Nearly 200 House Democrats are moving to shield Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from further investigation after federal investigators raided her Washington, D.C., home earlier this month.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., led 175 members of the House Democratic Caucus in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Attorney General Todd Blanche, criticizing the probe into Omar’s immigration history as a partisan attack and accusing them of trying to sway her bid for another term in Congress.

“Congresswoman Omar is seeking reelection in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in just one week. News of the search warrant, whether properly predicated or not, could affect voters’ decisions, which is exactly why federal law enforcement should not engage in such conduct when voters are casting their ballots. This type of interference strips Minnesotans of their right to a free and fair election guaranteed to them under the Constitution,” the letter said.

“We stand with Congresswoman Omar and condemn the weaponization of law enforcement against her. You have already disgraced the offices you hold, and we demand you refrain from taking any further actions that could affect the outcome of the upcoming election.”

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Omar, D-Minn., is under federal investigation over allegations she or her father lied about her birth year on immigration paperwork to obtain her citizenship when her family fled Somalia in the late 1990s. If she was 17 when her father obtained citizenship, as previously thought, she would have automatically qualified along with him. If she was 18 or older, which federal officials now suspect, she would have had to make her own application.

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Her fellow House Democrats recounted the allegations in their letter, saying, “Your probe into the congresswoman reportedly concerns her late father’s filing of immigration paperwork after she fled Somalia’s civil war at age eight, making her a U.S. citizen at age seventeen.”

But they argued it does not justify “a pre-dawn raid on her home for paperwork her father filed when she was a minor.”

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Federal agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant on Omar’s home on Oct. 12, seizing multiple phones and notebooks, among other items.

“This weaponization of law enforcement to harass a sitting Member of Congress 22 days before an election is unprecedented and unacceptable,” Democrats’ letter said. 

“DOJ has long followed a policy not to take investigative steps relating to a candidate this close to an election if delaying the action will not jeopardize a criminal investigation, a policy which Attorney General Blanche has previously invoked as far back as nine months before an election.”

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They argued the probe was “driven by a pre-determined political outcome rather than an objective pursuit of justice.”

Omar has dismissed the probe as a political hit job against one of Trump’s loudest critics.

Others, however, like House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., have called for Omar to be jailed and deported if the accusations are proven true.

Fox News Digital reached out to DHS and the Department of Justice for comment.

The United Kingdom introduced new “respect orders” across England and Wales on Monday, giving authorities expanded powers to crack down on persistent “antisocial” behavior and drawing criticism from free speech advocates concerned about potential government overreach.

The U.K. government’s order enables police and councils to take stronger “enforcement action” against “adult offenders” of persistent “antisocial” behavior, according to a government news release.

Under the new restrictions, U.K. courts could ban offenders from town centers or prohibit them from drinking in “public hot spots” like local parks, the announcement states. Courts can impose restrictions and requirements through a civil Respect Order, while individuals who breach an order without a reasonable excuse can face criminal prosecution, including potentially unlimited fines or imprisonment.

Under the legislation governing the Respect Orders, antisocial behavior is defined as conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person. The definition has prompted concerns from critics that the powers could be applied too broadly, although the law requires judicial approval before an order can be imposed.

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“Unchecked, antisocial [behavior] blights our communities,” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said in a statement. “But it is not inevitable, and I won’t accept it. For too long, we have lacked the powers we need to deal with this problem properly. From today, that changes: authorities will be able to take tough action against these offenders.

“This delivers on a commitment we made to the British people in our manifesto,” Mahmood continued. “And, most importantly, those who make life a misery for others will now face the consequences of their actions.”

Some offenders may be required to “tackle” the “root causes” of their behavior by participating in drug or alcohol treatment or anger-management programs, according to the announcement.

Violating a respect order is considered a criminal offense, giving police the power to arrest anyone on charges of violating the rules, according to the press release. Those who defy an order could also face up to two years of jail time.

When reached for comment, the U.K. Cabinet Office referred Fox News Digital to the Home Office, which could not immediately be reached for comment.

