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‘Squad’ Dem dismisses fraud probe speculation after $29M net-worth drop

June 10, 2026 7:00pm EDT / Fox News

James Comer wants the Ethics Committee to investigate Omar’s connection to the $250M ‘Feeding Our Future’ scheme

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WATCH: Omar dismisses questions about Ethics Committee investigation into her finances

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., brushed off questions about an Ethics Committee investigation into her reported net worth decline, insisting no investigation is taking place despite continued scrutiny. (Credit: Nicholas Ballasy for Fox News Digital)

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is continuing to deny looming questions over an Ethics Committee investigation into her financial filings, showing a significant drop in her net worth.

Scrutiny of Omar’s finances intensified after financial disclosure filings appeared to show her estimated net worth falling from a range of roughly $6 million to $30 million in one filing period to between about $18,000 and $95,000 in a later disclosure.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has publicly voiced his interest in the House Ethics Committee opening an investigation into both Omar’s personal finances and her connection to the ‘Feeding Our Future’ fraud scheme, a scandal that federal prosecutors say cost taxpayers roughly $250 million.

JAMES COMER RAISES FELONY QUESTIONS OVER ILHAN OMAR’S FINANCES AFTER DISCLOSURE DISCREPANCY

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., has asked Vice President JD Vance to scrutinize fraud prevention deficiencies in Minnesota’s social services programs after the release Monday of his committee’s 205-page final staff report.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Omar dismissed suggestions that she is facing an Ethics Committee investigation.

“No,” Omar told Fox News Digital, laughing, when asked if she is under an Ethics Committee investigation. “No. We go over this all the time.”

She was pressed about continued reporting surrounding the discrepancy — the possibility of the roughly $29 million drop in her financial disclosure.

“There’s also the possibility that it might rain on this sunny day,” Omar replied.

Along with Comer’s efforts to launch an investigation into Omar, Vice President JD Vance said just last month that the U.S. Department of Justice will be opening a probe into the Minnesota Democrat’s alleged fraud as part of the administration’s new anti-fraud taskforce.

OMAR CAMP BREAKS SILENCE ON FRAUD PROBE, BLAMES WALZ, TRUMP AS NEW CLAIMS CLASH WITH EARLIER STATEMENTS

Rep. Ilhan Omar dismissed Vice President JD Vance’s claims that the Justice Department is investigating her for alleged immigration and fraud violations, referring to House Republicans attention to the matter as politically motivated.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Omar has declined ever being aware of the scheme happening behind doors with the organization, which claimed to be helping supply children in need of meals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Justice Department described the scheme as the “single largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country,” The Associated Press reported. The orchestrator of the non-profit, Aimee Bock, was sentenced to 42 years in prison for her involvement in spearheading the fraud scheme.

Republicans have pointed to Omar’s MEALS Act, part of a federal pandemic relief measure which she sponsored, as a factor they say contributed to conditions that allowed the fraud to occur. They argue her bill was a mass contributor to the fraud occurring as it broadened USDA waiver authority at meal sites. It has also been claimed that this same act helped to dismantle anti-fraud safeguards that verified the people actually being serviced in federal nutrition programs.

ILHAN OMAR’S OFFICE SAYS SHE’S ‘NOT A MILLIONAIRE’ AFTER $30M FILING REVISED DOWN TO UNDER $100K: REPORT

Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks at Karmel Mall in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 28, 2026.(Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

In a previous statement to Fox News Digital from Omar, she claimed that President Donald Trump’s USDA Secretary, Brooke Rollins, imposed the regulations for the framework of the program.

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While Omar continues to reject suggestions time-after-time that she is facing an Ethics Committee investigation, Republicans have shown little sign of backing away from their demands for a proper investigation into Omar’s finances and fraud allegations.

Hannah Brennan is a Digital Production Assistant on the Politics team. She previously interned at the Aspen Daily News, where she covered local government meetings, community developments, cultural events and nationally significant political events. Her reporting included coverage of the Aspen Security Forum and appearances by prominent leaders such as former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. She graduated early with high distinction from the University of Colorado Boulder in December 2025 and joined Fox News Digital in January 2026.

