Staffers for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reportedly assisted her in changing her birth date on official records shortly after she began her first term in the U.S. House, according to a New York Post report.
Omar&#8217;s year of birth — which was changed in 2019 from 1981 to 1982 — is reportedly relevant to the current investigation into the congresswoman because of her account of when and how she obtained U.S. citizenship.
Omar has long claimed that she became a citizen as a minor — at the age of 17 — when her father became a citizen in 2000: &#8220;I became a citizen actually before I turned 18. My father became a citizen and so I got my citizenship through that process.&#8221;
Her age at the time matters because eligibility to derive citizenship through a parent depends on meeting the applicable legal requirements before turning 18.
If she was born in 1981, however, she would have been 18 or 19 in 2000, rather than 17, raising questions about that account. She would have been required to go through the naturalization process as a legal adult.
If she was indeed 17 at the time, she could have derived citizenship automatically through her father&#8217;s naturalization under the law then in effect, provided she was an unmarried permanent resident under 18 and met the requirements regarding her parents&#8217; status.
Further complicating that process is the fact that a 2023 search for any record or proof of Omar&#8217;s father&#8217;s naturalization came up empty, The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/10/13/us-news/the-missing-immigration-records-on-rep-ilhan-omars-dad-that-may-have-prompted-raid-on-dc-home/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost&amp;utm_source=twitter">reported</a>.
AJ Kern, Omar&#8217;s opponent in the 2022 Democratic primary, requested the information during the campaign — and was informed a year later that the record search failed to locate proof that he had been naturalized, the Post reported.
According to a separate <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/10/13/us-news/rep-ilhan-omars-staff-got-her-birthdate-changed-officially-after-being-elected-to-congress-records/">report</a> published Tuesday by The New York Post, Omar&#8217;s birthday was listed by the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library — and had been reported by numerous outlets, including the BBC — as Oct. 4, 1981. That date remained unchanged throughout Omar&#8217;s time in the Minnesota House and her first congressional campaign.
The request to change the year followed questions from a political opponent about whether Omar had misrepresented her age, according to the report.
The record was updated in mid-May 2019, according to emails The Post reviewed.
&#8220;On May 17, 2019, Library staff were informed by Rep. Omar’s congressional staff that her birth year was incorrect and requested that we change it to 1982,&#8221; the director of the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library wrote in an email dated May 24, 2019. &#8220;Rep. Omar’s congressional staff are working with Wikipedia and with the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress and other sources to correct her birth year on those sites. As of today, the birth year has not been corrected on the two sites I mentioned.&#8221;
Another email exchange said the original 1981 listing came from previously published reports that library staff had no reason to doubt at the time.
Federal agents raided Omar&#8217;s home early Monday, searching for records related to immigration documents completed by her late father when she was a child. U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said during an appearance on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6406773980112">America Reports</a>&#8221; that Omar&#8217;s financial disclosures were also being reviewed.
Omar responded to the investigation by accusing President Donald Trump of &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; federal law enforcement.

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Actress Selma Blair pleaded not guilty Monday night to two assault charges as her attorneys blamed missed medication, exhaustion, and a fall for her bizarre and violent behavior during and after a Delta Air Lines flight.
Defense attorneys Shawn Barnes and Joshua Reitzas <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-was-off-meds-confused-during-midair-meltdown-lawyer/">flanked the actress</a> as she appeared in court, clearly emotional throughout the proceedings. Barnes and Reitzas asserted that Blair, who has multiple sclerosis, had missed multiple doses of her medication and had been on set working long hours before Sunday&#8217;s flight.
&#8220;Ms. Blair missed several doses of … a powerful medication that controls severe neurological symptoms,&#8221; Barnes said, adding, &#8220;Ms. Blair boarded this flight after being on set and working extensive hours and exhaustive hours in the days leading up to this flight. Additionally, at one point, during the flight, there was an incident where Miss Blair actually fell and hit her head.&#8221;
&#8220;These factors coupled with the altitude, resulted in a state of severe confusion and disorientation,&#8221; Barnes said. &#8220;This was not an intentional assault.&#8221;
Reitzas also urged the judge to consider Blair&#8217;s reputation and work, claiming that she was the &#8220;gold standard.&#8221;
&#8220;Consider her body of work and what she’s done for people,” Reitzas said. “This is someone we should look up to.&#8221;
Judge Indira Khan pushed back, saying that Blair&#8217;s celebrity should not carry any weight in the matter at hand.
