President Donald Trump tore into radical Democrat Ilhan Omar amid revelations about a massive $8.4 million fraud scheme in Minnesota.
Eight individuals have been charged in a fraud scheme in Minnesota that allegedly resulted in over $8.4 million in stolen billings, and spotlights a growing issue of corruption in Minnesota, often tied to the massive Somali immigrant community.
The eight individuals have been identified as Moktar Hass Aden, Mustafa Dayib Ali, Khalid Ahmed Dayib, Abdifitah Mohamud Mohamed, Christopher Adesoji Falade, Emmanuel Oluwademilade Falade, Asad Ahmed Adow, and Anwar Ahmed Adow.
They are all accused of orchestrating a massive wire fraud scheme targeting the state's Housing Stabilization Services program. This program is a Medicaid-funded initiative designed to help poor Americans get stable housing.
This massive fraud scheme caught Trump's attention, who wasted no time in calling out Ilhan Omar, an avowed enemy of Trump's. Omar has been a prominent figure in national politics, but her home state appears to be a total mess.
Following the news of the charges, Trump took to Truth Social writing, “Does Ilhan Omar know these people? Are they from her wonderfully managed Home Country of Somalia?"
Continuing on, Trump explained, "Ilhan Omar’s Country of Somalia is plagued by a lack of central Government control, persistent Poverty, Hunger, Resurgent Terrorism, Piracy, decades of Civil War, Corruption, and pervasive Violence. 70% of the population lives in extreme Poverty, and widespread Food Insecurity."
Trump also pulled no punches in taking a direct shot at Omar over rumors that have swirled about her committing marriage fraud in order to enter the United States.
Trump wrote, "Somalia is consistently ranked among the World’s Most Corrupt Countries, including Bribery, Embezzlement, and a Dysfunctional Government. All of this, and Ilhan Omar tells us how to run America! P.S. Wasn’t she the one that married her brother in order to gain Citizenship??? What SCUM we have in our Country, telling us what to do, and how to do it. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Trump isn't just blustering on Truth Social; this fraud scheme is massive, and Democrats like Ilhan Omar have allowed their home states to fall into decline while daring to attack Trump for taking real action to solve serious issues.
Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson stated during a press conference on Thursday that, "The level of fraud in these programs is staggering. Unfortunately, our system of trust but verify no longer works. These programs have been abused over and over to the point where fraud has overtaken the legitimate services."
This isn't just a one-off; there is a growing system of organized crime around defrauding federal and state welfare services and its Democrat politicians who have been looking the other way while this issue festers.
The program was started in 2020 and it was estimated that it would have an annual cost of $2.6 million. However, the program paid out a total of $302 million in claims over 4.5 years, which has now been confirmed to have been mostly fraud.
Adam Jobes, an agent for the IRS Criminal Investigation, stated, "The charges filed today represent another big blow to organized program fraud in Minnesota. The Minnesota Housing Stabilization Service program was supposed to be a groundbreaking resource to provide stability, assistance, and dignity to seniors and individuals with disabilities."
Minnesota is another strongly Democrat state that has experienced out-of-control crime and fraud, and it's worth wondering which well-connected Democrat politicians may have been involved in a fraud scheme this massive.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel from ABC on Thursday, posting on social media that it was bad ratings plus comments about Charlie Kirk that got him canned.
Kimmel "was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anything else," Trump said on X, acknowledging that Kimmel's insensitive comments about the death of Charlie Kirk were another factor in his show's removal.
.@POTUS: "@jimmykimmel was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anything else, and he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk... Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person... and they should've fired him a long time ago." pic.twitter.com/4PVhcHkIzr
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 18, 2025
"Jimmy Kimmel is not a talented person... and they should have fired him months ago," Trump concluded.
Kimmel has not actually been fired, just suspended, but his future in late-night TV at ABC is very much in doubt.
The show was taken off the air after two major local broadcasting groups, Nextstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcasting Group, said they would not continue to air Kimmel's show after the remarks.
There was considerable public outcry about them, and ABC quickly realized that it would have trouble on its hands if it didn't capitulate.
There were also some vague threats by FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, but those do not seem to have been a major factor in what happened.
If Kimmel is willing to own up to what he did and grovel a bit, he can get back on the air.
Nextstar is demanding an apology and a donation to Turning Point USA, Kirk's organization.
But don't hold your breath, because Kimmel is said to be fighting mad about ABC's action to remove the show and was prepared to double down on his remarks before that happened.
