President Trump speaks to reporters at the White House
President Trump responded again on Thursday to Somali Rep. Ilhan Omar’s strange comment when asked if she married her brother in an interview on Wednesday, saying it “tells you a lot.”
Omar said “not to my knowledge” when asked whether she was related to her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
She laughed awkwardly when Chris Hayes asked about claims that she had married her brother before making the non-denial.
Trump initially responded late on Wednesday night, telling reporters, “‘not to my knowledge,’ that’s not a good answer.”
“That’s an answer that a lot of us assume,” he added.
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It has since been revealed that “Ilhan Omar” is an alias, according to sources familiar with the investigation, and her real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, the same name of her brother-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.
Asked again on Thursday about the strange “not to my knowledge response,” Trump said, “Well, if you ask me that same question about, let’s say, my sister, I would say no. She said not to my knowledge.”
“That tells you a lot, right there. No, she’s—I’ve never been a big fan of hers. I’ll be honest. Let’s see how it all works out, but that statement tells you a lot.”
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As The Gateway Pundit reported, Ilhan Omar’s real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.
A former Minnesota federal immigration judge said this could “call into question” every document she’s ever filled out with her fake name, Ilhan Omar.
Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano stands accused of damaging an Iwo Jima statue. Credit: Prince William County Police Department
A Virginia man has been arrested after allegedly getting caught in an incredibly sickening act that betrays those who bled for our country during World War II.
As InsideNoVa.com reported, Prince William County police officers responded to an incident involving the historic Iwo Jima monument in Quantico near Richmond Highway and Fuller Road.
The statue is located roughly two miles from Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.
Upon arrival, officers found a thug who has since been identified as 27-year-old Miguel Alonso Maldonado Soriano of Stafford.
Police say he was actively damaging the structure using a sledgehammer.
The officers quickly detained Maldonado Soriano.
Police later noted extensive destruction to the monument, including the removal of one of the soldiers’ heads. All told, the damage to the monument is estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
According to InsideNoVa.com, Maldonado Soriano has been charged with the following offenses: felony destruction of property, trespass with intent to damage property, and felony injury to a monument.
Maldonado Soriano is being held without bond. Per WJLA, his court date is pending.
Police have not revealed why Maldonado Soriano decided to attack the monument.
As Patch.com notes, the Iwo Jima statue stands near one entrance to Marine Base Quantico and is a short walk from the National Museum of the Marine Corps. It was carved out of limestone by Felix de Weldon in 1945.
The Quantico statue is one of several smaller-scale statues Weldon created of the scene.
Patch.com also notes that Weldon would recreate the scene as the 100-ton bronze Iwo Jima Monument. This currently sits in front of Arlington National Cemetery.
The Arlington National Cemetery monument was dedicated in 1954.
Federal sources have revealed to Fox News that “Ilhan Omar” is a fake name used by the Somali Minnesota Congresswoman currently embattled in a federal fraud investigation.
Her real name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, the name of her brother-husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, two sources familiar with the ongoing investigation confirmed to Fox.
A former Minnesota federal immigration judge also told the outlet that if it is proven that she lived her “entire life under an alias,” every document she’s ever filled out with the fake name could be “called into question.”
The Gateway Pundit reported yesterday that the Department of Justice revealed in a recent court filing that Omar is identified in the search warrant used to raid her home as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
The DC US Attorney’s Office further revealed that their extensive search warrant has not yet been fully executed.
Omar has never publicly said that she does not have a birth certificate and has claimed that it was lost or destroyed during unrest in Somalia. It has been speculated that she had been lying about her age all her life in the United States and used a fake birth date to obtain citizenship, but it appears that’s not all she lied about.
The revelation comes as the feds have obtained “Omar’s” DNA, which could be used to prove that she is living under a false identity and that she married her brother.
Her real identity appears to link her to her former husband through a shared birth name.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Omar sat for her first interview since the raid on her Washington, DC, home last Monday, with MS Now’s Chris Hayes on Wednesday.
During the interview, she was also asked whether her ex-husband was her biological brother, and she gave an insane response, saying, “not to my knowledge.”
Instead of just saying no, she said she isn’t sure. Perhaps we now know why.
Calley Means, a senior advisor to Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., resigned from his position Thursday. In a post on X announcing his departure, Means wrote that he retained “tremendous respect for President Trump and Bobby Kennedy,” who “laid out a vision of combating the entrenched, dark forces in DC that profit from Americans getting sick.” He also touted his work on policies including “Dietary Guidelines reform, psychedelic reform, removing soda from SNAP, removing food dyes, GRAS reform, and overhauling government food procurement.”
