 37, striking an agent with her SUV, leading him to fire three fatal shots at the intersection of a quiet residential Minneapolis...

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3 d. ago Woman in Minnesota fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows

Mayor says ICE claims incident was self-defense are not true, and tells agency to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’Minnesota Democrats voice outrage after fatal ICE shooting: ‘Leave our state immediately’Federal agents shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the victim was “a legal observer” of action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which had sent a surge of agents into the city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Minnesota woman fatally shot by ICE agent during raid, video shows

Mayor says ICE claims that the incident was self-defense are not true and tells ICE to ‘get the fuck out of Minneapolis’Federal agents shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the victim was “a legal observer” of action by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which had sent a surge of agents into the city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Kristi Noem to deploy 2,000 agents to Minnesota amid hunt for more fraud

The surge in federal agents comes as Minnesota is under scrutiny from the Trump administration for fraud in social services programs

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1 week ago Somali Congresswoman Ilhan Omar facing probe over how her family wealth rocketed from near

Ilhan Omar's financial disclosure forms detail a shocking increase in assets, with one listing skyrocketing from only $1,000 to a maximum of $30 million.

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1 week ago Celebrity Apprentice contestants 'turn on each other' with one branded show 'villain'

Tensions boiled over on the set of the 2025 Celebrity special of The Apprentice - where star contestants faced off against each other in an attempt to win cash for charity

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3 w. ago Trump national address live: President set to give speech amid growing economic concerns and rising Venezuela tensions

Trump offered few details of the content of the speech but told reporters that the message of the address is ‘we inherited a mess and we've done a great job’

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3 w. ago ‘An unhealthy and creepy obsession’: Ilhan Omar on Trump’s attacks

The Zen-like US representative from Minnesota has had the highest level of death threats of any congressperson because of the president’s attacks“That’s Teddy,” said Tim Mynett, husband of the US representative Ilhan Omar, as their five-year-old labrador retriever capered around her office on Capitol Hill. “If you make too much eye contact, he’ll lose it. He’s my best friend – and he’s our security detail these days.”The couple were sitting on black leather furniture around a coffee table. Apart from a sneezing fit that took her husband by surprise, Omar had an unusual Zen-like calm for someone who receives frequent death threats and is the subject of a vendetta from the most powerful man in the world. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ilhan Omar says Trump’s repeated attacks fuel climate of political violence

The US House member says president’s rhetoric about her and Somali Americans could have dangerous consequencesUS congresswoman Ilhan Omar has warned that Donald Trump’s repeated personal attacks and dehumanising rhetoric are fuelling a climate of political violence that could have dangerous consequences.Speaking days after the president called for her to be thrown out of the country, Omar said Trump’s incendiary language reaches “the worst humans possible” and encourages them to act. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says ICE agents pulled over her son in Minnesota

Representative says her son was let go once he showed ID as Trump ramps up operation targeting Somali population in MinneapolisDemocratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar told a Minneapolis broadcaster that her son had been stopped over the weekend by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, after Donald Trump ordered an operation targeting the Minnesota city’s Somali population.“Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by [ICE] agents, and once he was able to produce his passport ID, they did let him go,” Omar said on Sunday in an interview with WCCO. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE agents during immigration crackdown

Omar and Trump have repeatedly clashed, with the president calling for the Congresswoman to be ‘thrown the hell out’ of the United States

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4 w. ago The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed

Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nationA rally on affordability in Pennsylvania on 9 December devolved into a racist tirade when Donald Trump said to the crowd: “We only take people from shithole countries. Why can’t we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few? From Denmark. Do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people. But we always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime.”Referring to the US representative Ilhan Omar’s hijab as a “little turban”, Trump continued: “She should get the hell out. Throw her the hell out.” His supporters erupted in chants of: “Send her back.” Continue reading...

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