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Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks to the press in the spin room after taking part in a debate with Republican rival candidate Mike Rogers, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, October 8, 2026. (photo credit: JIM VONDRUSKA/REUTERS) Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed doubled down on his anti-Israel rhetoric on Monday, claiming that Israel is not the US’s friend in an interview with ABC News. “An ally that takes your money to push you into wars you shouldn’t be fighting is not an ally,” he answered after being asked if he considered Israel to be an American ally. El-Sayed compared Israel to a friend who “keeps bumming off [your kids’ money] and then talks about them behind their back and gets them into fights with their other friends.” “What would you tell your kid?” he asked the reporter. “You’d probably tell them, ‘Maybe that’s not actually your friend.’” “I think it’s time for us to realize that Israel is actually not our friend,” he concluded.

  Her endorsement could provide El-Sayed is a critical move towards promoting rapid Islam Takeover of the United States. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat on Thursday, a decision that comes as progressives look to capitalize off a series of recent high-profile primary victories in New York, Colorado and elsewhere. Her endorsement could provide El-Sayed with a critical boost just over a month before the state’s Aug. 4 primary. The former public health official is locked in a heated contest against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow for the right to take on Republican Mike Rogers in the general election. It also comes as El-Sayed has risen to the top of the pack in recent public polling. Virtually any Democratic path to flipping the Senate in this year’s midterms would see the party hold the open Michigan Senate seat, with two-term Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) retiring at the end of his...

  Key Takeaways: White House border czar Tom Homan said federal investigators have a “strong case” against Rep. Ilhan Omar following a Homeland Security Investigations search of her Washington, D.C., home linked to questions about her naturalization. Officials including Vice President JD Vance and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin have described the probe as evidence-driven and referenced longstanding allegations that Omar married her brother to facilitate immigration fraud, allegations she has denied. Former President Barack Obama and other Democrats condemned the search as politically motivated targeting of an elected official, while Omar’s attorneys have demanded the return of seized items including her phone. ( The Center Square ) – White House border czar Tom Homan said over the weekend that federal investigators have a “strong case” against U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar. These comments come less than a week after Homeland Security Investigations searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washingt...

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) poses for her official congressional portrait. | Image by Kristie Boyd/U.S. House Office of Photography. Federal investigators have obtained DNA evidence that could substantiate allegations that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) married her brother to help him obtain a green card, the New York Post reported Monday, citing people familiar with the investigation. The newspaper linked the purported evidence to Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi. One source told the Post the DNA was critical to establishing the alleged sibling relationship. The Post did not publish laboratory results with its report. The Dallas Express has not independently verified the DNA claim. Omar has repeatedly denied that Elmi is her brother. Evidence follows home search Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar's Washington, D.C., home on October 12 under a court-authorized warrant, as The Dallas Express covered last week Investigators have also gathered ...

  Israeli soldiers seen at an IDF post on the Syrian side of the border with Israel, September 24, 2026. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90) Syria has said it strongly condemned Israel’s near-daily operations that occur along the Golan border. According to Syrian state media SANA , “Syria has strongly condemned escalating Israeli occupation forces’ incursions into Quneitra province and the countryside of Daraa in recent days, alongside increased helicopter, reconnaissance, and military aircraft activity over southern Syria.” Israel has operated in this buffer zone and in Syrian villages near the Golan since the fall of the Assad regime. Israel and the new Syrian government have had increased tensions over these IDF operations. Israeli leaders say that Israel will not withdraw from areas it seized along the border in December 2024, including the peak of Mount Hermon. The Syrian government was initially relatively quiet on this issue.

  A child carrying an umbrella walks near displacement tents in Gaza City, Gaza Strip on October 18, 2026. During the first rainfall of the season in northern Gaza City, rain falls on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians amid the rubble of destroyed buildings. (photo credit: Ibrahim Zanoun / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) The IDF revealed on Sunday a Hamas document detailing plans to plant explosives in and around camps for displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip , which would then be used as cover in case their leadership needed to evacuate the sites. The document, written in April 2024, detailed a plan that explicitly exploited the civilian population for the benefit of the terror organization's leadership and showed intent to cause direct harm to Palestinian civilians for the sake of minor tactical advantages, like "creating smoke screens, distracting the enemy, and divert[ing] their focus and efforts away from the primary objective." Plans involved deton...