If Kimmel would rather dig in his heels than commit to a mea culpa, well, that may be the end of his show on ABC forever.
Maybe an even more left-wing outlet will pick it up for streaming or broadcast the show on a niche channel, but the viewership will probably be even smaller than the dismal ratings it had before.
I mean, who really watches late-night TV anymore anyway? There are way more interesting things to do at 11:30 at night in the age of the internet and streaming.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said in a Breitbart News exclusive interview that he has everything set up to move a block of 48 Trump nominees through the Senate for confirmation as soon as Thursday, the first step in breaking a Democrat logjam that has prevented hundreds of nominees from being confirmed using the normal methods.
The process of changing the rules to stop Democrats from slow-walking virtually all of President Donald Trump's nominees has taken the last two weeks, but Thune is adamant that the obstruction tactics end so that Trump can have his nominees in place.
“As we’ve discussed in the past, President Trump deserves to have his team members in place so he can enact his agenda which the American people voted for last November,” Thune said on Tuesday afternoon. “He’s the only president on record in history to not have a single civilian nominee confirmed via voice vote or unanimous consent at this point in his presidency. So the Democrats’ long, unprecedented blockade has gone on for way too long and it’s going to end soon and we intend to start that this week."
Thune said that the block of 48 will be the first in history, but that it's necessary because of the Democrats' obstructionist tactics, which are also unprecedented.
"So what will happen is, on Thursday, we’ll have a bloc," he said. "It will be 48. It’s the first bloc that we will move in bloc so that this blockade, these dilatory tactics, this unprecedented obstruction that the Democrats have engaged in has to end. So we took the steps to do that. We set it up last week, and we will conclude it this week. Then in the future we’ll be able to do a lot of the Trump nominees in batches, if you will, as opposed to individually, which is what the Democrats have forced us to do, and in ways that have never been done in history, in the past.”
It's kind of surprising that Republicans in the Senate have put up with these obstruction tactics for as long as they have.
Trump has been in office for nine months; it is about time that they do something to break the blockade.
Thune even told Breitbart that the Democrats are "putting America’s national security interests at risk all around the world" just because they have Trump Derangement Syndrome.
“These are key positions that need to be filled, and in the past they would have been filled by unanimous consent because everybody recognized that a president who wins is a duly elected president and won a huge mandate in an election and deserves to have their team in place," he said.
"We live in a dangerous world," he added. "We need representation in a lot of these key posts around the world today, and the Democrats have been blocking it now for going on nine months since the President took office. So it’s got to come to an end."
After Democrats rejected a bipartisan solution to the logjam that would have kept the current rules intact, there was complete unity among the GOP senators for the change.
"Thankfully all our Republicans understood what was at stake and we’ve all hung together," Thune said. "We had all 53 Republicans to do this and we’re going to finish it this week.”
Really, what choice did they have?
As Thune noted, the Democrats have been "almost pathological" in their hatred of Trump, so it was time to do what needed to be done.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk following his killing last week.
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) celebrated the passage of the resolution in a post on X by saying, "The United States Senate has unanimously passed my resolution condemning the assassination of Charlie Kirk and praising his outstanding legacy. This is just a flag, planted on a hill. What matters is where we carry it next."
The resolution “condemns” Kirk’s assassination “in the strongest possible terms," even as many in the Democrat Party have been openly celebrating Kirk's death due to his prominent status as a right-wing activist.
The resolution also “extends its deepest condolences and sympathies” to Kirk’s family, including his wife, Erika, and their two children.
Kirk's family witnessed his assassination and has had to endure extreme abuse from monstrous leftists openly and proudly celebrating the assassination of someone who believed very strongly in open dialogue to resolve issues instead of resorting to violence.
For those on the left celebrating Kirk's death, seeing every single Democrat Senator condemn them must have been shocking.
No Democrat Senator was brave enough to stand against this resolution, and it makes sense considering the reaction of the public to Kirk's assassination. News of Kirk's shooting quickly raced around the nation and shocked Americans of all political persuasions, especially centrists.
Despite attempts to frame Kirk as a radical right-wing figure, the truth is that he was an activist who believed in civil discourse on college campuses and advocated for free speech.
Kirk's appearances on college campuses converted college students by the hundreds as he used discourse, not violence, to push his beliefs. Leftists have claimed that Kirk was a hateful figure, even as many of them celebrate Kirk being killed in front of his two young daughters.