Judge declines to halt “anti-weaponization fund” since Blanche says it’s dead, but warns DOJ not to “play possum”

2026-06-10 19:58:54 EDT / CBS News

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June 10, 2026 / 7:58 PM EDT / CBS News

A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to block the Trump administration’s “anti-weaponization fund,” accepting the government’s argument that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche had already vowed not to move forward with the controversial $1.776 billion fund.

But in a court hearing, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a warning to the Justice Department: “Don’t play possum with this court.”

Leon’s decision not to issue a temporary restraining order marked an early victory for the Justice Department in one of the lawsuits it’s facing over the anti-weaponization fund, which was unveiled last month to settle a suit that President Trump filed against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The fund — tasked with paying claims to alleged victims of government persecution — drew bipartisan pushback, with Democrats casting it as a “slush fund” for Trump allies.

Blanche testified during a congressional hearing last week that the Justice Department is “not moving forward with the fund,” following pressure from Republicans and a ruling in a separate lawsuit that temporarily blocked the government from moving forward.

Since then, the government has argued that courts should reject other lawsuits against the fund because Blanche has already declared it dead, making the cases moot.

During Wednesday’s hearing, Leon sided with the government over the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which had filed a lawsuit calling the fund “brazenly illegal.” The judge said he is “not persuaded a live controversy remains,” citing the government’s representations that the fund is not moving forward.

Leon said he will decide separately about the group’s request for a preliminary injunction.

A lawyer for the group, Nikhel Sus, argued in court that the fund’s charter remains “in full force and effect,” and modifications must be made in writing by all parties. He said Blanche’s statement is not a legally valid rescission of the policy, and noted that Mr. Trump hasn’t said the fund is dead.

The judge noted that Mr. Trump “may be doing what he’s doing for political benefit.”

When the judge asked the Justice Department’s attorney, Andrew Block, why the government would not rescind the order creating the fund, he said he didn’t know: “All I know is that the acting attorney general has said the fund is not moving forward.”

Block argued the case is moot, there is no standing and it is not ripe for judicial review. He said no members of the five-person board to administer the fund have been appointed, no processes have been adopted, no claims have been submitted and no money has been sent out.

At one point, the lawyer for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington pointed out that Blanche declined to rescind the fund in writing when he testified to the House Appropriations Committee.

“This is highly unusual,” Sus said.

“This whole case is unusual, to say the least,” Leon said.

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美国总统特朗普称，轰炸伊朗的行动很快就会停止，但他不排除会发动更多袭击。 （路透社档案照片）

美国总统特朗普称，伊朗人要求停止轰炸，轰炸很快就会停止。

福克斯新闻报道，特朗普星期三（6月10日）说，美国战斗机正在伊朗上空执行任务。

他称，已与伊朗官员直接通话，并称“伊朗人要求我停止轰炸”。

不过，他不排除对伊朗发动更多袭击。

特朗普也指出，以色列没有参与这些对伊朗的袭击。

White House to meet defense firms to talk about ramping up production – sources

2026-06-10 19:20:24 UTC / Reuters

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June 10, 2026 7:20 PM UTC Updated 38 mins ago

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WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to meet executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House as soon as next week to discuss accelerating production, as U.S. strikes on Iran and other recent military operations draw down supplies, sources said.

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World’s largest whale graveyard discovered by sub at bottom of ocean: “Completely unexpected”

Updated on: June 10, 2026 / 3:00 PM EDT / CBS/AFP

The world’s largest whale graveyard has been discovered at the bottom of the Indian Ocean by Chinese scientists, who found that the vast expanse of both new and ancient carcasses supports huge communities of deep-sea life.

It is the deepest and oldest known whale graveyard on Earth, according to research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, with some fossils dating back 5.3 million years.

From inside a small submersible, the Chinese researchers saw many strange animals — many believed to be new to science — living off the whale carcasses.

A new, though extinct, species of whale was also identified among the nearly 500 skeletons that were found up to 7,000 meters deep along a 1,200-kilometer corridor of bones in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.

Lead study author Xiaotong Peng of the Chinese Academy of Sciences told AFP that the researchers were “astonished” when the scale of their discovery became clear.

It was known that when whales die and drop to the seafloor, their sunken bodies — called “whale falls” — provide a source of food to deep-sea creatures.

“But discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined,” Xiaotong Peng said.

