Pakistan, Oct. 12 -- US federal agents searched Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar's Washington home on Monday, October 12, as part of a criminal investigation. The operation came weeks before the November 3 midterm elections. Omar said she was safe but accused President Donald Trump's administration of targeting political opponents.

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Agents from Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of US immigration enforcement, conducted the early-morning search. According to the report, Fox News linked the operation to a fraud investigation involving immigration paperwork allegedly submitted by Omar's late father during her childhood. However, officials did not...