The aftermath of Kirk's death has been eye-opening for many regular Americans, even those who generally consider themselves liberals. Not since MLK Jr.'s assassination has the nation been more shocked and outraged.
While it was safe to assume the shooter had leftist political motivations in shooting Kirk, it wasn't until a few days after that it was confirmed that Kirk's shooter was a radical leftist.
The shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was "deeply indoctrinated with leftist ideology" despite growing up in a strongly conservative household. High school friends stated he adopted leftist ideas, and Robinson was also dating a trans individual.
Furthermore, the bullets alluded to anti-fascist ideology, and one bullet had been engraved with "Hey fascist! Catch!" It's undeniable that Robinson was a radical leftist who bought into the lies that Kirk was a fascist and threw away his life in a political crusade.
The left is undoubtedly responsible for this tragedy, and anyone celebrating Kirk's assassination has no place in American society. Some leftists are already finding this out the hard way.
President Donald Trump is set to finalize a new nuclear energy deal with the UK this week when he visits London for a state visit and banquet with King Charles III.
On Thursday, Trump will meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for bilateral meetings, and both will sign the final agreement, the Washington Examiner reported.
British government officials said that the agreement “will turbocharge the build-out of new nuclear power stations in both countries and clear the way for a major expansion of new nuclear projects in the UK.”
"This landmark UK-US nuclear partnership is not just about powering our homes, it’s about powering our economy, our communities, and our ambition. These major commitments set us well on course to a golden age of nuclear that will drive down household bills in the long run, while delivering thousands of good jobs in the short term,” Starmer said in a statement. “Together with the US, we’re building a golden age of nuclear that puts both countries at the forefront of global innovation and investment.”
Trump administration officials were also bullish on the impact of the new agreement on the U.S.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the administration is “ushering in a true nuclear renaissance — harnessing the power of commercial nuclear to meet rising energy demand and fuel the AI revolution.”
“Strengthened nuclear cooperation with the UK reinforces our unshakable commitment to technological leadership, global security and the responsible stewardship of nuclear power. This is how we unleash the full power of American Energy Dominance — with innovation, strength, and key geopolitical collaboration," Interior Secretary Doug Burgum added.
As part of the agreement, America’s X-Energy will partner with British energy supplier Centrica ining build 12 modular nuclear reactors in northern England to power a reported 1.5 million homes and add 2,500 jobs to the economy.
Why does the U.S. want to do this?
Simply put, it will reduce the UK's dependence on Russian oil, the sale of which in Europe is helping to keep the war in Ukraine going.
Trump has been increasing pressure on NATO allies in Europe to end their imports of Russian oil or add stiff new tariffs to those sales in order to sanction Russia for its aggression against Ukraine and for not coming to an agreement to end the war.
Sanctions like this could deprive Russia of the money it needs to keep fighting, or at least force its leaders to think harder about stopping.
In addition, countries will need a lot more electrical power to run the energy-sucking machines that power AI and blockchain. Nuclear power is free of emissions, and unless an accident or meltdown occurs, it produces very little waste.
It will be Trump's second state visit to the UK since taking office.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said during several Sunday appearances on news shows that the alleged shooter of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, is not cooperating with authorities, although his family and roommate are.
“He has not confessed to, to authorities,” Cox told ABC News’s This Week co-anchor Martha Raddatz. “He is, he is, he is not cooperating, but, but, but all the people around him are cooperating. And I think that’s, that’s, that’s very important.”
Robinson, age 22, was arrested on Friday, and is expected to be formally charged on Tuesday.
Cox also clarified several reports that have gone around the media and social media since Robinson was arrested.
On NBC’s Meet the Press, Cox said that Robinson was not a Republican or a conservative, though his family was conservative.
“We can confirm…according to family and people we are interviewing, he does come from a conservative family but his ideology was very different than his family,” he told the show.
Cox also confirmed that Robinson was in a romantic relationship with his transgender roommate, who is transitioning from male to female.
The roommate “did not have any knowledge (of the assassination), was shocked when they found out about it,” Cox said, adding that they have been "very cooperative."
Authorities are still investigating how the roommate's transitioning played into Robinson's motive, but it seems pretty clear that Robinson had anger towards Kirk for comments he had made about transgender ideology.
Cox also confirmed that Robinson joked around with friends on a Discord chat about being the gunman, and then admitted it was really him.
“All we can confirm is that those conversations definitely were happening, and they did not believe it was actually him. It was, it was all joking until, until he, you know, until he admitted that it actually was him,” Cox said.
