Homeland Security agents searched the Washington, D.C., home of Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday as part of a criminal investigation.
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agents → search → investigation
The Justice Department said agents used a judicially authorized search warrant but provided no other details.
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agents → say → details
Omar has not commented.
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Omar → comment → ?
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.
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she → say → Athens
The U.S. Department of Justice meanwhile is investigating whether it was a violation of antitrust law when the White House television press pool collectively halted coverage of Trump last month after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.
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he → investigate → House
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.
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group → call → law
Spanish-language radio show airs voter frustration in battleground Pennsylvania
“Una sola cosa” — Just one thing.
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show → air → Pennsylvania
That’s all Victor Martinez asked of listeners to his Spanish-language radio station — to say one positive thing about Trump.
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Martinez → ’ → Trump
The calls started rolling in.
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calls → roll → ?
Someone mentioned the $5,000 payout that Trump promised if Republicans keep control of Congress, which Martinez thought was so hilarious that he played a laugh track.
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he → mention → track
Then a trucker shared a silver lining from high diesel prices — he’s taking an unplanned vacation because he can’t afford to fill up his rig.
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he → share → rig
Latino’s represent nearly 1 in 4 people in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, where Martinez hosts his show.
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Martinez → represent → show
So many are flooding his phone with frustrations over higher prices that he thinks Republicans could soon face election consequences.
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Republicans → flood → consequences
“It’s the economy, stupid.
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It → ’ → ?
That’s what it is.
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it → ’ → ?
I mean, things have gotten so bad,” Martinez said.
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Martinez → mean → ?
“People didn’t think Biden did a good job.
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Biden → think → job
Everything was expensive and now it’s worse.”
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it → ’ → ?
Judge orders halt to tree cutting at historic DC course
District Judge Ana Reyes Monday ordered a 24-hour halt to tree cutting at the historic East Potomac Golf Course while she decides on an emergency order from plaintiffs concerned that Trump’s plans for the course are moving forward despite the court case.
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plans → order → case
Plaintiffs are likely to suffer immediate and irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief,” she wrote.
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she → suffer → relief
The emergency hearing for later Monday was prompted by a National Park Service statement Friday that it is cutting 500 trees “that do not contribute to the historic landscape” at the park.
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that → prompt → park
The judge’s order lays out questions she wants answered by Kevin Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, including the timeline for the removal and who ordered the work.
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who → lay → work
Zelenskyy says Russia attacked gas infrastructure despite Trump’s energy ceasefire announcement
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday on Fox News that his country is prepared to engage in an energy ceasefire but that Russia had attacked Ukraine’s gas infrastructure as Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to pause the war.
“I am not sure Putin is ready,” he said.
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he → say → war
Zelenskyy said that after Trump announced the energy ceasefire on Truth Social, Ukraine didn’t carry out attacks, but Russia continued to strike Ukrainian infrastructure.
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Russia → say → infrastructure
“The communication from Russia was very clear that they don’t know anything about energy ceasefire,” he said.
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he → know → ceasefire
Darline Graham and Annie Andrews argue over who’s less qualified to be a US senator
Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., and Democratic nominee Annie Andrews sparred for an hour in their only debate in a race that’s become unexpectedly close.
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that → argue → race
On questions bouncing from Iran to the economy and artificial intelligence, their answers Sunday night boiled down to who’s less qualified.
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who → bounce → economy
Andrews brought up Graham’s Republican runoff debate flub when she struggled to answer whether the U.S. has a national security interest in Taiwan and the South China Sea — a longstanding contention of both Democratic and Republican administrations — before admitting, “National security is not my thing.”
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security → bring → administrations
“If your surgeon said that appendectomies aren’t really his thing, would you still hand him a scalpel?
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you → say → scalpel
No,” Andrews said, calling Graham “unserious and unqualified.”
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Andrews → say → Graham
At least I’m honest.
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I → ’m → ?
If I don’t know something, I am glad to say it, and I’ll say it again tonight,” said Graham.
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Graham → know → it
Barack Obama adds Mississippi Senate nominee Scott Colom to his endorsement list
Accelerating his midterm involvement, the 44th president released a video Monday backing the Democrat’s bid to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
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president → add → Smith
“Mississippi, it’s time for a change,” Obama said, praising Colom as “a devoted husband and dad, a 7th-generation Mississippian” and successful local prosecutor.
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Obama → ’ → husband
Colom has tried to get more national Democratic backing, arguing Hyde-Smith’s low profile, voters’ frustration with the economy and Trump’s lagging popularity make an upset possible.
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upset → try → economy
Mississippi has the largest proportion of Black voters of any U.S. state, but its Black voters typically turn out at lower rates than whites.
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voters → have → whites
Colom needs to raise Black turnout and exceed Democrats’ usual share of white voters.
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Colom → need → voters
“Mississippi, your vote matters,” Obama said, nodding at those dynamics.
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Obama → matter → dynamics
Agents searched Omar’s home in Washington early Monday
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Agents → search → Washington
More details about the investigation and its focus were not immediately clear, though Vice President JD Vance last May signaled that the Trump administration would investigate Omar for immigration fraud allegations, which she has denied.
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she → signal → which
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