Obama Defends Ilhan Omar After Agents Search Her Home in Trump Inquiry
The former president's intervention raises the stakes in a federal probe into immigration paperwork that has put a prominent progressive lawmaker in the crosshairs.

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The former president's intervention raises the stakes in a federal probe into immigration paperwork that has put a prominent progressive lawmaker in the crosshairs.
Alan Milburn's call for welfare cuts to fund employment support opens a Labour fight over benefits and the Neet crisis.
The latest inflation print lands as Trump campaigns for GOP control of Congress, putting cost-of-living worries at the center of the midterm fight.
Bollywood star Imran Khan's court fight over a protest-linked exit order puts every OCI cardholder's political risk in focus.
The 2015 arms embargo hasn't stopped Iran-backed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Here's why the threat keeps growing.
With Congress on the line, Democratic candidates in Maine, Michigan, and Minnesota are hitting local headwinds that national momentum hasn't been able to fix.
A procedural move sets up a high-stakes congressional showdown over civilian nuclear cooperation with Riyadh, but GOP control makes the block a long shot.
Syria's arrest of Ali Kayali, accused of the 2013 Baniyas massacre that killed 459, signals a broader reckoning for former Assad loyalists.
A political hit against a socialist in Portland has exposed the growing strength of the democratic left, with implications for city policy and business.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood escalates a returns dispute by stripping Eritrean VIPs of fast-track visas and threatening a wider ban.
The charity regulator will distinguish 'heated discussion' from abuse as Reform's undercover scandal deepens.
A teacher and 27 pupils died in a Peshawar classroom; the tragedy exposes the cost of neglected infrastructure for companies and investors across South Asia.