Blair, 54, is charged with two counts of second-degree assault against a Port Authority police officer and a nurse. Judge Khan set the &#8220;Legally Blonde&#8221; actress&#8217;s bail at $20,000 cash, $60,000 bond, or a $60,000 partially secured bond, Page Six <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/10/12/celebrity-news/selma-blair-released-from-jail-faces-7-years-in-prison-for-airplane-incident/">reported</a>.
According to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/10/12/us-news/selma-blair-was-off-meds-confused-during-midair-meltdown-lawyer/">criminal complaint</a>, while Blair was being transported from the airport to the hospital in police custody, she freed one leg from the stretcher restraints and kicked a Port Authority police officer several times in the face, neck, and chest. She also allegedly kicked a nurse in the chest while the nurse was assisting with her treatment at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
Separately, the FBI has issued Blair a federal summons accusing her of assault aboard the aircraft, where she allegedly attacked two flight attendants, biting at least one of them, according to law enforcement sources cited by TMZ. The violation notice lists &#8220;assaults within special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.&#8221; The matter will be handled in federal petty violations court in Brooklyn.

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&#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; star RJ Mitte died by suicide, his representative confirmed to Page Six after the 34-year-old actor&#8217;s death was announced Monday.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-bad-star-dead-at-34">Mitte</a>, who played Walter White Jr. on the hit television series, died in Brownsville, Texas. Both he and the character he played lived with cerebral palsy, and Mitte had used his platform to advocate for other actors with disabilities.
In a statement announcing Mitte&#8217;s death, his representative highlighted his acting and advocacy:
<blockquote>RJ Mitte was best known for his role as Walter ‘Flynn’ White Jr. on AMC’s critically acclaimed, award-winning series ‘Breaking Bad.’ Drawing from his own experience living with cerebral palsy, Mitte brought authenticity to the role and built a platform on disability awareness and inclusion.</blockquote>
Several of Mitte&#8217;s co-stars paid tribute to him, sharing memories of their time on set.
&#8220;I’m in deep despair as I write this tonight. RJ Mitte, my sweet son on &#8216;Breaking Bad&#8217; has died. I met him when he was only 14 years old when he was cast as Walter White Jr., a part he played with such joy and enthusiasm,&#8221; actor Bryan Cranston wrote in a tribute to his on-screen son.
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&#8220;Born with Cerebral Palsy, he never – ever – allowed that challenge to be an excuse for anything. He met the demanding shooting schedule head on with great determination,” Cranston continued.
&#8220;Always listening to the advice that his TV parents (Anna Gunn and myself) gave him – but being a teenager, sometimes mischievously ignoring the counsel in order to learn the hard way… He was one of the stars of a hit TV show – but still a kid. That kid was pretty raw when we started shooting the pilot in February of 2007, but little by little we watched him grow into a really fine actor.&#8221;
Cranston also praised Mitte&#8217;s efforts to use his fame to make positive changes for other actors with disabilities.
&#8220;We were texting each other just a few weeks ago – figuring out when we could meet for lunch. I don’t know if that lunch would have changed his future,&#8221; Cranston worried. &#8220;I do know that I loved him, and thoroughly enjoyed being with him throughout the years on the series.&#8221;
&#8220;Though RJ didn’t play my TV son, I always looked out for him as a young kid on set. He was a sweetheart of a young man and will be greatly missed,&#8221; Dean Norris, who portrayed Mitte’s uncle Hank Schrader, wrote in a <a href="https://x.com/deanjnorris/status/2109769090827231721?s=20">statement on X</a>. &#8220;This is so heartbreaking, I can’t believe it. Thinking of him and his family.&#8221;
If you or anyone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 or go to <a href="http://speakingofsuicide.com/resources" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources</a>.

