Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar blamed President Donald Trump for threats to her safety on Wednesday, one day after she was accosted and squirted with liquid at an event in ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., suggested Wednesday that President Donald Trump's rhetoric toward her and the Somali community contributed to the attack on her at a town hall Tuesday. “What the facts have ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) suggested Wednesday that President Trump’s “reprehensible rhetoric” on immigration has contributed to an environment in which “right-wing grifters” feel free to “terrorize ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a town hall event in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota was sprayed with unknown liquid in a ...

A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement have ...

The previously unidentified substance sprayed at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) during her Tuesday night town hall has been identified as apple cider vinegar. Suspect Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, of ...

A man who had been sitting in the front row rushed at the Democratic representative and sprayed her with a strong-smelling liquid. He was removed by security and later booked into jail. By Reis ...

A man is facing criminal charges after video showed a Minnesota lawmaker being sprayed with an unknown liquid at a town hall event, amid weeks of unrest and violence in the midwestern state's Twin ...

A man sprayed a substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar during her town hall in Minneapolis’ North Side on Tuesday night, Jan. 27. In prepared remarks, Omar was calling for the abolishment of U.S. Immigration ...

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was rushed by a man during a town hall event Tuesday night and sprayed with a liquid via a syringe. Footage from the event shows a man approaching Omar at her lectern as she ...