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BREAKING TONIGHT: Hundreds of troops from New York's 10th Mountain Division have begun deploying to Panama. Positioned for forward staging at U.S. Southern Command, these personnel are ready to take the fight directly to drug traffickers and cartel networks operating in the region.

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SURVEILLANCE ON WHEELS: During military exercises in Oslo, Norwegian soldiers discovered that Chinese-built rental cars provided via Hertz Norway were actively recording movements and gate security codes. As experts warn about the massive security risks posed by cars loaded with cameras, microphones, and cloud-connected sensors, lawmakers in Washington are pushing bipartisan legislation to ban Chinese-connected vehicles from our roads. @JenGriffinFNC reports the latest.

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Can Trump Strip Ilhan Omar of Her Citizenship? Here's How the Process Works. 1/2

In a highly unusual step, federal agents this week aggressively intensified their investigations into Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, weeks before she stands for reelection in her home district.

The Department of Justice on Tuesday subpoenaed relatives of Omar’s family members, including her sister Sahra Noor, according to The New York Times. The grand jury subpoenas were issued shortly after a raid of the lawmaker’s residence in Washington, D.C. on Monday.

The judicial search warrant, which is under seal, was executed by Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Although the Department of Justice did not provide any more details of the investigation, multiple outlets,citing anonymous sources, reported that the search stemmed from Omar’s immigration paperwork, which was filled out by her late father when she was a child.

Prior to the investigation, multiple Trump Administration officials have accused Omar of immigration fraud without presenting any evidence. In a podcast interview in March, VicePresident JD Vance said the White House was exploring “legal remedies” to her alleged immigration fraud. Last month, Homeland Security Secretary MarkwayneMullin said the investigation into Omar was “ongoing” and dismissed efforts to frame the case as political retribution.

“If we actually move a case forward, it’s not a political case. It's actually a case because they did things wrong,” Mullin said during the interview with right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson.

Omar, who has long denied the allegations, condemned the raid on her home as “political intimidation” and said she will “not be silenced.”

President Trump, along with many MAGA Republicans, has repeatedly floated the idea of revoking Omar’s citizenship, a process also known as denaturalization, and deporting her.

But legal and immigration experts tell TIME that denaturalizing a U.S. citizen is a rare and difficult process, one that requires federal authoritiesto clear a high bar in front of a federal judge. Here’s what to know about how the process works.

How does denaturalization work?

Stripping someone of their citizenship is a more arduous legal process than most other immigration efforts that involve the courts. Deportation proceedings, for instance, are initiated by ICE agents under the Department of Homeland Security and are then approved by immigration judges who are hired and work within the Department of Justice. The denaturalization process, on the other hand, must be approved by an independent federal judge, who evaluates the request by a higher standard.

All denaturalization efforts begin at DOJ. In order to revoke a naturalized person’s citizenship, a DOJ lawyermust decide whether to file a civil or a criminal petition in court.. Yuripzy Morgan, an attorney and host of Free Range National podcase,said a civil complaint does not have a statute of limitation, whereas a criminal complaint has a statute of limitation of 10 years and must clear a much higher legal bar.

“For civil denaturalization,the government has to show that there is clear, convincing, and unequivocal evidence that the person in question obtained their naturalization either illegally, or they willfully misrepresented a material fact, ” Morgan says. She stressed that simply having an error in an immigration document doesn't mean that a judge is going to approve stripping a person of their citizenship.

For a criminal denaturalization conviction, the federal governmentmust show “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” that the individual knowingly obtained citizenship through fraud, which is the highest legal standard of proof required to secure a criminal conviction. In 2017, the Supreme Court unanimously ruledin Maslenjak v. United States thatonly an illegal act that played a role in a person’s citizenship application could lead to criminal denaturalization, further narrowing down the scope of such efforts.

https://time.com/article/2026/10/14/ilhan-omar-citizenship-investigation-denaturalization-DOJ/

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Omar’s father filled out and submitted her citizenship application on her behalf when she was 17. It is unclear what evidence, if any, the federal government has to show that anything in the application was fraudulent,or that Omar or her father intentionally misrepresented anything in that application.(that’s the easy part.)

Andrew Arthur, a former immigration judge and a resident fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies,pointed out that even after someone gets denaturalized, a deportation is not guaranteed. The person would still be able to retain their previous legal immigration statusuntil a final order of removal is issued to the person by ICE.

“If they had a green card before they naturalized, even after they get denaturalized, they are going to have a green card,” Arthur says.