Alan Mendoza, co-founder and executive director of U.K.-based think tank the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital Tuesday that “vague” definitions under the government’s respect orders could result in such enforcement actions being wrongfully “applied to lawful speech or protest.”

“I think the breadth of these orders deserves scrutiny, particularly in the case of potentially unlimited fines,” Mendoza explained. 

“The government has a legitimate duty to tackle genuinely antisocial behaviour, but the powers need to be tightly defined and proportionate. Vague or elastic definitions could allow measures intended for serious nuisance or harassment to be applied to lawful speech or protest. We have already seen similar after all with social media posts and police investigations that follow.

“There should be clear statutory limits, proper evidence requirements, judicial oversight and an effective right of appeal,” he added. “Online criticism, however unwelcome, should not be treated as antisocial [behavior] simply because it is unpopular or embarrassing to those in authority.”

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Mendoza said the U.K. government “should be able to demonstrate that these powers are necessary and contain adequate safeguards against arbitrary or disproportionate use.”

The orders notably replace civil injunctions for adult offenders and grant U.K. police more enforcement powers, “including the ability to arrest anyone who breaches an order,” according to the announcement.

The new restrictions have drawn intense criticism across social media, with one X user claiming in a post Monday that the orders are “mental,” while another X account referred to the rules as “peak insanity.”

“Laugh all you want at what a joke England has become, but understand that the U.S. will follow right behind if Democrats ever take full power again,” the Federalist CEO and co-founder Sean Davis wrote Monday in an X post.

Tech and free speech lawyer Preston Byrne similarly took to social media to criticize the orders, saying that U.K. residents should “keep in mind that one can cause ‘harassment, alarm, or distress’ in England and Wales by uttering a true statement of fact to someone who doesn’t want to hear it, or by offering an honestly-held opinion or belief, spoken or written, which also offends.”

British political commentator Calvin Robinson wrote in an X post Monday responding to the orders that “this tyranny must end.”

The U.K. has notably enacted a spate of laws restricting free speech in recent years, including the 2023 Online Safety Act, which gives the country’s regulator the authority to impose major fines on digital platforms if they fail to comply with certain requirements.

The new restrictions come amid growing tensions across Europe, where protests and riots have rocked countries, most notably France.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz told Cuba’s foreign minister to “back up” Tuesday after the Cuban diplomat approached the podium and interrupted his remarks on the floor of the U.N. General Assembly.

“Well, we know. We know where it went. And today we are here to share it to the world,” Waltz said as he accused Cuba’s government of enriching its leaders while its people suffered.

As the Cuban delegation sought to interrupt his remarks, Waltz fired back.

“I know you don’t like to hear this,” Waltz said. “This is America, my friend. This is the United Nations. This isn’t your communist dictatorship. You cannot silence me.”

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Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla continued toward the podium as the president of the General Assembly attempted to restore order, reminding delegates that they would have an opportunity to respond.

“This individual needs to back away from this podium,” Waltz said as the confrontation escalated. “He’s not going to intimidate me in the United States of America.

“I’m the representative of the United States of America. Back up! Back up, Ambassador. Back away! This isn’t Havana.”

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The confrontation erupted during the General Assembly’s annual debate over the decades-old U.S. embargo on Cuba, with Waltz urging member states to reject a resolution calling for an end to the restrictions.

Waltz accused Havana’s communist government of enriching itself while blaming Washington for hardships he said were caused by corruption and repression inside Cuba.

After Cuba was eventually granted the floor, the delegation’s foreign minister accused Waltz of “lying” and asked the General Assembly president to call him to order.

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“Mr. Waltz is lying yet again,” he said, arguing that the U.S. ambassador’s remarks were “beneath the dignity of this forum and member states” and were insulting to Cuba’s government and people.

In a subsequent post on X, Waltz shot said the “Communist leaders” in Cuba “don’t want you to know about their luxury real estate portfolio,” adding that he was bringing the receipts and the delegation didn’t like it.

National Democrats are getting aggressive in the homestretch of this election cycle, sending money and party figureheads to a state that, for decades, has been out of reach.

