Monday, October 12, 2026 · Evening Edition

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By StaffNews Desk

Good morning. Federal immigration agents searched the Washington home of Rep. Ilhan Omar on Monday, in a probe sources say centers on immigration paperwork her late father completed when she was a child. Critics of Trump immediately cast the raid as an abuse of power against a congresswoman who has been a vigorous opponent of the White House. The machinery of ICE turned on a sitting lawmaker over her childhood is the apparatus showing what it is for — and, as a flailing Trump's grip grows more tenuous, the checks meant to stop him are failing.

On Friday Trump made a surprise decision to suspend sanctions against Russia, blaming high energy prices on Ukraine, which disputes his claim of an energy ceasefire. He defended the deal with Moscow to suspend export sanctions on Russian fuel, calling it “the right choice.” Weeks from the midterms, he is turning overseas for help.

Meanwhile the president's new financial disclosure reads as self-enrichment, not mere favors to an ally. Musk posted on X on Sunday that a huge Tesla and SpaceX semiconductor factory planned in Texas would have a vast output — part of his vision of AI supplanting life on Earth.

The loyalty economy churns on: Trump says “we're looking at” firing ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle, days after a donor alleged she sought $100,000 to clear her credit card debt before her confirmation — and she can be removed without congressional approval or a finding of misconduct. His new press secretary amplified right-wing conspiracy theories. And in Texas, Latino voters are gearing up to punish Trump at the ballot box.