Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, has become a center of national controversy over comments that have been condemned as anti-Semitic. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP File Photo   Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms “are conducting … Continue reading Pelosi: Capitol Police working to ‘safeguard’ Omar after Trump 9/11 tweet An aide said that “there has been an increase in threats” against the Minnesota Democrat after the president’s post.