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Comedian and HBO host Bill Maher revealed that President Donald Trump has invited him back to the White House for a second dinner — and he plans to go.
Maher, who made waves when he accepted the last invitation, announced his plans on a recent episode of his &#8220;Club Random&#8221; podcast. He told his guest, Ari Emanuel, that he&#8217;d gotten a call and a second invitation &#8220;out of the blue&#8221; — and that Trump had sweetened the pot by promising not to &#8220;say bad things&#8221; about him like he had after the last dinner.
&#8220;It&#8217;s so weird, you know, after the first dinner, he was — I went back to doing what I do and you know, for people who —&#8221; Maher said.
&#8220;He probably screamed at you!&#8221; Emanuel interjected. &#8220;He said you&#8217;re low rate —&#8221;
&#8220;Of course,&#8221; Maher laughed. &#8220;It never stops! He tried to stop me from getting the Mark Twain award &#8230; but then he just — out of the blue — let&#8217;s have dinner again. You know, I said, &#8216;great.&#8217; And he was really nice, like, &#8216;I promise I won’t say bad things about you like I did the last time.’&#8221;
&#8220;And I texted back and I said, &#8216;You know what? You’re the president of the United States, say whatever the f*ck you want,'&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I’m just glad we’re talking. It&#8217;s like being called a hockey puck by Don Rickles. It’s just what he does. It’s how he talks.”
Maher was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-telling-you-it-happened-bill-maher-reveals-what-was-said-during-private-dinner-with-trump">famously attacked</a> after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/larry-david-whines-about-bill-maher-giving-donald-trump-a-chance-with-trite-hitler-comparison">first dinner</a> by people on the Left who complained that he&#8217;d given Trump credibility by agreeing to the conversation.
&#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm&#8221; creator Larry David tore into the comedian over what he dubbed &#8220;My Dinner with Adolf,&#8221; writing an essay in mocking tones from Maher&#8217;s perspective.
<blockquote>Suddenly he seemed so human. Here I was, prepared to meet Hitler, the one I’d seen and heard — the public Hitler. But this private Hitler was a completely different animal. And oddly enough, this one seemed more authentic, like this was the real Hitler. The whole thing had my head spinning.</blockquote>
Maher, following the first dinner with the president, said that he&#8217;d been pleasantly surprised by Trump&#8217;s demeanor.
&#8220;A crazy person doesn’t live in the White House,&#8221; Maher remarked at the time. &#8220;A person who plays a crazy person on TV a lot lives there, which I know is f*cked up. It’s just not as f*cked up as I thought it was.&#8221;

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Dame Judi Dench has had about enough of the &#8220;trigger warnings&#8221; that often accompany films and theatrical productions.
Dench, 91, played MI6 chief &#8220;M&#8221; in eight consecutive James Bond films — and she told her friend and writing partner Brendan O&#8217;Hea that she believes the warnings have gone too far and often risk ruining the entire theater experience.
&#8220;I think they have gone too far. It&#8217;s mollycoddling. If you&#8217;re that sensitive, don&#8217;t go to the theatre,&#8221; she said during the interview for her memoir &#8220;Is It Too Late to Make a Run for It?&#8221; Dench went on to explain that she believed some of the best theater productions intentionally pushed audiences out of their comfort zones.
&#8220;By all means keep the warnings about strobe lighting and gunshots, and obviously there should be age limits for children, but that&#8217;s about it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Otherwise, where will it end? The trigger warnings before &#8216;Titus Andronicus&#8217; would be longer than the play.&#8221;
&#8220;And if you overdo the warnings, doesn&#8217;t it take away from the audience&#8217;s enjoyment of the story?&#8221; she asked. &#8220;Do you tell them that the butler did it in an Agatha Christie play so as not to shock them? Besides, in the safety of a theatre or cinema, I want to be triggered, excited, stimulated, provoked and disturbed, to be taken out of my comfort zone. Isn&#8217;t that what makes theatre and films so thrilling?&#8221;
Dench concluded with the obvious question: Where would the trigger warnings stop and who would decide what might require one?