Means first gained prominence as an advocate for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement. He was involved in the 2024 presidential campaigns of both RFK, Jr. and Donald Trump, and reportedly played a key role in brokering a political alliance between the two men. (His sister, Casey Means, is also a well-known figure in the MAHA movement, and was tapped for the post of surgeon general before her nomination was withdrawn earlier this year.)
Although Means did not give a reason for resigning, sources close to him attributed the decision to frustration with delays on advancing MAHA priorities. As one health influencer reportedly close with Means told the New York Times: “It became very clear in the last few months that no progress was getting made. And when you’re spinning around in circles, you can only take so much.”
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Two orange pill bottles sit side by side on your kitchen counter, next to the dish where you drop your keys.
One is for your mood. One is for the bedroom. Your doctor wrote both at a quick visit last spring. Nobody checked your testosterone.
You still feel flat most days. You snap at your wife over small things. By supper there’s nothing left in the tank.
You line the bottles back up. Two prescriptions, and no explanation for why you feel this way.
You knew something was off. That’s why you made the appointment with the doctor.
The trouble is how rushed the visit was. A short appointment tends to handle one complaint at a time. The mood gets a pill. The bedroom gets a pill. The whole picture never gets a look.
Men describe the same thing online. One man wrote: “My GP never requested test levels when my bloods were drawn.”
“Others Get Told It’s Just Age”
Dr. Peter McCullough, MD, MPH, of TWC’s Chief Medical Board, has seen this pattern play out. He says:
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If treatment is prescribed, your medication ships within 24 hours of that call.
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No lab visit. No waiting room.
If Treatment Makes Sense
Your provider picks the path based on your labs, symptoms, health history and fertility goals. It may be a daily tablet (enclomiphene with DHEA and zinc), a testosterone cypionate injection on a schedule your provider sets, or both. You don’t need to pick one before you start.
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One Price, Everything Included
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At-home lab testing every 90 days
Medications formulated for your needs (up to 2)
Provider consults
Shipping both ways
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Stop Guessing.
Picture those two orange bottles on the counter again. They’ve been handling the mood and the bedroom. Nobody has looked at the one number that could tie it all together.
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Another year of running on empty is a year you don’t get back.
Get your number. Then decide what to do about it.
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The Justice Department is investigating allegations of ‘pay-to-play’ against Corey Lewandowski, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The investigation stems from a referral from the DHS’s Inspector General claiming that Corey Lewandowski profited from his position at the Department of Homeland Security.
Via The Wall Street Journal:
The Justice Department is examining allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his top position at the Department of Homeland Security, people familiar with the matter said.
The inquiry is based on a referral from the DHS inspector general, which shared its findings about Lewandowski’s tenure at the department in recent days, the people said.
The New York Times and CNN also reported that Corey Lewandowski is under investigation.
“Mr. Lewandowski has not been contacted by the Justice Department regarding any investigation, and he denies any wrongdoing when he was proudly serving his country in a voluntary capacity,” Lewandowski’s attorney Adam Trigg told CNN.
President Trump was asked about the DOJ’s probe of Corey Lewandowski as he departed the White House.
“All I know is I want my people to be honest. If they’re not gonna be honest, they have to be prosecuted…if people are not honest, they’re stealing from me, as president,” Trump told reporters on the helipad.
“I want the people that work for this administration to be 100% honest,” Trump said.
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President Trump earlier this year fired Kristi Noem as DHS Chief and immediately announced that then-Senator Markwayne Mullin (OK) will become the next Secretary of Homeland Security.
Noem reportedly approved a limited-bid contract and then lied to Congress when she claimed Trump approved the $200 million ads contract.
One of the three firms that was approved was linked to Lewandowski, who is long-rumored to be in a romantic relationship with Noem.
“Noem and Lewandowski were quite aware that the president was not happy with something that Noem said in her testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where she was grilled about this $220 million ad campaign featuring her,” CBS reported.
The O’Keefe Media Group confronted Michigan’s radical Muslim Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed about foreign donations to his campaign on Wednesday.
OMG confronted Abdul El-Sayed at Wednesday night’s senate debate in Michigan against GOP candidate Mike Rogers.
“One of your campaign staffers said that you illegally take foreign donations. Is that true?” an OMG journalist asked El-Sayed.
“No,” El-Sayed said as he ignored a follow up question asking why the staffer made the claim.
