{"id":8861,"date":"2026-11-04T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/ilhan-omar-wins-fifth-us-congress-term-despite-trump-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:00:49","slug":"ilhan-omar-wins-fifth-us-congress-term-despite-trump-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/ilhan-omar-wins-fifth-us-congress-term-despite-trump-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilhan Omar wins fifth US Congress term despite Trump attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"678\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Ilhan-Omar-wins-fifth-US-Congress-term-despite-Trump-attacks.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ilhan Omar wins fifth US Congress term despite Trump attacks\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Ilhan-Omar-wins-fifth-US-Congress-term-despite-Trump-attacks.jpg 678w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Omar-Ilhan-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has won a fifth term in the United States House of Representatives, retaining her seat for Minnesota\u2019s 5th Congressional District despite criticism from President Donald Trump and an ongoing federal investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omar defeated Republican candidate John Nagel in Tuesday\u2019s midterm elections, according to projections by CBS News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Somali-born lawmaker has been a vocal critic of Trump and has repeatedly faced attacks from the president over her background and political views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her re-election comes amid a federal investigation involving allegations concerning her immigration and naturalisation records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On October 12, federal agents searched Omar\u2019s Washington, DC, residence as part of the investigation. Her phone and passport were reportedly seized, while subpoenas were issued to some of her relatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump had called on the congresswoman to resign, renewing allegations of identity fraud after a court filing identified her by an additional name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omar has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former US President Barack Obama has accused Trump of targeting the Minnesota lawmaker because of her political views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omar has represented Minnesota\u2019s 5th Congressional District since 2019, after winning the 2018 midterm elections. She was among the first two Muslim women elected to the US House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In her victory speech, Omar said her re-election demonstrated that voters would support candidates who prioritised compassion and empathy in their leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/ilhan-omar-wins-fifth-us-congress-term-despite-trump-attacks\/\">Ilhan Omar wins fifth US Congress term despite Trump attacks<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has won a fifth term in the United States House of Representatives, retaining her seat for Minnesota\u2019s 5th Congressional District despite criticism from President Donald Trump&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}