Sunday May 31, 2026 Ilhan Omar celebrates her relection to Congress at the DFL watch party on November 5, 2024. Credit: Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal Minneapolis (AX) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has officially entered the race for another term in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, setting up a bid to continue representing Minneapolis and a ring of nearby suburbs. The Democrat, who has emerged as one of the most recognizable progressive figures in Congress, confirmed the filing in a Facebook video posted Saturday. “I am…

Ghislaine Maxwell to face closed-door House deposition; expected to invoke Fifth Amendment Ghislaine Maxwell, serving a 20-year federal sentence for trafficking girls to financier Jeffrey Epstein, will be questioned behind closed doors by the House Oversight Committee via prison videolink — but her legal team says she will refuse to answer on Fifth Amendment grounds. The extraordinary deposition, part of a congressional probe into Epstein’s ties to powerful figures and the handling of information about his crimes, follows a…