How did Rep. Omar get naturalized as a U.S. citizen?

According to Omar’s House biography, Omar and her family fled her home country Somalia when she was eight. The family eventually sought asylum in the United States in 1995. She told The New York Times that she became a U.S. citizen in 2000 when she was 17.

At the time Omar went through the process, federal law allowed immigrants under the age of 18 to get naturalized as U.S. citizens if both of their parents had become U.S. citizens. The law was eventually replaced by a new law in 2001, which only requires one parent to become a citizen for the children to be naturalized.

At the center of this investigation is whether Omar’s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, lied about her age in immigration documents so she could be eligible to derive citizenship through him, according to The Washington Post, which cited two unnamed sources.

According to Arthur, the former immigration judge,if Omar was 18 at the time of the naturalization application, she may have been able to apply for her citizenship on her own after having a valid green card for five years.

The allegations regarding Omar’s citizenship gained attention among conservative activists and commentators starting in 2019, when Omar became a member of Congress. Shortly after her election, Omar’s staff sought to change her official birth year in public records from 1981 to 1982, according to multiple outlets.

How often does the U.S. government strip people of their citizenship?

Despite the renewed push from the second Trump administration,denaturalization remains an exceedingly rare legal process. According to the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, an average of 11 denaturalization cases were filed per year between 1990 and 2017.

Denaturalization efforts have increased in Trump’s second term. The DOJ has announced efforts to strip at least 108 people of their citizenship in 2026. That is still considerably smaller than the hundreds of thousands of people whom the U.S. government grants citizenship to through naturalization every year.

https://time.com/article/2026/10/14/ilhan-omar-citizenship-investigation-denaturalization-DOJ/

She will probably go to jail in U.S. for all her crimes, than being deported!

US Military Forces Destroy Iran-Affiliated Ship Targeting US Navy Ships in Gulf of Oman (VIDEO)

By Cristina Laila Oct. 14, 2026

US Central Command on Wednesday announced that US Military forces destroyed an Iran-affiliated ship targeting US Navy ships in the Gulf of Oman on October 6.

Two US Marine Corps Apache helicopters fired missiles at the dhow.

Crew members were evacuated from the vessel prior to the destruction.

Full statement from CENTCOM:

On Oct. 6, U.S. forces destroyed an Iranian-affiliated dhow conducting surveillance and targeting U.S. Navy ships in the Gulf of Oman.

Over the past seven months, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has continued to indiscriminately target thousands of civilian mariners transiting regional waters in addition to U.S. Navy warships. Crew members were safely removed prior to destruction of the dhow. Repatriation efforts are ongoing.

US Military Destroys Iran-Affiliated Ship Targeting US Navy Ships in Gulf of Oman

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The military strikes on the vessels come as Iran-backed Houthis fired missiles at Saudi Arabia’s King Khalid International Airport.

Twelve people died and hundreds were injured after the latest Houthi missile attack on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport.

The airport shut down operations on Saturday as officials assessed the damage.

President Trump fired a warning shot to the Houthis on Tuesday amid escalating tensions in the region.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/us-military-forces-destroy-iran-affiliated-ship-targeting/

Ukraine hits two Russian refineries despite Trump’s demands – Moscow

Kiev is showing no intention of abiding by the US-proposed “energy ceasefire,” Russian Deputy PM Aleksandr Novak says

Published 14 Oct, 2026 15:03 |

Ukraine targeted two Russian oil refineries on Wednesday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak has said.

The facilities are in Russia’s Saratov and Ryazan regions, Novak said on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week forum. He did not specify whether either refinery sustained damage.

“We can see that the Ukrainian side is making no moves towards an energy ceasefire,” Novak said, referring to a limited ceasefire between Moscow and Kiev proposed by US President Donald Trump.

On Sunday, Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate energy ceasefire. Neither Moscow nor Kiev, however, has confirmed the truce, sending out mixed messages on the matter.

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky said the announcement “was news” for him, but expressed readiness to stop attacking Russian refineries should Moscow halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also declined to confirm the deal, stating that contacts were still ongoing. Peskov also reiterated Moscow’s longstanding position that Russia seeks a long-term peace agreement rather than a temporary truce.

The US president has also accused Zelensky of seeking to “make problems” for the US and the whole world by ignoring demands to stop its attacks on Russian oil refineries.

