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10.12.2026 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Feds Search Ilhan Omar's Home. DOJ Probes TV Networks. National Guard Near D.C. Ballot Boxes

Federal authorities searched the D.C. home of the nation's first Somali American lawmaker.  Congresswoman Ilhan Omar over long-standing immigration-related accusations from Republicans.

The Justice Department is investigating five major television broadcast networks for potentially violating federal antitrust laws after the networks temporarily declined to provide pool coverage of the twice-impeached, criminally convicted felon-in-chief, Donald "The Con" Trump.

National Guard members have been spotted near election drop boxes in D.C., prompting the Elections Board to demand that they withdraw from the area.

In Texas, a white woman has moved into a Black neighborhood near Houston-Tillotson University and is allegedly policing who parks on the public street.

We'll talk with the Emmy-nominated film director behind the documentary *Following Harry*, which highlights the life of legendary artist and civil rights leader Harry Belafonte.  His work has inspired entertainers and activists to challenge injustice worldwide.

And a son completes what his father started in 1972 when he brought together all the living luminaries of the Harlem Renaissance for a party at Duke Ellington's townhouse.
We'll talk to the man who finally completed the 54-year-old project, Once Upon A Time in Harlem. 

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