A trio of embattled California Democrats have welcomed extensive campaign support from a radical group spearheading the push to defund police departments.
The Star Tribune, Minnesota's largest newspaper, endorsed Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D., Minn.) primary opponent, citing the challenger’s "integrity and progress" as the primary reason to vote the incumbent out of office. 
Former president Barack Obama announced on Monday his first list of endorsements for the November election, but excluded the four members of the far-left group of House Democrats known as “the Squad.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) funneled $14,000 to Rep. Ilhan Omar's campaign in late July as the Minnesota Democrat struggled to fend off a well-funded primary challenge.
Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) increased her payments of campaign cash to her husband's firm in the leadup to her Democratic primary.
Democratic Colorado governor Jared Polis signaled his opposition to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) with a donation to her primary opponent, new filings show.
Rep. Ilhan Omar's (Minn.) Democratic primary challenger raised more than six times the amount of money the congresswoman did in the second quarter of 2020. That's bad news for any incumbent, but is especially embarrassing given that Omar's latest husband, Tim Mynett, is her campaign's chief fundraising consultant. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) continues to dish out six-figure payments to her husband's firm, sending the company more than $1 million this cycle.
A bevy of prominent Democratic lawmakers and progressive activists called for abolition of the death penalty in the wake of Tuesday morning's execution of a white supremacist and convicted child murderer. 
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) said on Sunday that it was "ludicrous" for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to suggest police departments could be reformed through increased funding. 