The Brief

Federal investigators have seized Rep. Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoenaed her relatives as part of a criminal probe, according to an AP report carried by PBS NewsHour.

The scope of the investigation is unclear, though Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has suggested authorities are examining potential crimes related to her family's immigration paperwork. The investigation comes after officials cast doubt on her US citizenship, the BBC reports.

President Trump has called off plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, writing on Truth Social that "he will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed." Trump said some would "rather not watch" the execution, the BBC reports. The reversal follows bipartisan backlash, including condemnation from 72 retired US generals who called the plan "barbaric."

Defense Secretary Hegseth's original announcement of a public, livestreamed execution — the first US military execution in more than 60 years — had drawn criticism from faith leaders and politicians across the political spectrum, though NPR reports the idea was not seen as an outlier within Hegseth's own church.

The Trump administration sued California election officials Thursday, asking a judge to bar the state from counting mail-in ballots for next month's midterm elections from people the federal government has identified as "likely" noncitizens until their status can be confirmed, PBS NewsHour reports.

The Justice Department alleges the federal government has identified more than 20,000 noncitizens who are unlawfully registered to vote in the state, CBS News reports. The suit follows an earlier DOJ order for California to review the list of flagged voters.

Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff has admitted he never followed up on a 2024 report that a student, known as Jane Doe, was gang raped at a Chi Phi fraternity house, prompting faculty to introduce a no-confidence resolution. The university has suspended all fraternity parties through the academic year.

CBS News has obtained hundreds of pages of documents and text messages detailing the allegations, the campus police investigation, and responses from accused fraternity members — including one message telling Doe, "I genuinely hope ur not catching as much heat from this as we r."

Kotlikoff said Thursday that Cornell's Greek life should end entirely if it cannot be made safe, CBS News reports, as the Faculty Senate met to debate the no-confidence resolution against the administration's handling of the case. He faced intense scrutiny from faculty members at Wednesday's Faculty Senate meeting, CBS News reports.

Social Security announced a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment for 2027, the largest increase since 2023, adding a little more than $900 a year to the typical benefit check starting next year, CBS News and PBS NewsHour report.

The raise comes as the program faces a possible shortfall in its ability to pay full benefits as soon as 2032, according to NPR's Planet Money, which examined possible fixes to Social Security's finances.

Three children — ages 5, 8 and 11 — and a teacher were killed, and two others critically wounded, when a gunman opened fire Thursday at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, police said. The suspect was also killed.

Authorities had not released further details about the shooter or a motive as of early Friday, according to PBS NewsHour and Al Jazeera.