&#8220;And who knows what might trigger people? Balloons, clowns, buttons … I have a friend who doesn&#8217;t like bananas,&#8221; the actress recalled. &#8220;She feels physically sick every time she sees one. Should supermarkets put up warning signs in the fruit and veg aisle? It drives me wild.&#8221;
Dench&#8217;s <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250438928/isittoolatetomakearunforit/">memoir</a> is set for a late October release in the United Kingdom and will be on shelves in the United States on November 3.

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The FBI has issued a summons to actress Selma Blair, accusing her of assault after an incident aboard a flight in which she reportedly injured two flight attendants, biting at least one of them.
The violation notice lists &#8220;assaults within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,&#8221; <a href="https://apnews.com/article/selma-blair-plane-9bce750da2a33f042b208388dd0b0f40">according</a> to The Associated Press. No date has been set for the actress&#8217;s first appearance in federal court in Brooklyn.
Blair was taken into custody Sunday after the Delta Air Lines plane arrived at JFK Airport following the alleged <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/famous-actress-arrested-for-biting-flight-attendant-trying-to-open-plane-door">midair skirmish.</a> Her representative said she experienced a medical emergency that led to the alleged conduct.
It wasn&#8217;t the first time the &#8220;Cruel Intentions&#8221; star&#8217;s behavior aboard a flight had made headlines.
In 2016, the &#8220;Legally Blonde&#8221; actress was removed on a stretcher after an outburst aboard another Delta flight from Cancun, Mexico, to Los Angeles.
Entertainment site TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2016/06/20/selma-blair-flight-drinking-stretcher-lax/">reported</a> at the time that other passengers had witnessed her suddenly burst into tears, after which she began shouting strange things in the plane&#8217;s first-class section.
&#8220;He burns my private parts. He won&#8217;t let me eat or drink,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He beats me. He&#8217;s going to kill me.&#8221;
Witnesses told TMZ that Blair had been drinking wine and appeared to have combined it with medication. Two nurses reportedly checked her bag for pills, and the pilot reportedly radioed ahead about a passenger who had apparently mixed medication with alcohol.
When the plane landed at LAX, medical personnel came aboard and Blair was taken out on a stretcher.
Blair&#8217;s public apology came a day later — via a statement given to <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/06/selma-blair-apologizes-plane-blackout">Vanity Fair</a> — in which she confirmed that Blair had mixed alcohol and medication with blacked out.
&#8220;I made a big mistake yesterday. After a lovely trip with my son and his Dad, I mixed alcohol with medication, and that caused me to black out and led me to say and do things that I deeply regret,&#8221; she began.
&#8220;My son was with his Dad asleep with his headphones on, so there is that saving grace. I take this very seriously, and I apologize to all of the passengers and crew that I disturbed and am thankful to all of the people who helped me in the aftermath,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I am a flawed human being who makes mistakes and am filled with shame over this incident. I am truly very sorry.&#8221;
Blair was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 2018 and has since advocated for disability rights.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said in April that she would welcome any and all investigations into her personal history — and on Monday morning, federal agents gave her exactly what she asked for.
The investigation escalated with an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-raid-home-of-ilhan-omar-as-criminal-probe-expands">early morning raid</a> on her home — which Omar immediately characterized as a political hit job and further proof that President Donald Trump was &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; federal law enforcement. According to Fox News, the investigation centers on immigration documents completed by the congresswoman&#8217;s late father.
Omar, who was born the youngest of seven children in Mogadishu in 1982, lost her mother at the age of two and fled civil war in her home country of Somalia at the age of nine. She then lived for four years in a refugee camp in Kenya before coming to the United States with her father in 1995. She became a citizen five years later, in 2000, when she was 17.
The Minnesota congresswoman has been married three times — and it&#8217;s the second of those marriages that has raised red flags for federal law enforcement, as numerous reports have not only identified her second husband as likely her biological brother, but have alleged that the timelines of her first two marriages overlap considerably.
