Evening Wire: Melania Trump Brokers a Ceasefire & Ilhan Omar’s Name In Question | 10.23.26

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The Justice Department has charged Nikki Flores and Bradley Benavides with one count each of making a false statement. Both were previously top intelligence specialists in the Bureau's DC office. The charges relate to statements the agents made to the House Judiciary Committee back in 2023. At the time lawmakers were probing the FBI's handling of Biden family corruption and Hunter Biden's infamous laptop. DC US Attorney Janine Puro said in a statement that the alleged false statements were, quote, about their roles on the foreign influence task force during the 2020 election. First lady Melania Trump has brokered a localized ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine to allow humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations in the embattled Ukrainian city of Oleshkaib. Contributor Tim Pierce has the latest. Dwight House announced Thursday that both sides agreed to halt military operations in the city, beginning October 29th, opening a window to deliver food, medicine, and clean water to residents, and evacuate those who wish to leave. Melania Trump said she worked directly with Russian and Ukrainian leadership to negotiate the terms, warning that the city's remaining residents, largely elderly with about 50 children, face dire conditions amid regular attacks, mind roads, and limited electricity. The first lady said civilian teams from both countries will assess residence needs and coordinate evacuations to destinations of their choosing. She credited a communications channel established during previous efforts to reunite Ukrainian and Russian children with helping launch the negotiations. New reports say that Elon Omar is not actually the embattled congresswoman's real name. Fox Digital reports that her real name is Elon Nur Said Elmi. That's according to two sources familiar with the ongoing investigation into her. Asked what that would mean if proven in court that she's in fact lived under an alias this whole time, a former Minnesota federal immigration judge told the outlet that every form she's ever filled out could quote, be called into question. Meanwhile, President Trump has weighed in on the scandal, mocking Omar for the alleged fake name and her answer during an interview with MSNOW this week. Here's Trump. I think so. Do you have children with your brother? I'm not sure. And here's the moment from that now infamous MSNOW interview. You were not related to him at all. Not that. Not that. There's not a weird kernel of truth that's through some game. An illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly took a sledgehammer to the famous Iwojima monument outside of the Marine Corps base in Quantico late Wednesday, knocking the head clean off one of the Marines in the famous flag raising scene daily wire lifestyle reporter Lauren bear has the details. Prince William County cops caught the 29 year old suspect mid swing at about 10 15 PM pounding away at the limestone memorial with a sledgehammer. One Marine statue was left headless, a second lost the bayonet from a rifle, and a third had his helmet and face gouged. Police say the damage will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Federal sources say the suspect entered the US as a child back in December 1999 and received protection under Obama's DACA program in 2014. He had it renewed for a decade, most recently under Biden in 2024. But that protection ran out in August when the Trump administration did not renew it. An official told the press, quote, "This criminal illegal alien's dream is over." Maldenado Soriano disrespected our brave service members and defaced a beautiful monument that honored their sacrifice. The Kremlin says the first tanker of Russian diesel is heading to the US just two weeks after Trump's new deal with Putin. A Kremlin spokesman said, quote, "The first oil tanker has sailed off to customers and regular supplies will continue." Russia's Interfax News Agency reported earlier this week that the first shipment would contain about 40,000 tons of diesel at around 300,000 barrels. The tanker is reportedly heading to New York and is expected to arrive on November 7th. As ABC notes, that would be the first Russian diesel delivery to the US since July 2023. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which sounds like a holiday invented by the IT department. 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At a rally in Greenville, North Carolina Tuesday, the president predicted that Republican Michael Watley, who he hand picked for the open Senate seat, would lose to former Democrat Governor Roy Cooper. Trump said of Cooper while discussing his record on violent crime and public safety, quote, "He's going to become your senator and it's crazy." It was the clear sign yet that the seat held by retiring Republican Tom Tillis could be slipping out of reach for the GOP. Pulse show Cooper leading Watley by about 10 points and Watley's campaign hasn't aired a TV ad since October 7. The Supreme Court blocked the use of student IDs for voter identification in New Hampshire. The high court cited Thursday with New Hampshire officials allowing them to reject student IDs in these midterms. The issue comes down to timing. The court ruled that a lower court judge had intervened too close to an election by ruling that officials had to allow student IDs as a valid form of identification. Issuing such a ruling this close can cause voter confusion, the majority said. And LeBron James is getting heat from President Trump for his behavior during the National Anthem. While the WNBA is coming under the spotlight for players disrespecting the star-spangled banner, the NBA star managed to get himself in the headlines two by practicing his golf swing as the anthem played ahead of his game against the calves this week. When person who noticed was President Trump who posted, quote, "I said right from the beginning that he's no good, a total disgrace." The Braun James should apologize to all of those great American warriors and heroes who died for the American flag and all that our country stands for. Those of your drive home updates this evening. 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