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Federal prosecutors have charged scores of people in multiple Minnesota fraud cases that involve programs such as Feeding Our Future, Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS), and autism services...
Ilhan Omar is widely reported to have become a U.S. citizen in 2000 after fleeing Somalia and living in the U.S. as a refugee; multiple outlets state she was naturalized in 2000 . Contemporary allegat...
A large, multi-year investigation into fraud in Minnesota’s social-services programs has resulted in scores of charges concentrated in the Somali diaspora and prompted an aggressive federal enforcemen...
Federal prosecutors and reporters describe a sprawling set of frauds tied to Minnesota social‑services programs that prosecutors say involved dozens of defendants and more than $1 billion in alleged l...
Former President Barack Obama ordered multiple military strikes and sustained air campaigns without new, specific congressional authorizations — notably interventions in Libya and expanded airstrikes ...
Most reporting and census-based summaries say the vast majority of Somalis in Minnesota are U.S. citizens or legal residents: estimates put Minnesota’s Somali-descended population between about 76,000...
Available reporting consistently states Ilhan Omar arrived in the United States from a Kenyan refugee camp in 1995 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen around 2000 at about age 17 or 18, but precise ...
Estimates of civilian deaths from Obama-era drone strikes vary widely: some activists and researchers say “at least hundreds” were killed , while activist groups argue U.S. government tallies—cited as...
A flurry of recent local and partisan reporting ties large outbound cash movements at several airports to couriers of Somali descent, but there is no direct, corroborated mainstream account in the pro...
Senator John Kennedy’s recent floor remarks are reported by multiple outlets as a sharply critical attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar and the progressive “Squad,” with widely circulated lines described as vari...
Federal and state reporting shows dozens of Minnesota fraud cases tied to social‑service programs with defendants predominantly of Somali ancestry; prosecutors have charged roughly 86–87 people and se...
Sen. John Kennedy is widely reported in partisan outlets to have publicly presented damaging documents about Rep. Ilhan Omar in November 2025, including claims of diverted funds and problematic person...
Available reporting does not provide a single, authoritative total for how many Somali nationals were deported from the United States since 2020; different sources report related figures — for example...
Multiple reputable fact‑checking outlets — including the Associated Press, Snopes, PolitiFact, Reuters and Africa Check — have investigated claims about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s marital history, repeatedly f...
Reports say at least 77 people have been charged in multiple Minnesota fraud probes and many defendants are Somali; prosecutors and news outlets note that a white Minnesota woman alleged to be a ringl...
Available polling and reporting indicate a clear majority of Somali Americans continued to favor the Democratic ticket in 2024, while Republican support in parts of the community rose to roughly the l...
Federal and state reporting shows roughly 78 people have been charged in the recent Minnesota fraud investigations, with more than 50 convictions or guilty pleas reported so far; multiple outlets say ...
Available reporting does not support a single, well‑validated national average for ; some fringe outlets and social posts assert a figure of 68, but major aggregators and analysts note Somalia is ofte...
The Obama administration carried out targeted strikes that killed at least one U.S. citizen — Anwar al‑Awlaki — and struck again days later in Yemen that killed his 16‑year‑old son Abdulrahman, also a...
There is no contemporaneous, sourced reporting among the documents provided that was just stopped at –St. Paul International Airport carrying $800,000; the coverage instead documents a broader federal...