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Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said.Omar was uninjured and continued to speak. The man was immediately arrested and forensics were being conducted at the scene, police added."I thought it was one of her aides going up to hand her a note or something," Jacquelynn Goessling said of the man that…

Daniel BushWashington correspondentWatch: Republican senators express disappointment in DHS Secretary NoemRepublican lawmakers are starting to break with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as the party scrambles to respond to growing public anger after two US citizens were killed by federal agents.But even as some Republicans in Washington speak out against the fatal shootings, they've avoided directly criticising President Donald Trump or his broader immigration agenda.The emerging messaging on Minneapolis points to the party's main…

Donald Trump has threatened to end US support for Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wins power again.Maliki, who has links to Iran, was selected at the weekend by an alliance of Shia-led parties as its nominee for prime minister.In his latest intervention in another country's politics, the US president wrote on Truth Social that Maliki would be a "very bad choice", adding: "Last time Maliki was in power, the Country descended into poverty and total chaos."…

President Donald Trump said his administration was "going to de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there."Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible," he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday.In early January Renee Good was fatally shot by an immigration officer, followed by Alex Pretti, who was killed after being stopped by border agents this past weekend. Pretti's death reignited local…