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Ilhan Omar refers to ‘US God—- States’ during impassioned remarks about ICE
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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., likened the U.S. government’s conduct on immigration enforcement to that of countries like Somalia that she left, saying in impassioned remarks Friday that she never thought she’d experience such conduct in the “god—-” United States.
“I don’t want to curse, but those of us who escaped places like that, the one place where we thought we would never experience this is the U.S. [sic] god—-” states,” she said at a Democratic field hearing in St. Paul, entitled, “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Deadly Assault on Minnesota.”
“And we should all be ashamed that it is the United States that is allowing for this to take place, and it is being… broadcast to the rest of the world, where people are calling and saying, ‘Are you sure this is America?’ I am ashamed, and we must do everything that we can to bring back the America we all escaped into.”
Omar, who was born in Somalia and whose district covers much of Minneapolis, has been outspoken against the Trump administration and its deployment of ICE agents amid crackdowns on illegal immigration and fraud in the city and state. With the killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent as a flash point, critics say ICE agents are engaging in strong-arm tactics meant to intimidate the populace.
Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks to the media following a field hearing at the Minnesota Senate Building in St. Paul on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Minneapolis and St. Paul are already hosting some 3,000 federal agents deployed there after a massive fraud scandal rocked the state late last year. President Donald Trump has floated invoking the Insurrection Act to quell unrest in the state, although he appeared to back off the idea on Friday.
Omar’s comments sparked ire from Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and other conservative figures online. Lee posted on X, “No member of Congress should *ever* refer to our country as the ‘U.S. G—— States.’ What should be the consequence of saying that?”
Billionaire Elon Musk replied, “Whatever the penalty is for treason,” which can be as severe as execution.
Fox News Digital reached out to Omar and Lee’s offices for additional comment.
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Omar also said Friday that Republican colleagues were comfortable with their own constituents facing what she called an “occupation that is terrorizing people in Minnesota that live in Minneapolis and St. Paul.”
“When my constituents call for help, we don’t ask them who they voted for, because that is what it means to be an elected U.S. representative,” she said. “So it is appalling for our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to be OK for the president to carry out retribution here in Minnesota.
“It is appalling for our Republican colleagues to be OK for there to be cell detentions in ICE for American citizens,” she went on. “It is appalling for them to be OK for there to be checkpoints in American cities where people are asked for their papers. And it is appalling for Americans to have to carry their citizen papers only to be told they are not sure those papers are correct.”
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Sen. Mike Lee arrives for a vote in the U.S. Capitol on July 23, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Fox News’ Anders Hagstrom and Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.
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Detroit Tigers prospect Jackson Jobe explains pitching development
Detroit Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe joined the “Days of Roar” podcast to talk about his MLB debut in 2024 and his expectations for 2025.
ATLANTA – Detroit Tigers right-hander Jackson Jobe has taken a big step in his return.
The 23-year-old completed his first bullpen session Tuesday, April 28, as he continues his rehabilitation program after Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
He isn’t joining the Tigers anytime soon.
“He’s well off into the future,” manager A.J. Hinch said before Tuesday’s opener of a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park. “But it’s nice to see him change his program a little bit.”
The Tigers hope Jobe will be available in August to pitch MLB innings.
Before that happens, Jobe needs to complete an abundance of bullpen sessions, several live batting practice sessions and then five or six starts on a rehab assignment. Only then will the Tigers be ready to decide whether to promote him to MLB or let him work in Triple-A.
That decision is more than three months away.
Jobe hasn’t pitched for the Tigers since May 28, 2025, the final of 10 starts in which he registered a 4.22 ERA with 27 walks (12.4% walk rate) and 39 strikeouts (17.9% strikeout rate) across 49 innings. He suffered an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery on June 16, 2025.
Jobe made his MLB debut in September 2024.
Before his Tigers debut, Jobe struggled in two starts for Triple-A Toledo in 2024. He allowed six runs on 12 hits and five walks with seven strikeouts over nine innings in those two starts for the Mud Hens.
The Tigers selected Jobe with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2021 draft.
Troy Melton building workload as starter
The Tigers need help in the bullpen.
But right-hander Troy Melton is building his workload as a starter – not a reliever – as he returns from right elbow inflammation. The 25-year-old has been sidelined since spring training, but on Tuesday, he completed his second live batting practice session in preparation for a rehab assignment.
Melton isn’t eligible to pitch for the Tigers until May 25.
“He’ll have a full spring training,” Hinch said.
Expect about six starts for Melton during his rehab assignment as the Tigers replicate a spring training experience. The timeline of six starts would make him ready to join the Tigers in late May.
That’s right on schedule.
Right-handed reliever Beau Brieske (left adductor strain) joined Melton in Tuesday’s live batting practice session, while Zach McKinstry (left hip/abdominal inflammation) swung in the batters box against both pitchers.
The session took place in Lakeland, Florida.
“We’re chipping away at this health thing,” Hinch said. “We’re feeling better by the update so far.”
Contact Evan Petzold at epetzold@freepress.com or follow him @EvanPetzold.
Milwaukee storm uproots tree, crushing both of man’s trucks
David Machado describes how an uprooted tree fell on both of his trucks after heavy rain and high winds swept through Milwaukee.
Three Milwaukee teenagers are charged with felony murder in the Walker’s Point fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man April 14.
Milwaukee prosecutors issued charges of murder and attempted armed robbery in the killing of David Krause, which prosecutors and family said followed the man’s celebration of the city’s 414 Day celebration and asking the youth for a ride during the day’s heavy storms.
Milwaukee police said those arrested include a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy, a 15-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. The girl was released without any charges being immediately filed, according to a children’s court official, while the other three are charged.
A Milwaukee County Court Commissioner ruled each of the three charged teens will remain in custody ahead of their next court proceedings.
Krause’s mother, Diane Krause, described her son’s killing as a “monstrous act” and a “senseless crime” during an April 28 court hearing for one of the teenagers.
Krause had been celebrating 414 Day when he was dropped off at a Walker’s Point gas station and later asked a group of teens for a ride during the day’s heavy rains, according to his mother and a juvenile petition, the charging document, filed against one of the teenagers.
Footage shows Krause entered the vehicle, which authorities say was stolen, and the vehicle drove away, according to the petition. Afterward, footage showed Krause running from the vehicle and toward a bar entrance, but two of the youth attacked him before he reached it and one shot him.
The teenager who is accused of pulling the gun’s trigger faces an additional charge of arson for allegedly attempting to burn the vehicle they used in order to destroy evidence, prosecutors said at an April 27 court hearing. During the hearing, it was detailed the youth had previously been charged with firearm and car-theft related offenses and his whereabout was unknown to authorities since September 2025.
The April 28 hearing comes days after the first teenager charged in Krause’s shooting was mistakenly released by Milwaukee County staff and re-arrested April 27. That incident is under review, a county spokesperson said.
Krause’s family has been critical of the mistake.
“Someone has to answer for their incompetence,” Diane Krause previously told the Journal Sentinel.
David Clarey is a public safety reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He can be reached at: dclarey@usatodayco.com.
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