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Good morning. Federal agents are inside a congresswoman’s home, a ceasefire is waiting for the other side to acknowledge it, and former DOGE staffers are discovering that government experience makes a fine startup pitch. Here are your six stories.
Federal Agents Search Ilhan Omar’s Home In Criminal Investigation Federal agents searched Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home on Monday as part of a criminal investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter. Homeland Security Investigations agents carried out the search, and the Justice Department confirmed it was court-authorized and part of an ongoing federal probe. Officials offered no further details, and the focus of the investigation is unclear. The search comes months after Vice President JD Vance said the administration would investigate immigration-fraud allegations against Omar, which she denies. A search warrant is serious, but the lack of detail leaves no room to treat old allegations as proven. Source: AP News
Zelenskyy Says Russian Strikes Continue After Trump Announces Energy Ceasefire Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia kept attacking Ukraine’s energy facilities after President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire. Ukraine learned of the deal through media reports, says it will honor a mutual pause, and has not heard Russia approve it. Strikes hit a Kharkiv power plant, a gas production site, and a civilian gas station, and the Kremlin would say only that “contacts are ongoing.” Zelenskyy quipped that Putin “does not read Truth Social.” A ceasefire announced on social media still needs the other side to say it exists. Source: AP News
Houthi Attacks Test Saudi Arabia’s Security And Economic Plans Saudi Arabia is facing escalating Houthi attacks that threaten both its security and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s push to diversify the economy. A missile strike on Riyadh’s international airport killed at least 13 people, while the East-West pipeline and other energy sites have also been hit. Saudi officials reportedly say they are running low on air-defense interceptors, foreign investment is lagging, and the Finance Ministry expects GDP to shrink by 3.6% in 2026. Riyadh is seeking help from Pakistan, searching for air defenses, and exploring diplomacy. Grand plans now have to compete with missiles and the bill for a war the kingdom hoped to keep contained. Source: The Wall Street Journal
Nobel Economics Prize Goes To Scholars Behind New Keynesian Thinking Americans Robert Hall of Stanford University and Michael Woodford of Columbia University have won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Hall studied how households decide what to buy based on expected future income, while Woodford examined how forward-looking businesses set prices. Their work became a foundation of the New Keynesian approach, which aims to soften booms and busts. Because people look ahead, the laureates argue, policymakers should clearly explain what they are doing and why. Economic policy works better when people know the plan, a modest bar that apparently earned a Nobel. Source: NPR
Trump And Rubio Weigh Guilfoyle’s Future As Ambassador To Greece President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering whether to remove U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after reports of alleged misconduct. The allegations include accepting improper gifts, threatening a Greek official, and offering access to administration officials in exchange for help with a $100,000 credit card bill. Her lawyers deny wrongdoing and say the money was payment for earlier appearances. The State Department’s inspector general is reportedly looking into the claims, and Democrats are calling for an investigation. The allegations have not been established as fact, and a decision could come this week. Source: AP News
Former DOGE Staffers Turn Washington Stints Into Startup Capital, Post Finds Roughly two dozen former DOGE staffers have moved into private-sector jobs or investments tied to their government work, according to a Washington Post analysis. Startups founded by, or backed by, DOGE alumni have raised at least $500 million across cybersecurity, defense technology, artificial intelligence, and data centers. One example is Cathedral, an AI cybersecurity company valued at $1.4 billion. Ethics experts say short DOGE stints raise questions that existing revolving-door rules may not address. Washington’s revolving door has always spun, but this time it came with a venture-capital fund. Source: The Washington Post
That’s your Morning Sixpack: a search warrant, a truce on paper, a region under fire, a Nobel for common sense, an ambassador on thin ice, and a startup boom with a Washington pedigree. Come back tomorrow for six more.
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