Omar first wed Ahmed Hirsi (AKA Ahmed Aden) in a Muslim ceremony in 2002. She applied for a legal marriage license at the time as well, according to the <a href="https://cis.org/North/SomaliaBorn-Candidate-Congress-Accused-ImmigrationMarriage-Fraud">Center for Immigration Studies</a>, but did not go through with a legal wedding. Omar and Hirsi had two children together before separating in 2008. Because they were not legally married, they did not need a civil divorce.
One year later, Omar married Ahmed Elmi — a citizen of the United Kingdom who referred to himself as a &#8220;dirty dandy.&#8221; Although many reports suggested that he was her biological brother — and that the marriage was an end run around the United States immigration —official birth certificates were never obtained because many records were destroyed while Somalia was engulfed in civil war.
Omar reportedly divorced Elmi in a religious ceremony only — meaning that legally they were still married when she reunited with Hirsi in 2012 and they had a third child together. In 2017, Omar and Elmi were legally divorced, and in 2018 she legally married Hirsi.
One year later, in 2019, Omar officially divorced Hirsi. Several months later, she married political consultant Tim Mynett, who had worked on her campaign before they married.
But Omar&#8217;s marriage history, as complicated as it is, is far more likely to cause her a public relations headache than a legal one. The New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/09/16/us-news/why-ilhan-omar-cant-be-kicked-out-of-the-us-for-marrying-brother-immigration-officials/">reported</a> that even if it were proved that Omar had been involved in a sham marriage to help Elmi secure a green card, the likely result would be the State Department barring Elmi from returning to the United States.
According to reports on Monday&#8217;s search, investigators are examining the original documents Omar&#8217;s father filed when the family first came to the United States in 1995.
&#8220;If there’s enough evidence that she or [her father] lied on her immigration application to become a United States citizen, whether it was one time or several times, the Trump administration could initiate a denaturalization process that would strip her of her citizenship,&#8221; a top immigration official told The Post.
Omar&#8217;s father, Nur Omar Mohamed, served as a colonel in the Somali Army under socialist dictator Siad Barre. In the late 1970s, he is documented to have served during the Ogaden War — and while soldiers and officials on both sides of that conflict have been accused of committing war crimes and abuse, Omar&#8217;s father has never been personally linked to those accusations.
Barre, a top general in the Somali military, had seized power in 1969 and implemented &#8220;scientific socialism.&#8221; Between 1987 and 1989, Barre led a <a href="https://macmillan.yale.edu/gsp/somalia-isaaq-genocide#:~:text=A%20campaign%20designed%20to%20depopulate,Solution%20to%20the%20Isaaq%20Problem'.">genocidal campaign</a> against the Isaaq clan — the Hargeisa Holocaust — that was meant to depopulate Somaliland. In addition to building minefields in civilian areas and indiscriminately bombing villages, Barre&#8217;s forces poisoned wells, strafed fleeing civilians, and used rape as a weapon of war.
The exact date that Omar&#8217;s father left Somali military service is unclear, but some reports indicate that his <a href="https://sahanjournal.com/remembering-minnesotans-lost-to-covid-19/he-was-loved-by-everyone-the-somali-community-remembers-nur-omar-mohamed-who-died-of-covid-19/">service ended</a> with the fall of Barre&#8217;s regime in 1991.
If he left out his service—or any other relevant information—when he filled out immigration papers for himself and his family, that could immediately raise questions about the validity of Omar&#8217;s citizenship.

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&#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; actor RJ Mitte has died at the age of 34.
Mitte&#8217;s death, reported by entertainment site TMZ and confirmed by a county official, was living in Brownsville, Texas, at the time of his death. The actor, according to that report, died by suicide. An investigation into his death is still ongoing.
Mitte played Walter White Jr. on the popular TV show, appearing in 56 episodes of the show that also starred &#8220;Malcolm in the Middle&#8221; alum Bryan Cranston. He also appeared in &#8220;The Oak Room&#8221; and &#8220;The Recall.&#8221;
“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of beloved actor, philanthropist, and passionate disability rights advocate RJ Mitte,” a representative for Mitte said in a statement shared with <a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/rj-mitte-dead-breaking-bad-1236909451/">Variety</a>. “Drawing from his own experience living with cerebral palsy, Mitte brought authenticity to the role and built a platform on disability awareness and inclusion.”