“Russia supplies a large portion of the diesel fuel throughout the world. And we told him, do whatever you want, but don’t hit the diesel fuel,” Trump said last week. “And what does he do? He goes and hits the diesel fuel. He can do whatever he wants, but he can’t do that. He’d better damn well stop.”

On Friday, the US eased its restrictions on Russia’s diesel trade, allowing it to be sold, delivered, and imported into the US until April 7, 2027.

According to Trump, Moscow agreed to immediately supply more than 300,000 metric tons of diesel, followed by another 500,000 metric tons in November, and 1 million more shortly thereafter. Novak confirmed the figures, saying Russia will move to lift its own export restrictions immediately.

According to US media reports, Trump struck the deal after Zelensky repeatedly ignored demands to stop attacking Russian oil refineries. The US president accused the Ukrainian leader of exacerbating the global fuel crisis.

Kiev reportedly asked the US what it would get for stopping its attacks on Russian refineries.The Trump administration suggested that Kiev is receiving enough help and is in no position to demand more.

https://rt-english.com/russia/647200-ukraine-attacks-refineries-trump/

Nord Stream Pipeline Bomber Says He Was Operating on Instructions from Ukraine Government

October 14, 2026 | sundance |

Well, well well… Interesting development. The conspiracy theorists were correct all along.

Four years after the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, one of the alleged perpetrators has to answer in court for the first time.The trial of Serhiy Kuznetsovbegan today in Hamburg, Germany.

During opening arguments, lawyers representing Kuznetsov =linformed the judge thathe was acting on instructions given to him by the government of Ukraine when he led a team to detonate explosives on the Nord Stream pipeline.

• GERMANY – According to the indictment, Serhiy K.,together with other military personnel and on behalf of Ukrainian state agencies, is said to have developed the plan to destroy the natural gas pipelines running from Russia through the Baltic Sea to Lubmin in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The aim was to prevent Russia from using revenues from the gas trade to finance the war of aggression.

Under the leadership of the accused, a commando consisting of several professional divers, a skipper and an explosives expert is said to have brought large quantities of high-performance military explosives into the waters off the Danish island of Bornholm on a sailing yacht chartered in Rostock. There, explosive devices equipped with time fuses were then attached to the gas pipelines running along the seabed.

When they were ignited on September 26, 2022, the two gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 were severely damaged. There were a total of four leaks on three of the four lines.

Serhiy K. was arrested at the end of August 2025 on the basis of a European arrest warrant on the Italian Adriatic coast while on vacation with his family and transferred to Germany three months later.Since then, he has been in custody. (read more – translated)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/10/14/nord-stream-pipeline-bomber-says-he-was-operating-on-instructions-from-ukraine-government/

Russia strikes military-linked energy facilities across Ukraine

The attacks hit six power plants in Kiev, Kharkov, and the surrounding regions, the Defense Ministry says

Published 14 Oct, 2026 08:25

Russian forces launched an overnight barrage against energy and communications infrastructure across Ukraine, targeting facilities that support the Ukrainian military, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.

In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said high-precision ground-based weapons and long-range attack drones were used to attack facilities in Kiev, its suburbs, and Kharkov Region.

In Kiev, the ministry said the strikes hit the Darnytskaya combined heat and power plant (CHP-4) and Kiev CHP-5, which it said were supplying power to Ukrainian military installations and defense manufacturers. It also reported that it hit the ATM Ukrsibbank data center, which was used for collecting intelligence about Russian forces.

In the region of Kiev, the targets included Kiev CHP-6, the Trypilska thermal power plant, and the Kievskaya electricity substation. According to the ministry, the facilities supplied power to military logistics hubs, weapons storage sites, and defense enterprises.

In Kharkov and the surrounding region, Russian forces struck Kharkov CHP-5 and the Zmievskaya thermal power plant, which supplied electricity to military-industrial enterprises and Ukrainian defense installations.

Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky confirmed the attacks, saying Russia launched 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions overnight. “At least 600,000 people are currently, unfortunately, without electricity,”he said, warning that further outages are possible. He added that significant damage was done to 26 elements of Ukraine’s power system and four oil and gas facilities.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that it shot down four missiles out of 39, amid reports of critically low stocks of US-made Patriot interceptors.

Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko claimed that three people were killed and at least 22 were injured in the barrage, adding that the attacks caused extensive electricity outages.

The head of Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state railway operator, Aleksandr Pertsovsky, also reported strikes on infrastructure in five regions – Kharkov, Kiev, Vinnitsa, Khmelnitsky, and Ternopol – with locomotive and carriage depots, maintenance facilities, railway stations, and rolling stock coming under attack. He described the material damage as substantial, adding that railway personnel did not suffer any casualties.