This undated image provided by Peng Zhou shows a Chinese submersible recovering fossilized whale bones from the deep seafloor, southeastern Indian Ocean, in the Diamantina Fracture Zone. Global TREnD, IDSSE via AP

The whales were believed to have died in such numbers in this particular area because it is a popular foraging habitat — and has a V-shaped trench that funnels carcasses to the seafloor.

“Truly incredible experience”

For the discovery, the Fendouzhe submersible carried out 32 dives in 2023 — though what it found was only revealed in Nature on Wednesday.

The sub took up to three people on the dives, collecting the fossil samples using robotic arms.

Study co-author Peng Zhou said witnessing the whale graveyard “was a truly incredible experience.”

“The vibrant ecosystems we saw offered a completely different perspective on this otherwise dark and cold ocean floor.”

Among the animals they discovered living off the carcasses were jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms and mollusks called bivalves.

Most of the 485 fossils the scientists catalogued were from different species of beaked whales.

Extrapolating from the number of bones they found, the scientists estimated there could be more than 10 million carcasses across the area, which is called the Diamantina Zone.

The study includes a map showing the distribution of whale fossils and whale falls in the Diamantina Zone as well as detailed illustrations of fossil crania.

This undated image provided by Peng Zhou shows whale remains on the seafloor that have become home to large communities of marine life, southeastern Indian Ocean, in the Diamantina Fracture Zone. Global TREnD, IDSSE via AP

The soft tissue and lipids inside that many carcasses “translates to roughly 6.7 million tonnes of sequestered carbon,” Xiaotong Peng said.

This provides an immense source of sustenance for animals, similar to how hydrothermal vents create their own ecosystems on the ocean floor.

Some of the animals seen by the scientists also live in hydrothermal vents and cold seeps, suggesting whale carcasses could help connect these deep-sea communities.

“The results support the hypothesis that deep-sea whale falls act as evolutionary hotspots and biogeographic stepping stones for sulfide-dependent fauna in the deep ocean,” the study’s authors write.

While this is by far the largest whale graveyard yet found, fossils found during trawling suggest “comparable hidden archives may be widespread in the global deep oceans,” the study says.

“Remarkable discovery”

Xikun Song, a biologist with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, told The Associated Press that a whale’s size and the unique chemistry of its bones are the keys to forming these unique underwater neighborhoods.

“At the same time, the very nature of the deep ocean makes these sites exceptionally difficult for scientists to locate,” Song, who was involved with the latest find, wrote in an email.

University of Hawaii oceanographer Craig Smith, who discovered the first whale fall in 1987 but was not involved in the new research, told AFP it was “extremely exciting.”

“The vast number of fossil whale falls documented, including a new species of beaked whale, is truly amazing and is of major importance to understanding whale evolution and whale distributions over geologic time,” he said.

Whale fall researcher Amy Baco-Taylor at Florida State University told AFP the “remarkable discovery” would “likely provide many new insights.”

This includes for the animals living in these “chemosynthetic” communities, whose numbers had been thought to have been drastically reduced by human whaling, she added.

American paleontologist Stephen Godfrey compared the “truly unique discovery” to past major underwater finds, such as when scientists first identified hydrothermal vents teeming with life on the ocean floor in 1977.

He called for future submersible voyages to find more whale graveyards across the world.

This discovery “reminded me of a trailer for the first in a series of epic movies,” Godfrey commented in a linked Nature paper.

“I hope that there will be many more of these blockbusters to come,” Godfrey wrote.

The discovery was announced just weeks after the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the world’s oldest known fish fossils were found in China — one was just 3 centimeters long and the other was “the largest vertebrate of its time,” researchers said.

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Trump says he thinks AI companies will agree to ‘giving back’ to the public

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WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on ​Wednesday that he expects top artificial intelligence companies to agree to “giving ‌back” to the public, an apparent reference to a possible government stake in the firms.

“I’m going to have meetings with the top 12 or 15 executives very ​shortly, and we’re talking about giving back something to the ​public, and if we do that, the public will become ⁠very rich,” Trump told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office. “I ​think they’ll do that, and I think it’ll make it very popular.”

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Concern ​is growing among Americans about AI negatively impacting their lives. Half of Americans fear that the rise of AI could put them or someone in their household ​out of work, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday.

AI companies ​Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A White ‌House ⁠official declined to comment on who would participate in the meeting Trump described in the Oval Office.

