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Report: Turkey Seeks Parliamentary Mandate for Sending Troops to Defend Saudi Arabia

2 weeks 6 days ago

Turkey’s ruling AKP party is reportedly seeking a mandate from Parliament to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia to protect it from attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen, thus fulfilling the mutual defense obligations of the treaty signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan in August.

The post Report: Turkey Seeks Parliamentary Mandate for Sending Troops to Defend Saudi Arabia appeared first on Breitbart.

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Ilhan Omar resurfaces for first time since federal raid in tearful cash grab

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) resurfaced with a tearful fundraising plea after days out of the public eye.

Though she posted messages to social media, the Somali refugee had not been seen in public since federal agents raided her D.C. home on Oct. 12. With questions about her location swirling, Omar cut a campaign promo on TikTok while riding around what appears to be Minneapolis.

'It's going to be a very expensive and challenging time.'

In the one-minute video posted Tuesday, Omar thanks "everyone who sent $5, $10, $20," and accuses the Trump administration of "trying to intimidate me and so many people."

"We know that they're running scared," Omar says with tears in her eyes. "We’re not going to be intimidated. We’re not going to be silenced. We’re not going to be scared.”

As the video ends, Omar reiterates her appeal for financial support.

“Thank you so much again, and please continue to support us," Omar says. "It is going to be a very expensive and challenging time.”

The clip ends with an "Ilhan for Congress" logo.

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Eleven on the River, a condominium tower on the Minneapolis riverfront, appears to stand in the background as Omar cruises around what may be Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside area.

That district hosts both the Somali Community Outreach and Consultancy as well as the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota. Omar served as the confederation's director from at least 2013 to 2017.

Omar is scheduled to appear in Minneapolis with Hasan Piker on Monday.

Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar's D.C.-area residence under a warrant signed by a federal judge, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro. Officers seized her phone, the AP reported, and potentially also confiscated her personal passport.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed in September that Omar married her brother to help him secure legal status in the U.S. Days later, border czar Tom Homan confirmed that Omar was the subject of an HSI criminal probe and said she could be denaturalized and deported if fraud is proven.

President Donald Trump went further.

"She could also go to jail," he said Tuesday.

Omar has not yet been charged. Her office called the raid an abuse of power aimed at the president's political enemies and said she has done nothing wrong.

Her attorneys claim there is no legitimate basis to suggest she violated any citizenship law. Investigators, however, may be reviewing Omar's naturalization paperwork.

In response to Omar's attorneys' letter accusing HSI of violating the terms of the search warrant, the DOJ told Blaze News: "That letter is riddled with false allegations and inaccuracies. Our attorneys and law enforcement partners complied with all court orders and legal obligations, as they always do."

Critics have alleged for years that Omar married her brother to game the immigration system. She has denied it, but investigators are reportedly in possession of DNA evidence that may verify the claim.

Pirro said her office is also investigating allegations of financial misconduct. Omar amended a 2024 financial disclosure form in April, citing an accounting error.

The allegations against Omar and her brother may have previously driven her to violate state campaign finance laws.

The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board found in 2019 that Omar violated state rules by routing $1,500 through her lawyer to an accounting firm to pull tax returns rebutting claims she wed her brother. She was ordered to repay $3,469.23 and pay a $500 civil penalty.

Afterward, Omar promised to comply with the findings of the board and stated: "I’m glad this process is complete and that the Campaign Finance Board has come to a resolution on this matter."

It's far from Omar's only suspect financial maneuver.

Her campaign previously paid about $2.92 million to E Street Group, a consulting firm co-owned by her husband Tim Mynett. The FEC voted 6-0 in 2021 to find no reason to believe the payments converted campaign funds to personal use.

Omar's office and the HSI did not respond to requests for comment.

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Bill Clinton Quotes Bible in Effort to Flip Florida Blue: This Is 'One of the Bible's Most Important Promises'

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Former President Bill Clinton has jumped into the midterm fray, stumping for Democrat David Jolly in his race against Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds in the bid to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

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Google is hungry — for every morsel of your shopping data

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Earlier this year, Google teased a new universal shopping cart that leveraged the power of Gemini to track deals on products you find on the internet and assemble them into one easy place to buy online. After months of waiting, the feature is finally rolling out to users in the United States. Here’s why you may or may not want to use it.

Approximately 87% of Americans buy products online, according to Statista. If you shop at multiple stores, though, it can be hard to juggle different accounts or keep track of price changes on the items you want. To help, Google has a new shopping tool that can watch out for price changes for you.

Google openly admits to collecting user data throughout many of its apps, including Google Shopping.

Universal Cart combines the shopping experience found in Google Shopping, Google Search, AI Mode, and Gemini into one unified system. That means any product you add from one of these disparate Google services will now show up in the same cart for checkout.

According to Google, Universal Cart tracks more than 60 billion products across the web, scanning for price changes so that it can send you notifications when items go on sale. This will be especially useful for tracking deals as we head into Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and Christmas.

Universal Cart can even analyze your credit cards saved in Google Wallet and determine if they include perks that can be used to get even better discounts on the items on your list.

While tracking deals and simplifying purchases across the Google Shopping ecosystem is the main appeal, what Google really wants you to do is to choose Universal Cart instead of navigating to each individual site to buy products. So far, it has partnered with Nike, Sephora, Target, Ulta Beauty, Walmart, Wayfair, and some undisclosed merchants on Shopify.

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This next part won’t come as a surprise, but Google openly admits to collecting user data throughout many of its apps, including Google Shopping. Sure, the Universal Cart seems like an easy solution to buying products from multiple supported stores at the same time, but it also feeds your buying habits directly to Google.

When you make purchases through Universal Cart, Google analyzes the data and monetizes it. The company may use your purchases to improve its products and to customize the ads you see online to your specific interests. So don’t be surprised if you start to see more advertisements for the products in your cart or from the online stores you visit.

For some, the trade-off for more ads may be worth the convenience of a centralized shopping cart where you throw everything into the same place and buy with a click. For others, Google’s watchful eye may be intrusive enough to drive you away. Regardless, it’s important to know exactly what Universal Cart will do with your data if you choose to trust it.

That said, if you’re a Google user and you want more personalized ads and results, you can set your shopping preferences manually. To adjust these settings, go to your Personalized Recommendations settings and select “Likes & Preferences,” followed by “Shopping preferences.” On this page, you can choose whom you like to shop for (a man, a woman, a child, or pets) and set your shopping interests to include apparel, skin care, tech gadgets, and more.

I tried to test Universal Cart myself, but it wasn’t available on my account yet. If you don’t have Universal Cart either, it will be rolling out to you before the holiday shopping season. For those who do have Universal Cart already, you can start to track and add items now. However, based on what we know about Google’s data collection habits, you may wish to just go to your favorite merchants’ websites — or even walk into a good old-fashioned brick-and-mortar store — instead.

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Zach Laidlaw