Today is Monday, October 26, 2026.
DOJ asks Washington state to set aside ballots from 400+ suspected noncitizen registrants
News account @KapitolAI says the Trump administration has asked Washington state to set aside ballots from more than 400 people it suspects registered without citizenship, citing the Associated Press. The account says DOJ claims those people cast 1,500 votes in past elections. That is DOJ's allegation as relayed by @KapitolAI, not an established finding.
Trump-appointed judge tosses DOJ's Utah voter-data suit
Fox News Politics says a Trump-appointed judge dismissed DOJ's lawsuit seeking Utah voter records, handing the department another election-related court loss days ahead of the midterms. The case pitted DOJ against Utah's Republican lieutenant governor, who refused to turn over voters' private information. Fox News Politics says the ruling adds to more than 25 voter-roll litigation defeats for the administration, and that DOJ cannot simply refile the same claim but can appeal.
Ilhan Omar's deleted 'Nur Said' Father's Day post resurfaces amid federal probe
Fox News Politics says a deleted 2013 Father's Day post from Rep. Ilhan Omar is back in the spotlight, and that it could be a critical piece of the federal investigation into her identity and immigration records. In it, Omar called her father "Nur Said," a name strikingly similar to that of her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. The Congressional Black Caucus and other records list her father's name as "Nur Omar Mohamed," and Omar deleted the tweet on Sept. 19, 2019.
Fox News Politics says federal agents searched Omar's D.C. residence on Oct. 12 as part of a criminal probe into possible false statements on immigration and naturalization documents. Court filings from that search identify her as "Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a.k.a. Ilhan Abdullahi Omar."
Omar insists her real name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar and has called the investigation a political attack.