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OMG Correspondent @MichaelCasey_ attended @AbdulElSayed U.S. Senate debate in Michigan and asked Abdul El-Sayed about our recent report on foreign donations to his campaign. Watch and listen to what he had to say. https://t.co/fyTFgF9PPh
The O’Keefe Media Group on Monday released an undercover video of a campaign official for Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed admitting that El-Sayed knowingly receives illegal donations from overseas.
Foreign nationals are prohibited from making campaign contributions.
“You know, he [Abdul El Sayed] has people from overseas that donate to him,” Abdul Beckwith, Regional Field Organizer for Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign, said.
When asked whether overseas donations were prohibited, Beckwith responded, “No, it is not allowed,” before describing a hypothetical arrangement in which overseas money passes through a family member.
Beckwith said, “And then people overseas give money to him. And then he gives money to you. It’s that type of thing.”
He then added, “Everybody does it!”
BREAKING NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Reveals El-Sayed Receives Overseas Donations, Admits Foreign Contributions Are Illegal Under Federal Law, Warns Denouncing Hamas Could Cost Support
“You know, he [Abdul El-Sayed] has people from overseas that donate to him…No it is not allowed.”
“He [Abdul El Sayed] can’t just say, you know, no, I don’t support Hamas, you know, I reject all of them, because he’s going to lose the people that brought him up in the first place.”
Later Monday, El-Sayed’s camp said Beckwith has never been employed by the Abdul for Senate campaign.
Things got heated when James O’Keefe confronted Beckwith.
“I don’t give a f*ck who you are, bro!” Beckwith said to James O’Keefe.
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WATCH WILD INTERACTION: James O’Keefe Confronts Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Over Revealing Foreign Donations, Staffer Assaults O’Keefe & Has To Be Physically Restrained by Campaign Staff. O’Keefe Files Police Report Following Assault in Compliance with Michigan Law.
“I don’t give a f*ck who you [O’Keefe] are, bro.”
“We’re going to ask for one more time and then we’re going to have to call the cops.”
“You know, he [Abdul El-Sayed] has people from overseas that donate to him.”
Israeli Defense Forces vehicles seen during a previous incursion into southern Syria, October 18th, 2026. Photo courtesy of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).
Three Israeli military vehicles entered the village as two tanks took positions on its outskirts. The force withdrew after the detentions. Elsewhere, more than 10 military vehicles advanced to Tal Kroum, near Jaba, while another force established checkpoints along the road between al-Samadaniyah al-Sharqiyah and al-Ejref, searched passersby and withdrew.
The two men detained in al-Hurriya were residents of neighboring Taranja, according to Horrya Press. The outlet reported that Israeli forces stopped them at a checkpoint Sunday evening while they were riding a motorcycle to buy supplies. Troops checked their identification, confiscated the motorcycle and took them into Israeli-held territory without explanation. Their names were not released.
In southern Quneitra, eight Israeli vehicles entered al-Hanout farm, where troops temporarily held civilians. Israeli forces also fired more than five artillery rounds near Tal Ahmar, close to Ain al-Nouriya. No casualties were reported from the shelling and did not identify a target.
Enab Baladi reported additional operations, including Israeli forces firing stun grenades near Tal Ahmar and opening fire toward farmland around Mazare al-Amal and Ain al-Nouriya as reconnaissance drones flew overhead. About 15 military vehicles entered a village the outlet identified as al-Ajraf, where troops deployed among homes and searched houses. Israeli forces also bulldozed farmland in the Quneitra and Daraa countryside, including farmland and olive trees in Saida al-Hanout.
Syria’s Foreign Ministry condemned the incursions as a violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement. It cited increased Israeli helicopter, reconnaissance aircraft and warplane activity over the south, along with house raids, arbitrary detentions and land clearing. Calling the operations a “flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the ministry declared Israel’s measures in the area “null and void” under international law and demanded a full withdrawal from occupied Syrian territory.
The October 18 detentions followed four on October 17, when Israeli forces detained two men near Taranja and two people at al-Razzaniyah and Abu Madhra farms in southern Quneitra. One was released after several hours, according to Arab News. The Kurdish outlet Hawar News Agency reported that the two men detained near Taranja had been working in olive groves and were released the following day. Enab Baladi also reported that about 12 Israeli vehicles had entered Abdin, in the Daraa countryside, on October 15.
The operations followed a September surge. On October 9, the UN human rights office reported 280 armed Israeli incursions into southern Syria in September, the highest monthly total this year. It also said Israel was holding 49 Syrians, though it could not independently verify that figure. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights recorded 1,194 Israeli incursions into Syria between December 8, 2024, and October 16, 2026.
