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Ilhan Omar's Brother-Marriage Scandal Explodes

A new report puts the long-running allegations about Ilhan Omar’s marriage back in the spotlight. Citing unnamed sources quoted by the New York Post, it says federal investigators have obtained DNA evidence that could support immigration-fraud allegations involving her 2009 marriage. Omar denies marrying her brother. The report does not publish the DNA results or establish the allegation as fact. The stakes are serious, but the central question remains what investigators can substantiate with evidence rather than anonymous claims.

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No Diesel Relief Until 2027, Consumer Prices Spike

Diesel shortages don’t stop at the truck stop. They raise the cost of moving food, stocking stores and running farms, pushing higher bills onto families who may never buy a gallon themselves. The International Energy Agency warns that tight supplies could persist well into 2027, with damaged refineries and war complicating the recovery. That makes promises of quick fuel-price relief difficult to deliver. Even if more oil starts flowing, rebuilding the capacity to turn it into the diesel the economy needs will take time.

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School Placed Male Roommate Overnight With Teen Girls

Parents say an Illinois school district assigned a male student to room overnight with teenage girls without telling their families. The Liberty Justice Center is challenging the district’s approach, which assigns rooms according to gender identity and restricts disclosure of a student’s transgender status without consent. The dispute puts a basic parental question front and center: who decides what families are allowed to know about their children’s overnight accommodations? The allegations come from the legal group; the district did not respond to the publication’s requests for comment.

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Britain's New Right Is Making a Comeback

Kemi Badenoch is trying to give Britain’s Conservatives a reason to exist again. Her pitch includes lower taxes, more North Sea drilling, an end to the net-zero deadline and a tougher approach to immigration. It is a sharper offer to voters who watched previous Tory governments promise change and deliver disappointment. This argument sees an opening for a comeback, but winning attention is the easier task. Badenoch still has to convince voters that her party means it this time—and keep them from choosing Reform UK instead.

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Pro-Abortion Activist Targets Students for Life With Dubious Lawsuit

A Texas woman who opposes the state’s abortion ban wants Students for Life activists to pay $459,782—the estimated cost of raising her two children. Her lawsuit targets an attempted undercover purchase of abortion pills and uses a law the pro-life group itself supported. It is an attempt to turn the group’s political campaign against it. But wanting to make a point does not establish a legal violation. The complaint has not established that the activists received or transported the pills, and simply ordering them does not fit the conduct prohibited by the statute, this analysis argues. The law also expressly protects First Amendment activity. The lawsuit’s demand for child-rearing costs presents another problem: the plaintiff acknowledges no injury traceable to the activists’ purchase attempt. The case tests whether a sweeping enforcement law can be turned into a weapon against protected advocacy.

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