President Donald Trump on Monday announced on social media that the Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

“The DOJ and Congress are looking at ‘Congresswoman’ Illhan [sic] Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars,” Trump shared. “Time will tell all. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Trump dropped the news first thing Monday morning as chaos continued in Minneapolis following a federal immigration agent fatally shooting an armed anti-ICE protester over the weekend. The president also said he is sending border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota.

The Truth Social post from Trump added that a major investigation into the “massive 20 Billion Dollar, Plus, Welfare Fraud that has taken place in Minnesota” has been launched, saying that it is “at least partially responsible for the violent organized protests going on in the streets.”

The DOJ did not immediately confirm the investigation to The Daily Wire.

In response, Omar posted on social media: “Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you’re panicking. Right on cue, you’re deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of ‘investigations’ have found nothing.”

She added: “Get your goons out of Minnesota.”

Omar, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, has accused ICE of a “terror campaign” and said that an ICE agent “murdered” Renee Good, an anti-ICE activist who was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent after she drove her car toward him.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks as fellow House Homeland Security Committee members look on during a news conference to discuss the killing of Renee Nicole Good outside the U.S. Capitol on January 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem reacted on Monday morning via X to news that Homan is heading to Minnesota, saying: “This is good news for peace, safety, and accountability in Minneapolis.”

“I have worked closely with Tom over the last year and he has been a major asset to our team— his experience and insight will help us in our wide-scale fraud investigations, which have robbed Americans, and will help us to remove even more public safety threats and violent criminal illegal aliens off the of [sic] streets of Minneapolis,” she added. “We continue to call on the leadership in Minnesota to allow for state and local partnership in our public safety mission.”

Jan 26 (Reuters) – A powerful winter storm sweeping across much of the United States forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights and delay hundreds on Monday, as freezing rain and heavy snowfall disrupted travel and snarled transportation networks.

About 3,800 flights were canceled, and more than 1,000 were delayed as of early Monday, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, following more than 11,000 cancellations reported on Sunday.

The number of cancellations and delays was expected to rise as the day progressed.

Low pressure south of New England is expected to move east over the Atlantic on Monday, bringing heavy snow to parts of the Northeast and freezing rain across sections of the Mid-Atlantic, the U.S. National Weather Service said.

Snow is also expected along the Appalachian region, while rain will spread along the Southeast coast as a cold front moves offshore, the agency said.

American Airlines accounted for the largest share of disruptions on Monday, with more than 600 flights canceled and about 135 delayed, followed by Republic Airways, JetBlue Airways, and Delta Air Lines.

Shares of American Airlines, Delta Air, and United Airlines fell nearly 1% each in premarket trading.

The disruptions also left thousands of travel plans in limbo. Passengers inundated carriers on social media platforms such as X seeking clarity on flight schedules.

MORE DISRUPTION LIKELY

The Federal Aviation Administration said in an advisory that weather-related constraints, including snow, freezing rain and low visibility, were affecting major hubs such as Boston and the New York-area airspace.

The agency said ground stops and delay programs could be imposed through the afternoon at airports including LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy International, Philadelphia International, Newark Liberty International and Washington Dulles International if conditions worsen.

Major American carriers rolled out sweeping travel waivers and flexible re-booking options to assist passengers whose travel plans were disrupted by the cancellations.

Airline operations are highly interconnected, meaning cancellations can leave aircraft and crews out of position, complicating efforts to restore normal flight schedules.

International operations were also affected by the extreme weather. Dutch carrier KLM said some of its U.S.-bound flights were disrupted over the weekend, but added that all services to the country were expected to operate normally on Monday.

ROADS BATTERED, THOUSANDS WITHOUT POWER

The storm also impeded road travel. The Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that driving conditions could become dangerous as blizzard-like conditions, strong winds, and ice spread further.

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of customers across several states, from Tennessee to the Carolinas, reported power outages, with Tennessee reporting the most cases.

More than 820,000 customers were without electricity as of early hours on Monday, according to data from PowerOutage.us.

(Reporting by Shivansh Tiwary in Bengaluru, Additional reporting by Joanna Plucinska in London; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)