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Military's archbishop criticizes plan to livestream execution

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The archbishop for the U.S. military says any Catholic service members who are assigned to participate in the livestreamed firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan should ask to be excused — the latest pushback against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan.

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio released a statement Monday to "express my disapproval of what is proposed regarding the execution of the terrorist Hasan," referring to Hegseth's announcement last week that Hasan's execution in December would be publicly viewable.

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Immigration agents search congresswoman Ilhan Omar's home

US immigration agents have searched the home of Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar as part of a criminal investigation. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents "executed a judicially authorised search warrant" for the property in the Washington DC area, a US justice department spokesperson said. The search "is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation", the spokesperson said, but no further details were given. The US Congress is currently out of session and it is unclear if Omar was at home.

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Trump says he's "looking at" firing Kimberly Guilfoyle

Washington — President Trump said he and his administration are "looking at" firing Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as U.S. ambassador to Greece, after an associate of Guilfoyle's alleged she asked him to wire $100,000 to pay her American Express bill in exchange for her help with the Trump administration ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing. "Well, we're looking at it," the president told reporters on his way to Ohio when asked if he's considering firing Guilfoyle. "We're not happy."

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Rep. Omar's D.C. home searched by DHS investigators

Rep. Ilhan Omar 's Washington, D.C., home was the target of a raid early Monday morning by ICE's investigations unit. Sources say the investigation centers on Omar's immigration paperwork. The documents in question date back to Omar's childhood, involving paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child. Omar's office said in a statement that Omar had "done nothing wrong" and called the raid an "outrageous abuse of power and an unprecedented escalation in the weaponization of federal law enforcement to target political enemies."