Both Mitte and his &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221;character both lived with cerebral palsy, and Mitte used his platform to advocate for actors with disabilities.
&#8220;My character was written with someone with cerebral palsy. This that was from the beginning. That was always the case. My character Walt Jr. was based on a real person, a friend of (Breaking Badcreator) Vince Gilligan in college who had cerebral palsy, who used forearm crutches and sometime after passed away. So it really felt real playing this character and getting into the groove with this character,&#8221; Mitte said on &#8220;<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rj-mitte-dead-breaking-bad-walter-white-jr-1236728210/">The Joe Vulpis Podcast</a>.&#8221;
The actor served as an ambassador for both United Cerebral Palsy and Shriners Children’s, and he was also the president of his own charity, the Mitte Foundation. The Mitte Foundation worked to push boundaries and challenge stereotypes about people living with disabilities.
Mitte was engaged to his long term girlfriend, Kennedy Suarez, who he&#8217;d been dating since 2018. He proposed on October 10, 2025, on her 30th birthday.
&#8220;I&#8217;m thrilled to have found my person, my partner in life who makes me want to be better, no matter what we&#8217;re doing,&#8221; Mitte told People at the time. &#8220;Kennedy is my everything and I can&#8217;t wait to officially start our life together and see what adventures life takes us on next.&#8221;
Mitte&#8217;s <a href="https://pagesix.com/2026/10/12/celebrity-news/breaking-bad-star-rj-mitte-made-final-public-appearance-days-before-death-at-34/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nypost">final public appearance</a> took place just over a week prior to his death.
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Metallica frontman James Hetfield paused during his October 10 concert to promise fans that he would not be using the stage to lecture them — and jabbed at other artists who have chosen to do so.
Hetfield, performing with the band during one of several shows at The Sphere in Las Vegas, took a moment to thank the fans for traveling to see the show.
&#8220;Unless you live in Vegas, you&#8217;ve come a long way to spend some time with Metallica. We&#8217;re grateful for that — your travels, the money you spend, the time it took, thanks for coming to celebrate with us,&#8221; he said. 

Then, he pivoted to address the recent rash of artists who have used the stage as a platform to promote certain political issues or agendas, and he made it clear that Metallica was having none of it.
&#8220;I just gotta say, Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bullsh*t, okay? We are here &#8230; no bullsh*t &#8230; we&#8217;re here to forget about all the outside sh*t, okay? Metallica&#8217;s agenda is love, energy, and heavy music, baby!&#8221;
Some thought Hetfield was referring to rapper Macklemore, whose anti-Israel antics effectively blew up Ed Sheeran&#8217;s Loop Tour. Sheeran was left without his opening acts and even his back-up band — all of whom <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-of-ed-sheerans-support-acts-rage-quit-tour-back-macklemore">quit the tour</a> in solidarity after promoters dropped <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stadium-owners-were-promised-macklemore-wouldnt-repeat-antisemitic-rant-he-did">Macklemore</a>.
Others assumed he was talking about Paramore singer <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/paramores-hayley-williams-launches-vulgar-tirade-dhs-after-agency-defends-ice-officers">Hayley Williams</a>, who shouted &#8220;F*ck ICE&#8221; and &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; during her recent show in Chula Vista, CA.
In response to Williams, the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that the singer should be grateful for ICE agents keeping her safe.
&#8220;America is grateful all the time for our federal law enforcement officers who keep us safe. We suggest Ms. Williams to thank them for their service, not belittle their sacrifice,&#8221; a DHS spokesman said.
