{"id":"1792756235491-news-show_open","slug":"deadly-quake-hits-tibet","title":"Deadly Quake Hits Tibet","summary":"A court filing lists her as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said that is her real name, but Omar's office says “Ilhan Omar is her real name.” What the filing establishes is that she has used or been identified by those names; it does not establish fraud or an alias conclusively. This is a news feature about a Ukrainian soldier's deployment; no specific factual assertion requires a verdict.","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T11:50:35.491Z","channel":{"id":"news","name":"Oncast News","language":"en"},"show":"Morning Briefing","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"MISLEADING","notes":"MISLEADING: A court filing lists her as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar,” and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said that is her real name, but Omar's office says “Ilhan Omar is her real name.” What the filing establishes is that she has used or been identified by those names; it does not establish fraud or an alias conclusively. This is a news feature about a Ukrainian soldier's deployment; no specific factual assertion requires a verdict.\nSource: foxnews.com / ibtimes.co.uk NAMES: Ilhan Omar = U.S. Representative (D-Minn.); Jeanine Pirro = U.S. Attorney for D.C. and former Fox News host/New York judge. 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The new name was also used in legal documents amid an ongoing investigation into Omar. Omar's office is pushing back ht","author":"Fox News (@FoxNews)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2113591361815433240","name":"foxnews.com / ibtimes.co.uk NAMES: Ilhan Omar = U.S. Representative (D-Minn.); Jeanine Pirro = U.S. Attorney for D.C. and former Fox News host/New York judge. P","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"Fox News (@FoxNews)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792756235491-news-show_open-deadly-quake-hits-tibet","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/news","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792756235491-news-show_open-deadly-quake-hits-tibet","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792756235491-news-show_open-deadly-quake-hits-tibet and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Brian","text":"Good morning and welcome to Morning Briefing, I'm Brian."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And I'm Bella. Overnight, a massive earthquake in Tibet, and the numbers are still climbing."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Let's start there. A magnitude seven-point-zero hit this morning, killing at least sixteen people."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Reuters is reporting thousands have been forced from their homes. This is the strongest quake to hit China in nearly three years."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Tibet is high altitude, remote, and the buildings there are not made for this. Rescue operations are going to be brutal."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We should note, the death toll is coming from state media and Reuters, but it is early. That number will likely rise."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Different world entirely. The US Attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, has gone after Ilhan Omar's name. You saw this one?"},{"host":"Bella","text":"I did. Fox News jumped on it. Claiming her real name is actually Ilhan Nur Said Elmi."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And Omar's office says that's garbage. Her legal name is what she says it is."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Let's be precise. There was a court filing that listed her as... 'Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, also known as Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.'"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which is not a scandal. People change names. It happens in immigration documents all the time."},{"host":"Bella","text":"But framing it as a 'gotcha' about a Muslim member of Congress is the point of the segment on Fox."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It is a smear dressed up as reporting. And the worst part? It distracts from the actual work her office is doing."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And one final fact check: nothing in the filing suggests fraud. Just an alternate name on paper."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Speaking of distractions... Venezuela just had its first national protest in nearly two years. People demanding elections."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And let me guess, the government cracked down?"},{"host":"Brian","text":"Al Jazeera is reporting that, yes. The protest was led by the opposition, and the regime is treating it as a provocation."},{"host":"Bella","text":"The economy there is in freefall, people are starving, and the leadership is terrified of a free vote."},{"host":"Brian","text":"But here's my question: does the international community even care anymore? We've moved on."},{"host":"Bella","text":"It's not that they moved on, Brian. It's that oil prices are low and no one wants to rock the boat."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Which is exactly why the people there are on the streets alone. Okay, a little lighter now."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Lighter? A grenade exercise started a fire that killed four soldiers in Canada. That is not lighter."},{"host":"Brian","text":"No, no, I mean the other one. The kid in go-karts."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Oh, Kimi Antonelli. The Wall Street Journal has a feature on him this morning."},{"host":"Brian","text":"First spotted as an eleven-year-old in go-karts. Nine years and ten million dollars later, he's on the verge of a title."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Listen to that math. Ten million dollars of development. That is what it costs to build a champion now."},{"host":"Brian","text":"It's a business, not a sport. But you have to admire the machine behind it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"I admire the kid. He lost his F1 seat, fought back, and now he's suddenly the hot property again."},{"host":"Brian","text":"And for the finance nerds, Axios says Meta just joined Big Tech's 'negative free cash flow club.'"},{"host":"Bella","text":"Oh good, a club nobody wants to join."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Meta is spending tens of billions on AI infrastructure. The bet is that it pays off in a few years."},{"host":"Bella","text":"Right now, it means they're burning cash faster than they're making it. Investors hate that, but Zuck doesn't care."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Because he sees the next platform war is AI, and he is not going to be late to it."},{"host":"Bella","text":"And one more thing before we go. The Wall Street Journal is also tracking a big story in Austria."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Expelled four Russian diplomats this morning. Security grounds."},{"host":"Bella","text":"No details on what they allegedly did, but it is the latest in a long line of expulsions across Europe."},{"host":"Brian","text":"Vienna has been a hub for Russian intelligence since the Cold War. This is a significant move."},{"host":"Bella","text":"We'll keep an eye on that through the morning. That is your Morning Briefing for now."},{"host":"Brian","text":"We are back at the top of the hour with more on the quake and the market reaction."}]}