Israel has not publicly explained the October 18 operations or detentions. Following an October 5 incident in which troops detained two men approaching an Israeli post by motorcycle, the IDF said it would continue operating in southern Syria’s security zone to remove threats to Israeli civilians and troops.
One possible explanation is a search for Iranian-linked networks, given the overlap between the locations of the operations and sites identified by the Alma Center, an Israeli research group focused on the northern border. Alma lists al-Hurriya, Ain al-Nouriya, Jubata al-Khashab and Saida al-Hanout among 45 southern Syrian localities linked to Hezbollah’s Golan unit or local militias. It says these networks recruited Sunni and Druze Syrians primarily for money. This overlap, however, does not establish the purpose of the October 18 operations.
Other arrests illustrate continued Iranian-linked activity in the region. In July 2025, the IDF reported arresting a cell working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Quneitra. On September 29, 2026, Syrian security forces arrested a Hezbollah-linked cell building rocket-launch infrastructure in western Daraa.
Quneitra’s population is overwhelmingly Sunni Arab, although its northern sector includes Hader, the area’s largest Druze village. Since October 5, Israel has been extending Sufa 53, a roughly 70-kilometer road running from Hader’s outskirts to the Yarmouk Basin, with earthen embankments, observation posts and trenches. Israeli media describe the project as a barrier against Iran and its proxies.
Israel and Syria signed the Disengagement Agreement on May 31, 1974, committing to observe a cease-fire on land, sea and air. The agreement’s published text placed all territory east of Line A under Syrian administration and established an area of separation between Lines A and B, monitored by the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). The UN Security Council created UNDOF through Resolution 350 that day.
Israel entered the area of separation after Bashar al-Assad’s fall. On December 8, 2024, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that the agreement had collapsed because Syrian troops had abandoned their positions. He described Israel’s occupation of those positions as a temporary defensive measure to prevent hostile forces from establishing themselves along the border.
Israel, Syria and the United States met in Paris on January 6, 2026, and agreed to establish a joint communication mechanism under U.S. supervision. In February, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani reportedly said the talks concerned Israel’s withdrawal from territory occupied since December 2024, excluding control of the Golan Heights.
The UN Secretary-General’s March 2026 report on UNDOF documented the IDF’s continued presence on the Syrian side of the area of separation, according to Security Council Report. As of February 13, Israeli forces had maintained and reinforced 11 positions in the areas of separation and limitation. The report also recorded 13 restrictions on UNDOF movement, including Israeli roadblocks and gates.
Israel has said it will hold the buffer zone indefinitely to enforce demilitarization and counter threats from southern Syria. On June 25, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2824, extending UNDOF’s mandate through December 31, 2026.
Israeli troops continue to rotate through what the IDF calls its southern Syria security zone. On September 23, the IDF announced that the 2nd Brigade would replace the 228th Brigade after a roughly three-month deployment, according to The Jerusalem Post.
The IDF said troops had questioned dozens of suspects, detained several operatives and recovered weapons, including RPGs, mortar shells and Kalashnikov rifles. Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated Israel’s sovereignty claim over the Golan Heights, calling the territory “an inseparable part of the State of Israel.”
The NBA’s most notorious athlete has sparked an uproar after people saw what he did during America’s National Anthem.
Philadelphia 76ers forward and liberal brat Lebron James led his new team to a 106-100 win against the defending NBA champion New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden.
The was the first game of the season for both teams.
James scored 14 points in the contest, a respectful performance for a nearly 42-year-old man.
But what he did before game was anything but respectful and was caught on tape.
Instead of standing and facing the flag with his hand over his heart, James apparently thought it was a good time to start practicing his golf swing and free throw motion.
What a spoiled, ungrateful athlete.
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LeBron decided to practice his golf swing during the national anthem last night. I can’t wait until he retires, he’s been toxic for the entire NBA. https://t.co/wTusZifdla
Trump absolutely went off on James’s disrespectful act on Truth Social on Thursday, calling him a “TOTAL DISGRACE” and to apologize for his action.
“While listening to our National Anthem, LeBron James disrespects our Country!” Trump wrote. “I said right from the beginning that he’s no good, a TOTAL DISGRACE.”
“LeBron James should apologize to all of those Great American Warriors and Heroes who died for the American Flag, and all that our Country stands for!”
There is no lost love between James and Trump.
James has consistently bashed over Trump over the years, including calling him a “bum” and accusing him of trying to create a racial divide in America.
James also previously endorsed every Democratic presidential nominee running against Trump, including Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.
The NBA has fallen a long way since the days of Michael Jordan, and James is a perfect example why.
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