House Call

Federal agents searched the D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) on Monday as part of a federal criminal investigation.

Homeland Security and the DOJ have reportedly been digging into the progressive lawmaker for years, in part over the 44-year-old’s immigration paperwork (filed by her late father). The congresswoman fled civil-war-torn Somalia in 1991 and was naturalized in 2000.

The judge-approved search comes as Omar seeks her fifth House term. To avoid election interference, the DOJ typically avoids publicly investigating candidates within 60 days of a red-white-and-blue-sticker day. It reportedly doesn’t consider this a policy violation since the raid wasn’t meant to be public.

Omar, who hasn’t been charged, called the raid the “latest escalation” in President Trump’s “campaign of political intimidation”; Trump said he had “nothing to do” with the probe, calling Omar “totally crooked.”

ABOVE ALL, LOVE
Whether you’re critical of your government or think it’s unfairly criticized, the command for Christians is to love neighbors and enemies alike. That requires speaking about others with dignity and respect, even when we feel like they haven’t earned it.

“With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in God’s likeness. Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way… Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom.”
James 3:9–10, 13 (CSB) (read full passage)