Mississippi has been a Republican stronghold for the GOP in the Senate since the 1980s, but in a political environment that is proving tough for incumbents of the party in power, Democrats appear to smell blood in the water.

But Republicans aren’t buying the last-minute play in the Deep South, arguing that it’s a reach, at best, to make the race competitive.

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“Largely, I think they’re just throwing s— at the wall at this point,” a GOP political operative told Fox News Digital.

The Senate Majority PAC, a political action committee with close ties to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., reserved $1.2 million in advertising in the state to boost Scott Colom, a district attorney mounting a bid against Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.

And major figures in the Democratic Party, like former Vice President Kamala Harris and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, have also made the trip or are set to appear in the state — Buttigieg is scheduled to hold a rally on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday.

Jake Monssen, Hyde-Smith’s campaign manager, told Fox News Digital in a statement, “This is simply Washington insiders making a last-ditch effort to give life to Scott Colom’s failing campaign.”

“Scott is bankrolled by the radical left because he is in lockstep with their agenda,” Monssen said. “He supports tax increases, open borders, taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants, and sex change surgeries for minors.”

Like in other races across the Senate map, Colom has a fight with history to contend with. Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982, and the Magnolia State has consistently supported President Donald Trump.

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But Colom believes that the ground operation he’s developed while national Democrats stayed away from the state is what would put him over the top against Hyde-Smith, not the last-minute support.

“It could be enough,” Colom told Fox News Digital. “I mean, the thing is, the people of Mississippi built this campaign.”

Colom went on the offensive against Hyde-Smith, arguing that she “refuses to debate, she doesn’t campaign.”

“Because of that, I was able to build momentum on the ground, which means now that it’s getting attention, now that it’s getting resources, I’m able to take advantage of it in a way that other candidates couldn’t,” he said.

Republicans aren’t resting on their laurels in the state, however. The Senate Leadership Fund, a political action committee closely aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., teed up a seven-figure ad buy there in response to Democrats’ spending.

And Trump appeared in Corinth, Mississippi, on Monday to rally for Hyde-Smith. He made a similar pitch to voters that he’s done at every rally stop this midterm cycle: pretend he’s on the ballot.

“In this election, if you would, I’m asking you to pretend that I’m on the ballot,” Trump said. “And the reason is that when I’m on the ballot, exactly 49% more people show up.”

Jonathan Klingler, a professor of political science at the University of Mississippi, told Fox News Digital that the increased spending and national attention to a once-sleepy race have generated the “talking point of Mississippi as evidence for momentum and building a Democratic wave.”

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“So at least I’m not — I can’t say whether that’s the intent of the funding here or visits, but that is the effect,” he said.

There are also voter demographics that both Hyde-Smith and Colom have to contend with. Mississippi has the highest share of Black voters in the country at nearly 40% of the electorate. In order for Colom and “Democrats to be successful, they simply have to peel off a larger share of White voters,” Klingler said.

There’s another storyline underneath the headlines of this race, too.

Hyde-Smith and Colom have a history dating back to the Biden administration, when the lawmaker blocked his nomination to serve as a district court judge in Mississippi.

“Instead of saving himself the embarrassment of being denied a job twice by Hyde-Smith, Colom is running a campaign backed by Chuck Schumer, funded by George Soros, and built on pro-transgender and other far-left policies,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital.

That’s not Colom’s motivating factor, however. He had just left Trump’s northeast Mississippi rally where he spoke to voters about their main concerns, “everybody I talked to, gas prices, grocery prices,” and tariffs, he said.

But Colom said his personal dispute with Hyde-Smith was not his primary motivation.

“I’ll tell you, as a Christian, I forgive her for that. That’s not a motivating factor for me,” Colom said. “I mean, as a district attorney, I have to prosecute cases where people lost their loved ones to gun violence. So, you know, and I’ve seen them forgive that person.”

“So that’s not the motivating factor,” he continued. “For me, it’s really the betrayal of the America First movement, right? Like she was supposed to help President Trump get lower grocery prices. Well, she betrayed us. We’re not getting lower grocery prices.”

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