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US probes Ilhan Omar’s decades-old immigration paperwork with eye towards deportation, sources say

The raid on Omar’s home on Oct 12 has renewed concerns that the Trump administration is using federal law enforcement to punish the President’s political opponents.

‘An attempt to target political enemies’: Fury as US agents search anti-Trump lawmaker’s home

The search was conducted by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of US immigration enforcement, on Oct 12.

Democratic lawmaker and Trump critic Ilhan Omar’s home raided in immigration fraud probe

Representative Ilhan Omar has called President Donald Trump’s focus on her an “unhealthy and creepy obsession”.

US senators want Trump to reverse course on Russia diesel

Republican senator Thom Tillis is among those who criticised the diesel deal, warning it could put American lives at risk.

Trump misnames Muslim senate candidate ‘Mohammed’

Arab American Abdul El-Sayed is running for a Michigan senate seat that could decide which party wins the US upper chamber in knife-edge midterm polls.

Trump voters not pumped about voting in the November midterms, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

US President Donald Trump taking to the stage at a Republican campaign rally in Mobile, Alabama, on Oct 2. An enthusiasm gap among voters is favouring the Democrats in the US midterm elections.

‘I’m getting fed up’: Early US midterm voters line up before dawn in Ohio

A woman casts her vote outside the Medina County Board of Elections, as early voting begins in Ohio on Oct 6.

Russian tycoon says Trump Jr paid back lavish wedding costs

Umar Kremlev compared the arrangement to inviting friends to his country house and said demanding repayment afterwards would be “ridiculous”.

Trump won’t reimburse US for political ads, in fresh U-turn

US President Donald Trump had earlier said that he and his political campaign would pay for the advertisements promoting himself ahead of tight US midterm elections in November.

Trump says taxpayers will no longer pay for TV ads that praised him

President Donald Trump said on Oct 5 that he considered the ads to be “a positive promotion for our Great USA”, but that they would no longer be funded by taxpayers.

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