Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy was charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to the Houthis, a designated foreign terrorist organization.

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Rep. Keith Self stated publicly that preserving the constitutional republic from radical Islam requires accepting the costs of threats and that the ISIS-inspired plot to assassinate him strengthens his resolve

Rep. Keith Self stated that his security team was prepared to address potential copycat threats following the disclosure of the plot to assassinate him

The 17-year-old suspect from McKinney, Texas, obtained a firearm despite being a minor and planned to execute the assassination of Rep. Keith Self at a public cook-off

Capitol Police communicated with the FBI regarding online comments made by a 17-year-old suspect from McKinney, Texas, subsequently notifying Rep. Keith Self that he was targeted for an October 17, 2026 attack

The 17-year-old suspect from McKinney, Texas, remains in federal custody following his arrest by the FBI over an alleged plot against Rep. Keith Self

The FBI arrested an unidentified 17-year-old boy from McKinney, Texas, on October 5, 2026, for allegedly plotting an assassination on behalf of ISIS

The Wall Street Journal reported that increased military assistance and front-line guidance from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps helped Yemen's Houthi rebels take control of Yemen's Red Sea coast.

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia in July 2026, conducting strikes against Saudi oil tankers, energy infrastructure, and airports.

Steven Duenas posted antisemitic threats on X, writing that 'Not enough synagogues have been burned down' and threatening that he 'might bomb Jems later.'

FBI agents arrested 51-year-old Los Feliz resident Steven Duenas on October 2, 2026, for allegedly plotting a mass incident targeting Jems, a Jewish preschool in Los Angeles

Former U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 others during a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood Army base in Texas

Before the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, the FBI intercepted electronic communications between Nidal Hasan and radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, but an FBI task force initially concluded the emails were not a threat

An immigration judge concluded that cooking three meals a day for the Unknown Gunmen, a Nigerian separatist group, satisfied basic human needs and constituted material support regardless of whether Izuchukwu Ozurumba acted under duress

In September 2025, a divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Izuchukwu Ozurumba, holding forced captive labor cooking provided nothing the Unknown Gunmen, a separatist group, could divert to carry out terrorist activities

Federal immigration law should include a duress exception to the material-support bar

Preparing food for a violent group constitutes material support under federal immigration law

The Board of Immigration Appeals affirmed the deportation order of Izuchukwu Ozurumba in September 2024, concluding that the material-support statute contains no implied duress exemption

An immigration judge ordered Izuchukwu Ozurumba deported in March 2024 after finding him removable for entering without valid documents and disqualified under the federal material-support bar

The U.S. Justice Department stated in its Supreme Court appeal that allowing the lower court decision from the 4th Circuit favoring Izuchukwu Ozurumba to stand would substantially increase the government's burden in excluding non-citizens with links to terrorism

The U.S. Justice Department argued to the Supreme Court that providing meals to members of a terrorist organization is no less a material form of support than providing gasoline for its vehicles