OpenAI is targeting a valuation of up to $1 trillion, Reuters previously reported. An agreement to give the U.S. government ​equity stakes could ​have a massive ⁠impact on the U.S. government’s finances. OpenAI in April publicly proposed creating a “public wealth fund” to invest in ​AI companies, according to a company statement. Proceeds from ​the ⁠fund would be “distributed directly to citizens,” according to the company.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a Trump critic who sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and ⁠2020, ​has expressed support for the idea. Trump said ​last week that his team would look into it.

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U.S. Embassy in Mexico warns Americans of safety risks ahead of World Cup

June 10, 2026 1:18 PM EDT / CBS News

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The U.S. Embassy in Mexico released a warning for American tourists traveling to the country as part of the World Cup.

The World Cup is being held in the U.S., Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19. Thirteen games will be held in Mexico, according to FIFA, the governing body for the international event.

The embassy said that because safety risks in Mexico can “vary greatly by region,” each Mexican state has been given its own travel advisory by the U.S. State Department. The embassy recommended any travelers attending World Cup games look up the advisories and take the appropriate precautions.

Monterrey, in the state of Nuevo León, will host four games at the Estadio Monterrey. Another four games will be held at Estadio Guadalajara, in Guadalajara, Jalisco. Five other games will be played at Mexico City Stadium, in the country’s capital. Mexico City is an autonomous region and is not part of any state, but still has a ranking from the State Department.

Mexico City police officers stand guard in the area around the Mexico City Stadium on June 9, 2026. Cristopher Rogel Blanquet / Getty Images

Mexico’s government previously said that nearly 100,000 troops are being deployed to guarantee security in the three host cities.

Mexico City and Nuevo León are considered to be areas where travelers should “exercise increased caution.” In Mexico City, tourists should be on alert for terrorism and crime, the State Department said. Terrorist groups, cartels, gangs and criminal organizations may pose a threat, and tourists may be targets of crime. Visitors should stick to popular tourist areas and exercise additional caution, especially if out at night.

In Nuevo León, visitors should again be aware of risks of terrorism and crime, as well as kidnapping. Highways 85/85D, 54, and 40/40D have been the site of armed robberies and carjackings, and travelers should not use these routes after dark, the State Department said. Tourists driving from the U.S. border to Monterrey should also be careful while driving through the neighboring states of Coahuila or Tamaulipas. Tamaulipas is subject to a “do not travel’ warning, the most severe advisory issued by the State Department.

U.S. citizens should “reconsider travel” to Jalisco, the State Department said. Terrorism, crime and kidnapping are threats in the southern state, and disputes between terrorist groups, cartels and other criminal organizations have occurred in tourist areas in the past, endangering or even killing bystanders. Over 70 people, including 25 members of Mexico’s National Guard, were killed in Jalisco after an operation to capture cartel leader “El Mencho” led to his death in February 2026. Jalisco is also the state most affected by Mexico’s missing persons crisis.

Trump signs $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol

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Just 1 in 10 Europeans now view the U.S. as an ally, according to new poll: “Collapse in faith”

June 10, 2026 / 1:25 PM EDT / CBS News

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Frank Andrews is a CBS News journalist based in London.

Just one in every 10 Europeans now sees the U.S. as an ally, according to a major new poll conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations across 15 European countries.

In what the think tank described as a “collapse in European faith in the U.S.,” only 11% of the nearly 20,000 European respondents now consider America an ally, down from 16% six months ago and 22% in November 2024.

Half of those polled view the U.S. as a “necessary partner,” while 25% see America as a rival or an adversary. The percentage of respondents who view the U.S. as a rival or an adversary grew in several countries, especially Denmark, France, Spain and Switzerland.

The authors of a policy brief sharing the results of the poll cited recent actions by President Trump as likely influencing respondents, including his threats to leave NATO and annex Greenland, striking Iran without including European nations in the planning, and planning the withdrawal of some U.S. troops in Europe.

Majorities in every country polled said they were not confident the U.S. would come to their nation’s aid if they came under attack.

And most said their governments should buy more weapons from European countries and develop an alternative national nuclear deterrent that doesn’t depend on the U.S.

“Across the continent, there’s clear support for reducing dependence on Washington,” Jana Kobzová, a co-author of the policy brief and ECFR senior policy fellow, told The Guardian.

