Live updates: DC judge scolds Trump administration for East Potomac Park tree cutting; feds search Ilhan Omar's home
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Comments: by The Hill Staff - 10/12/26 11:29 AM ET Comments: Link copied by The Hill Staff - 10/12/26 11:29 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes scolded Trump administration lawyers on Monday for failing to provide sufficient notice before cutting down hundreds of trees in East Potomac Park over the weekend. The tree work quickly prompted an emergency order to halt progress and a morning hearing.
The home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in Washington, D.C., was raided early Monday as part of a federal criminal investigation, according to reports. The Homeland Security Investigations team was behind the search, The Associated Press and Fox News reported.
President Trump is facing bipartisan blowback for making a deal with Russia to permit the country’s diesel into the U.S. He followed up on the deal news by declaring an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle decried the deal .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios shortly after that the deal “was news for me. But if Russians agree to an energy ceasefire, Ukraine will agree.” Later Sunday, Zelensky reported that Russia struck a power plant in Kharkiv, breaking the terms of the deal.
The U.S. also faces an increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East, where Houthi rebels sent a missile into a major Saudi airport, killing a dozen people , including one American, and wounding hundreds.
Trump on Monday heads to Youngstown, Ohio, to rally for Republicans facing tight races for governor and Senate. Sen. Jon Husted (R), who is down in polls to former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), will join Trump . His seat is one of several that Democrats are looking to flip .
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