President Donald Trump on Oct. 22 urged Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to resign from her congressional role over allegations that she used a fake name to enter Congress. This followed a motion filed by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro on Oct. 21 that referred to Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
The filing sought a court order to postpone the government’s deadline to respond to requests from The New York Times and other outlets to unseal records relating to a warrant to search the congresswoman’s home.
Israel ordered its military on Friday to prepare for a full closure of the West Bank, following a deadly shooting near the city of Hebron. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to intensify counterterrorism operations ahead of next week’s national election….