The attacks come amid growing tensions between Kiev and Washington over intelligence sharing. US President Donald Trump recently said “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president,” as Zelensky’s term expired more than two years ago. He also urged the Ukrainian leader to stop striking Russian oil refineries. Zelensky replied that he is ready to do so if Russia stops attacking Ukrainian energy facilities.

Following the strikes, Zelensky said Ukraine’s Western backers failed to provide advance warnings about Russian ballistic missile launches for the second time that week. He also claimed that the US threatened to suspend intelligence sharing unless Ukraine stops attacking Russian refineries.

However, he stressed that cooperation has not been halted, echoing Trump’s earlier remarks in which he said the US is “helping [Ukraine], and we are sharing intel.”

The latest barrage came after theRussian Defense Ministry vowed earlier this month to intensify strikes on military-related facilities in Ukraine in response to Zelensky’s threat to step up attacks on Russian oil refineries.

https://rt-english.com/russia/647181-russia-strikes-military-linked-energy/

Ex-Israeli spy chief sues Netanyahu over October 7

Ronen Bar has accused the Israeli prime minister of ignoring repeated warnings before the Hamas attack and falsely blaming him for intelligence failures

Published 14 Oct, 2026 21:05 |

Former Israeli intelligence chief Ronen Bar has sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation, accusing him of ignoring warnings ahead of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack and attempting to shift the blame for the security failures.

Bar, who headed Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security agency during the assault, filed the three-million-shekel (nearly $1 million) lawsuit on Wednesday.

Netanyahu had accused Bar of withholding intelligence and failing to alert troops or evacuate attendees of the Nova music festival. Bar rejected the allegations, arguing that Netanyahu was attempting to deflect responsibility for the attack, which left around 1,200 people dead and saw 251 taken hostage. Israel’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 74,300 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

According to the lawsuit, Shin Bet officers began sharing intelligence about unusual Hamas activity with the military late on October 6 and issued a warning at 3:03 am. Netanyahu’s military secretariat was updated at 3:55 am, while Bar’s chief of staff briefed his military secretary shortly after 6 am. Bar denied speaking directly with Israel’s military chief or head of military intelligence that night, contrary to Netanyahu’s account.

Bar acknowledged that Shin Bet had failed to anticipate the scale and timing of the assault and provide adequate warnings. He accepted responsibility for those failures, which contributed to his resignation.

However, he maintained that Netanyahu had been repeatedly alerted to the risk. Bar cited a February 2023 letter warning that Israel’s internal divisions and instability in the Palestinian territories could embolden its adversaries. In July, he said he had personally raised the prospect of an attack, cautioning that intelligence agencies might not be able to predict it.

The filing describes further warnings in September and early October about Hamas’s growing capabilities. Bar also alleged that Netanyahu repeatedly rejected or delayed proposals to target senior Hamas figures, favoring a policy of “quiet at any cost” in Gaza.

According to the lawsuit, the prime minister continued allowing Qatari money into the enclave despite warnings that humanitarian funds were reaching Hamas’ military wing.

Netanyahu rejected the claims, saying Bar could have contacted him through a secure emergency line. Bar said Netanyahu never provided him with his personal phone number.

Netanyahu also said he had submitted nearly 1,000 documents challenging Bar’s account.

His government voted to dismiss Bar in March 2025, citing a loss of confidence. At the time, Shin Bet was investigating allegations that Netanyahu’s aides had promoted Qatari interests, which the office denied. Israel’s Supreme Court later ruled the dismissal unlawful, and Bar resigned in June.

The lawsuit follows reports that Netanyahu received advance warnings from foreign governments. Haaretz reported in September that UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed had alerted him to a potential major Hamas operation ten days before the assault. Netanyahu’s office dismissed the allegation as an “absolute lie.”

The Atlantic and the Wall Street Journal have separately reported warnings from Egyptian officials, while the New York Times revealed that Israeli intelligence had obtained a Hamas battle plan known as Jericho Wall more than a year earlier. Netanyahu has denied receiving warnings from Egypt or being shown the Hamas plan.

The political fallout comes ahead of Israel’s October 27 parliamentary elections, with Netanyahu accusing his critics of using the October 7 attack for political purposes.

(https://rt-english.com/news/647208-israel-netanyahu-lawsuit-hamas-attack/)