Ilhan Omar votes as Trump renews attacks amid federal probe

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has cast her ballot ahead of the US midterms, Al Jazeera reported on October 24, 2026.

The vote was reported as President Donald Trump renewed his public attacks on Omar. In the short Al Jazeera NewsFeed clip, Trump is heard questioning whether Omar could be deported and then saying that she could also go to jail. Those remarks are presented in the clip as Trump's own comments, rather than as a finding by any court or investigator.

Trump also made a disparaging remark about Omar's background, asking why she was telling Americans how to run the country. The clip does not present evidence for the suggestions contained in his remarks, and no response from Omar is included in the short video description published by Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera frames the vote against the backdrop of a federal probe, as stated in its headline, but the short clip and its published description do not set out new details of that probe. Readers should therefore treat the probe reference as context given by the headline, not as a detailed allegation established in this report.

The central, verifiable news point is straightforward: Omar has voted ahead of the midterms, at a time when she remains a prominent target of criticism from the president. The ballot itself, rather than the rhetoric around it, is the dated development in this story.

Al Jazeera published the item under its US Midterm Elections 2026 coverage, underscoring that the vote is part of the wider run-up to the midterm elections.