The polling did suggest that Europeans believe their relationship with the U.S. will “probably get better” after Mr. Trump leaves office, however.

The ECFR spoke to 19,481 respondents for the survey, which was conducted in May 2026 in Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the U.K.

The U.S. embassy in London did not respond to a request for comment on the survey.

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FIRST ON FOX: SPLC’s tax-exempt status under threat after fiery Capitol Hill hearing

June 10, 2026 12:27pm EDT / Fox News

Rep Chip Roy says tax-exempt status should not benefit organizations ‘engaged in partisan political warfare’

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FIRST ON FOX: A left-wing nonprofit accused by the Department of Justice of secretly funding the extremism it claims to combat is facing a new threat from Capitol Hill.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Wednesday that would revoke the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) tax-exempt status, ramping up pressure on the civil rights nonprofit organization amid a federal probe into alleged financial crimes.

The measure’s introduction comes after Roy vowed Tuesday to target the law center’s tax-exempt status after grilling Bryan Fair, the SPLC’s interim chief executive, about its record of targeting mainstream conservative organizations during a contentious oversight hearing.

“The SPLC has built a business in smearing Christian conservatives and profiting from labeling its ideological opponents as ‘extremists’ and ‘hate groups,’” Roy said in a statement obtained by Fox News Digital. “Tax-exempt status should be reserved for charitable organizations serving the public good — not groups engaged in partisan political warfare.”

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“The Stop SPLC Act would simply revoke the SPLC’s tax-exempt status and end the special tax benefits it has enjoyed for far too long,” he added.

A spokesperson for the nonprofit did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The legislation comes as the SPLC is accused of routing $4.1 million in tax-exempt donor funds to various extremist organizations — including the Ku Klux Klan and the United Klans of America — between 2010 and 2023, using fictitious accounts and committing bank fraud to conceal the payments.

The group has insisted its informant program “saved lives,” but federal prosecutors allege hate groups that received the donor money used a portion of it for recruitment purposes and to purchase materials, such as wood for cross burnings and KKK paraphernalia.

Fair has denied that the SPLC did anything wrong and largely declined to discuss the allegations Tuesday.

The law center has 501(c)(3) status as a nonprofit organization, which means financial contributions to the group are tax-deductible.

Bryan Fair, interim president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2026.(Elizabeth Frantz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Roy’s bill could threaten the group’s flush finances, as donations surged during the period it operated the now-defunct informant program.

“Advancing hatred has become quite profitable for the SPLC, as in 2024, the organization had over $829 million in assets and an endowment of approximately $730.8 million and $120.9 million in revenue,” Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wy., said Tuesday. “The bulk of this money comes from the contributions of the SPLC donors.”

Turning Point USA, the Family Research Council and Moms for Liberty are among the conservative organizations listed on the law center’s annual “hate map” database alongside neo-Nazi and White supremacist groups.

GOP lawmakers pressed Fair Tuesday about those designations and the notable omission of leftist groups.

“How many leftist anti-Jewish groups do you have listed on your website,” Roy asked Fair. “How many extremist Islamic groups do you have?”

Fair did not name an organization that fit either criteria, prompting Roy to suggest that the left-wing nonprofit intentionally targets conservative Christian groups.

“So you think there’s a bunch of Islamic groups that are pro-LGBTQ?” the Texas lawmaker then asked Fair, triggering laughs from the hearing room. “Is that the position of the SPLC? I just want to make sure the record is reflecting that.”

“We target no group or label … because of its religion,” Fair insisted.

Fair also defended the law center’s decision to designate Turning Point, a conservative youth activism powerhouse founded by the late Charlie Kirk, as an extremist organization.

“It is our position that TPUSA expresses views and vilifies other people based on immutable characteristics, exposing them to our listing,” Fair told Roy.

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk slammed Fair’s comments during a post on social media Tuesday.

Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, speaks at a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix on April 17, 2026.(Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Turning Point USA has, from the beginning, stood for open conversations and respectful debate regardless of creed or color,” Kirk, the wife of the late Charlie Kirk, said. “All along, the real hate group is the SPLC, which recklessly sows hate every day with its lies.”

Roy has also introduced legislation to revoke the tax-exempt status of the national Muslim advocacy group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), but the bill has since stalled in committee. Republicans have sharply criticized the nonprofit over alleged ties to terrorism.