Robinson had been a "very normal, very smart" young man who attended Utah State University for a semester before dropping out after one semester.
After dropping out, Robinson spent a lot of his time gaming and discovered the “deep, dark internet, the Reddit culture and these other dark places,” Cox said.
More information will be forthcoming when formal charges are filed on Tuesday, Cox said on all the Sunday shows.
Accused Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson is being held under “special watch” inside the Utah County Jail, where he is awaiting formal charges for Kirk's shooting on Wednesday.
The Utah County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ on Saturday that Robinson, 22, will be held under "special watch" pending a mental health evaluation to determine if he is a danger to himself or to others.
Obviously, there are other reasons to keep Robinson under special watch to ensure that no one else has the opportunity to get to Robinson and make sure that he takes his side of this tragedy to the grave.
According to sources familiar with the investigation, Robinson told his father that he would rather kill himself than be handed over to the police when confronted by his family following the shooting.
While Robinson hasn't been formally charged with anything, everyone has a vested interest in Robinson remaining alive and being forced to testify and divulge his motive in killing Kirk in such a horrific way.
Police have Robinson under surveillance 24 hours a day via security cameras that are positioned in the special housing unit. It's likely that prison guards are periodically checking in on Robinson as well to ensure his well-being.
Robinson will be charged this coming week, likely with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice.
Aggravated murder is the most important charge that will be filed against Robinson, as it carries the death penalty as a possible sentence. Utah Governor Spencer Cox mentioned the death penalty in his initial statements on Kirk's assassination.
Robinson is alleged to have killed Kirk during an appearance at Utah Valley University, where Kirk was taking questions in front of a crowd of hundreds of students and fans.
Kirk was answering a question about transgender mass shooters during his “Prove Me Wrong” segment when a shot rang out, and Kirk was hit in the neck. The bleeding was instant and profuse, and this horrifying incident was extremely traumatic for all in attendance.
Of course, this tragedy has been traumatic for the entire nation as radical leftists have been openly celebrating Kirk's death, with some even calling for more violence against conservatives, including Kirk's wife, Erika Kirk.
Kirk's assassination could very well be a turning point for the United States. Kirk's death shocked Americans of all political persuasions, and the reaction of the monsters on the far-left further ingrained that shock and horror.
Kirk had been working for his whole life to effect a massive shift in the culture and he may have succeeded at that goal, albeit at the cost of his own life. Already, thousands of young Americans are rallying to Turning Point USA's banners.
Kirk's ideas and vision will live on stronger than ever because of his martyrdom and Robinson will face justice, likely the death penalty, if Utah's leadership has anything to do with it.
A friend of Tyler Robinson, the man who is accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has confirmed that Robinson was politically left-wing.
Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday at Utah Valley University during one of his famous appearances in front of hundreds of college students.
Robinson managed to evade capture for some time, even as law enforcement went into a frenzied manhunt to find him. Ultimately, Robinson was turned in by his family the next day, putting an end to the manhunt and beginning the next chapter in what will be a truly nation-changing tragedy.
As soon as the horrific video of Kirk's killing began to go viral, many immediately began speculating that the assassin was a disgruntled leftist.
That conclusion was supported by the violent rhetoric that Democrats have pushed for years against conservatives. Furthermore, Kirk has been the face of Gen Z's conservative shift, and it was a foregone conclusion that his shooter had political motivations.
A high-school friend of Robinson, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Guardian that Robinson's family was “very hard Republican,” but that Robinson was “the only member of his family that was really leftist."
He went on to explain that during Robinson's sophomore year, he became "more extreme in his political views” and would "always just be ranting and arguing about them."
Robinson is yet another young American who was likely radicalized by the hateful and extreme rhetoric that leftists have pushed over the past decade.
Ever since the 2016 presidential election, Democrats have consistently raised the political temperature with death threats towards President Donald Trump and other figures associated with him.
Democrats have openly called Trump and his supporters a threat to the nation, as well as thrown around terms like "fascist" and "Nazi" with little regard to the truth of the accusation or the radicalization of already mentally unstable individuals.
Last year, President Trump was nearly killed at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and leftists continued to push extreme rhetoric. Charlie Kirk wasn't as lucky as Trump was, and now his wife and daughters are without a father and the nation is in chaos.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) wasted no time in assuring the nation that Robinson would be charged and “held accountable," likely via the death penalty, which is still on the books in Utah.