Williams, undeterred, posted her response via Instagram stories: &#8220;And may I suggest all Nazi b*tches suck on my fat d*ck.&#8221;
Hetfield, for his part, has made it a point to stick to the music and leave politics out of it.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of polarization going on in the [United] States, and I see it other places as well. But it just seems like you have to get more extreme to balance out the other extreme,&#8221; he told the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37504227">BBC in 2016</a>.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve got to find some balance in the middle here somewhere. We stay away from politics, from religion. That just seems to polarize people even more. We all have our own beliefs but, at the end of the day, we&#8217;re trying to connect with people and it seems like political views don&#8217;t do that as much as music does.&#8221;

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James Talarico&#8217;s Senate campaign is officially denying rumors that his two-week absence from the public eye was the result of a mental health crisis.  “This is a lie designed to promote a pathetic conspiracy theory. Last week James Talarico was home in Austin, Texas, recovering from the flu,” campaign spokesman JT Ennis said in a statement Sunday afternoon.
Later on Sunday, the Lindner Center of Hope — where it was claimed that Talarico sought treatment — also released a <a href="https://x.com/lindnerctrhope/status/2109430626562785517">statement</a> denying that he&#8217;d ever been a patient there.
&#8220;Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope,&#8221; the statement read.
Ennis and the mental health facility were both responding to a social media post on Sunday by conservative media personality Nick Sortor and self-described &#8220;right-wing provocateur&#8221; Rhein Amacher, which included an audio recording of a woman who is purportedly an employee at the Lindner Center of Hope, a mental health facility in Mason, Ohio.
In the recording, the woman appeared to suggest that a James Talarico had recently been discharged from the facility, telling the callers she could not locate more detailed information because the discharge was so recent.
“Okay, nothing for James Talarico?” one of the callers asked.
“Let’s see, looks, well, this is what it’s — today — looks like he was just discharged this evening,” the woman replied. “That’s why I don’t have it.”
“Oh, he was discharged then?”
“Mmhmm,” she responded. “So he should be —”
When asked where she was located, the woman identified the Lindner Center of Hope in Mason, Ohio.
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🚨 BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Ohio mental hospital CONFIRMS James Talarico was discharged from the facility earlier this week
The “flu” thing was a BIG FAT LIE
Following reporting by @SaraGonzalesTX and @CarolineWren, a hospital employee told @RheinAmacher and I that Talarico had in fact been a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio, which specializes in around-the-clock mental health treatment.
While I sympathize with those dealing with mental health crises, this man is CLEARLY not suited to become a US Senator representing over 30 MILLION TEXANS.
The job doesn’t get easier after being elected — it only gets MORE stressful.
And Talarico clearly can’t handle it.
I pray he gets the help he needs, but Texans need a real representative they can rely on.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://x.com/nicksortor/status/2109329520247660715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire has not independently verified the woman’s identity, her employment at the facility, or the claim made in the recording.
Jennifer Pierson, a representative of the Lindner Center, told The Daily Wire in an email that the facility would not disclose information about current or former patients.
“Lindner Center of Hope respects the privacy and confidentiality of all individuals,” Pierson wrote. “We do not confirm or deny whether any individual is or has been a patient, and we do not comment on individual cases.”
The speculation began after Talarico, appearing remotely at a U.S. Hispanic Business Council event on September 30, said he had been diagnosed with the flu at an urgent care clinic in Dallas. He then disappeared from the campaign trail for two weeks, with no further explanation given. His campaign maintained that he was recovering, but the prolonged absence fueled online rumors about his whereabouts and health.
Last week, unverified rumors from a number of sources began to spread that Talarico was experiencing some kind of mental health episode, not merely a nasty bout of influenza.
The Lindner Center of Hope provides mental health evaluations and treatment for children and adults, including inpatient, outpatient, and residential programs. The facility also offers a 10-day diagnostic assessment and a 28-day residential treatment program.
Its services cover a range of conditions, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, schizophrenia, and addiction. It is the same facility where Harris County, Texas, Judge Lina Hidalgo, another high-profile Democrat in the state, spent seven weeks receiving inpatient care in 2023 for depression.
Talarico <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/talarico-ends-his-disappearing-act-with-a-festival-cameo">resurfaced</a> Friday with a brief stop at the Austin City Limits music festival, where he filmed a promotional video with country music star Kacey Musgraves. Some social media users added additional speculation about a <a href="https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/JTL750">private jet flight</a> that departed from Austin, Texas, on Thursday night to Hamilton, Ohio, before returning Friday morning.

