Man Facing Assault Charges After Spraying Rep. Ilhan Omar With Unknown Substance
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The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 28 January 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:25.2 | Here is your morning brief for Wednesday, January 28th. I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal. |
| 0:31.8 | Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance at a town hall meeting in |
| 0:37.4 | Minnesota last night. |
| 0:38.9 | Police booked the suspect behind the incident on suspicion of third-degree assault. |
| 0:43.8 | Omar, who gained attention as a member of the progressive squad of Democratic lawmakers, |
| 0:48.5 | has frequently drawn the ire of President Trump, |
| 0:51.1 | who on Monday said that the DOJ and Congress were looking at her and suggesting |
| 0:56.4 | she had profited from Minnesota's massive welfare fraud scandal. Responding to those comments, |
| 1:02.0 | Omar told the journal that Trump had an unhealthy and disturbing obsession with her and the Somali |
| 1:07.3 | community, and that in spite of him calling for investigations against her for years, |
| 1:12.2 | quote, they have found nothing. |
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| 1:19.1 | dating back to April's global tariff turmoil. |
| 1:22.3 | Since Trump began his second term, the dollar has trended downward. |
| 1:26.2 | Addressing a crowd in Iowa yesterday, the president |
| 1:28.5 | said he isn't concerned about the decline. U.S. stock futures are gaining ahead of the Federal Reserve's |
| 1:34.6 | interest rate decision today, where the central bank is expected to hold rate steady after three |
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