Trump rants, Hegseth deflects while Congress looks for answers

At the end of a cabinet meeting this week, President Trump
unleashed controversial comments about Minnesota’s Somali
community. The president said he “[didn’t] want them in our
country” and referred to Minnesota’s Somali-American
congresswoman Ilhan Omar as “garbage”. His diatribe came as
reports surfaced of ICE raids in the Minneapolis/St. Paul region
targeting Somalis in the area. The Department of Homeland
Security said that there would be increased focus on immigrant
communities in the wake of the November 26th shooting of two
National Guard members in Washington, D.C., which had no
connection to Somali-Americans. Is the administration clouding
legitimate questions about immigrant vetting with its actions?





Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continued to deny reports he
ordered an illegal strike on a boat suspected of trafficking
drugs in the Caribbean. Congressional Armed Services Committees
have opened investigations into the attack. What could
accountability look like legally and politically?





A new feature on X reveals where accounts on the app originated
from . A number of popular accounts posting about American
politics were exposed as foreign users. Is there any way to push
back on the influence of foreign actors on social media?