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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is at the center of a federal immigration-related investigation after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents searched a Washington, D.C., residence associated with her on October 12, 2026. Federal officials have publicly confirmed an ongoing investigation, and news reports say investigators are examining her childhood immigration history, her late father’s paperwork, and…
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is facing at least two separately reported federal investigations as of October 14, 2026: one concerning her family’s immigration history and one concerning her financial disclosures. Federal agents searched a Washington, D.C., residence associated with Omar on October 12, and reports published October 13 said investigators had subpoenaed her sister and…
October 16, 2026 Update: Investigators May Be Considering Citizenship Revocation A new Reuters report published October 16 says one person familiar with the federal investigation described revoking Rep. Ilhan Omar’s U.S. citizenship and pursuing deportation as a possible objective. The reported inquiry focuses on whether Omar or relatives supplied false information in immigration paperwork when…
On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced coordinated enforcement actions imposing more than $1.21 billion in penalties and settlements against Bank of America, N.A., the second-largest bank in the United States. The actions target long-running failures in the bank’s Bank Secrecy Act / anti-money-laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program and a separate set…
On October 13, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Herrera-Salazar v. United States (No. 25-6989). Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, issued a statement respecting the denial. The statement warned of “serious constitutional problems” in the government’s decision to prosecute the same man twice under the federal illegal-reentry law for a…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in Illinois asking a judge to revoke the U.S. citizenship of Emmanuel Tayo Akinkunmi, a Nigerian-born Chicago man who took the Oath of Allegiance on June 8, 2011. According to reporting on the complaint, the lawsuit was filed on October 7,…
Bloomberg Law reported on October 13, 2026, that Mel Gunewardena, a senior adviser to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig, told staff to retract a referral involving suspiciously timed oil and stock-market trades. The trades were placed roughly 15 minutes before President Donald Trump’s March 23, 2026 Truth Social post about Iran. This…
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, to hear the Trump administration’s challenge in a lawsuit seeking public records about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The case involves a dispute between the administration and government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) over whether courts can allow broad discovery…
On October 13, 2026, White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia said the administration has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as U.S. ambassador to Greece. It was not immediately clear whether Guilfoyle had formally resigned or when any departure would take effect. The request follows weeks of media reports alleging misconduct before and during her tenure….