While justice must be served to Kirk's killer, it also must be recognized that Kirk's killer is merely a symptom of a cancer that has grown out of control.
The left has gotten away with violence and extreme rhetoric for years and many conservatives have warned that someone was going to get killed. The open celebration of Kirk's death by thousands of leftists has made it clear that the time for reconciliation between left and right may be over.
Robinson may be facing the death penalty, but American society is also facing a deadly future and there may be no going back.
Former North Carolina GOP Congressman Madison Cawthorn was arrested in Florida on Wednesday for failing to appear in court on a charge of driving without a valid license, just as he had been preparing to make his political comeback with a run for Rep. Byron Donalds's seat in Florida's 19th district.
Cawthorn was arrested in Cape Coral after failing to appear in court in Collier County that morning for a citation in Naples on August 19.
“Former Congressman, Madison Cawthorn, was arrested earlier today for failure to appear for a routine traffic infraction,” Cawthorn’s representatives said in a statement. “Madison keeps a very busy schedule and, due to a scheduling misunderstanding, did not appear in court this morning. Following processing Madison was immediately released.”
Cawthorn has been living in Cape Coral, which is part of Donalds's district. He is partially paralyzed from an accident when he was 18 and uses a wheelchair.
Donalds indicated in February that he would not seek re-election in order to run for governor in 2026, so his seat will be open.
Axios had reported on September 3 that Cawthorn planned to run for the open seat.
Cawthorn lost his re-election bid to Congress in 2022 after several controversies regarding him hit the news.
An argument between Cawthorn and then-West Virginia Republican Rep. David McKinley over cosponsorship of a bill resulted in McKinley filing an ethics complaint against him in 2021.
Then, during a March 2022 interview, Cawthorn accused members of Congress of inviting him to an orgy and using cocaine in front of him.
His comments caused a firestorm as Democrats pounced on them, and Cawthorn later admitted to then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy that he had exaggerated his claims.
He said that he observed what he thought was drug use from 100 yards away, and that he probably misconstrued the invitation.
After leaving office in 2023, Cawthorn was accused of tailgating a woman in Florida and rear-ending a Highway Patrol officer in 2024, as reported by the New York Post.
It was unclear whether Cawthorn was charged or cited for the accident.
If Cawthorn plans to revive his political career, I think he's going to have to do better than yet another brush with the law and claiming he was too busy to show up in court or remember when he was supposed to do so.
He was considered a promising up-and-comer when he was first elected, but no one wants to deal with more scandals and have someone who seems volatile and unstable as a leader.
President Donald Trump’s appointee for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was recently approved by a Senate committee, in what is seen as a big win for the White House.
White House economic adviser Dr. Stephen Miran was confirmed by the Senate Banking Committee along partisan lines in a 13-11 vote, with all Democrats voting against the confirmation, as Breitbart News reported.
Due to the political makeup of the full Senate, it is expected that the Trump nominee will likely be approved by the upper chamber of Congress.
If confirmed, Miran will sit on a seven-member board that would, with his addition, have three Trump appointees in residence.
Miran, who was a top advisor on the economy for Trump, is thought likely to bring more presidential control to the governing body, which could push interest rate policy toward what the president believes is best.
At the time of his nomination, Trump said that Miran had “served with distinction in my First Administration,” in a post on Truth Social.
“He has been with me from the beginning of my Second Term, and his expertise in the World of Economics is unparalleled — He will do an outstanding job. Congratulations Stephen!”
It is believed that the president has long hoped to gain a majority on the Fed’s board in order to push the central bank to cut its key interest rate.
The nominee has a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, but despite his stellar qualifications, he would only serve in the role until Jan. 31, 2026, because he is filling a seat recently vacated.
Miran, if confirmed, would be replacing former Fed governor Adriana Kugler, who stepped down from the position on Aug. 1 of this year.
Should the Senate move quickly, the newly approved nominee could be in his position in time for the Fed’s meeting, which will take place early next week.
That meeting is expected to cover the topic of the reduction of key short-term interest rates, which is something of deep concern to Trump.
Fed Nominee Dr. Stephen Miran Pledges Independence.
Commits to long-term economic stewardship and serving the American people with integrity.#WashingtonEye pic.twitter.com/XeGEYrL7O4
— Washington Eye (@washington_EY) September 4, 2025
Currently, another Fed governor, Lisa Cook, is struggling to hold on to her seat on the same board, as the administration asserts her removal is necessary due to allegations she has taken part in mortgage fraud.