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CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Sunday over last week&#8217;s shooting of an illegal immigrant by ICE officers in New York City — one of two such shootings since Mullin took over the department — and Mullin answered with numbers of his own.
Mullin, who succeeded Kristi Noem as secretary in March, argued that the figures deserving attention were the hundreds of illegal immigrants in New York wanted for or convicted of murder — and the American lives he said were lost because those suspects were in the country at all.
The Homeland Security chief told Tapper that Oscar Belgal had an impressive rap sheet for someone who had only been in the country for three years, and in addition to being in the United States illegally, he was credibly linked to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-agent-shoots-suspected-migrant-gang-member-in-new-york-city">Trinitarios street gang</a>. Mullin explained that often, when ICE went to apprehend someone, &#8220;fight or flight&#8221; instincts kicked in.
&#8220;When we&#8217;re approaching a vehicle, that individual knows that they&#8217;re going to jail,&#8221; Mullin explained. &#8220;Now, you want to talk about the two individuals that have been shot since I&#8217;ve been the secretary, let&#8217;s talk about the 258 illegals that are in New York City right now that are wanted for murder. Let&#8217;s talk about the 258 that are currently in state prison that killed individuals, that were illegals that we got detainers on.&#8221;
&#8220;All 258 of those individuals took an American life,&#8221; he added. &#8220;All 258 of those deaths were 100% preventable because those illegals shouldn&#8217;t be here. If people are really concerned about the tactics that are being used, how about the states cooperate with us? These individuals that I&#8217;ve talked about have detainers on them. Oscar had a detainer on him.&#8221;
Mullin also referenced two illegals who had been implicated in the stabbing of off-duty NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes, saying that one of the two had also had an ICE detainer.
&#8220;That means they were locked up before, we asked the state, we asked the city to give them to us, and they released them back on the streets,&#8221; he said. &#8220;If anybody should be outraged, it should [be] the public to the sanctuary states and sanctuary politicians that continue to release these murderers and thugs back to the streets and put the public in danger.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that the Democratic Party was long overdue for a name change that better reflected what the party truly represented within the current political landscape.
Trump made it clear that the Democratic Party had already done a thorough job of reinventing itself, embracing the socialists and communists that threaten to devour the organization from within and gleefully taking the 20-side of every 80-20 issue — like men playing in women&#8217;s sports and legal requirements for voter identification — and he suggested that it was high time for the party to be rebranded as well.
&#8220;I think that the Democrats have become the Socialists of America and I think that they ought to get rid of the name Democrat because it&#8217;s no longer accurate,&#8221; he told reporters. &#8220;But you have a combination of socialists and communists, and I think frankly, the word democrat is a — or &#8216;dumocrat,&#8217; as I call them — but I think it&#8217;s a very inaccurate name.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrat is a — they&#8217;re really socialists, they&#8217;ve become socialists,&#8221; Trump repeated, adding, &#8220;And they&#8217;re being dragged much further left than socialists.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s comments come as a number of self-described Democratic socialists — including some who have aligned themselves with the radical Democratic Socialists of America — sit poised to win seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. And although most of them ran on watered-down platforms calling for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), police, and prisons, the official <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dsa-uses-newfound-power-to-get-even-more-extreme">DSA platform</a> calls for the complete abolition of the United States Senate and the reinterpretation of both the presidency and the Supreme Court.
In addition, the DSA would have the United States dissolve all foreign military installations and defer to the notoriously anti-Israel International Criminal Court to handle accusations of war crimes.
The entire program, as previously reported by The Daily Wire, reads like part Marxist wishlist, part antisemitic fever dream: demanding open borders and mass amnesty; calling for a free Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital; and demanding the confiscation of large corporations and “aggressive wealth taxes.”
Some formerly within the party are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/panic-sets-in-dems-tailspin-as-they-realize-the-hostile-socialist-takeover-already-started" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sounding the alarm</a> — former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), Democratic strategist James Carville, and comedian Bill Maher — but many appear to be ignoring the “socialist” part in a desperate bid to get more “democrats” on Capitol Hill.

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