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The Afghan national who allegedly shot two National Guard members in DC previously worked with the CIA in Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press. The shooting suspect, whom CNN identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan prior to

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday prosecutors will seek the death penalty against the man accused of attacking two National Guardsmen shot in the nation’s capital the day before Thanksgiving.

The two members of the National Guard who were shot near the White House on Wednesday were sworn in less than a day before the attack.

One day after a targeted shooting near the White House critically injured two newly sworn-in National Guardsmen, the father of 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom revealed that she is unlikely to survive her injuries.

The Washington, DC, National Guard shooting suspect drove across the country from Washington state to carry out his attack, officials said at a press conference.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeannine Pirro identified the two National Guardsmen viciously shot near the White House on Wednesday.

The plan the Democrat Party put together years ago just came out perfect: according to various reports, an unvetted Afghan national who overstayed his visa is accused of shooting two members of the National Guard on Thanksgiving Eve in Washington D.C.

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” host Jen Psaki said President Donald Trump’s reaction to the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. was incredibly irresponsible, racist and xenophobic.

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Jeh Johnson, formerly the Homeland Security Secretary during the Obama administration, said President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy 500 additional National Guard members to Washington, D.C., after two soldiers were shot was a “knee-jerk” reaction.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday night that his administration will “reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan” under former President Joe Biden, after authorities say a Biden-era alien shot two National Guardsmen near the White House.

President Donald Trump addressed the nation after three people were shot, including two National Guardsmen, in Washington, D.C.

Former President Joe Biden says he and former first lady Jill Biden are “heartbroken” over the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC, on Wednesday — allegedly at the hands of an Afghan national whom his administration brought to the United States in 2021.

In November 2021, just as former President Joe Biden’s administration was importing thousands of Afghan nationals to the United States every week, then-Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas admitted that “not all” Afghans were being vetted with “in-person, refugee interviews,” an admission that shocked members of Congress.

The alleged attacker who shot two National Guard members in Washington, DC, on Wednesday reportedly yelled, “Allahu Akbar” at some point during the attack, according to Julio Rosas.

In September 2021, then U.S. Senate candidate JD Vance warned that Joe Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal and reckless refugee resettlement would “create an opportunity for terrorists.” He blasted the administration for flooding America with “thousands of unvetted people,” a failure he said put Americans at risk.

Former President Joe Biden’s administration resettled an Afghan national in the United States as part of his “Operation Allies Welcome” for tens of thousands of Afghans who is now accused of shooting two National Guardsmen in Washington, DC. 

President Donald Trump addresses the nation following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, November 26.

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) received criticism in response to his social media post expressing he was “thinking of the families” of the two West Virginia National Guardsmen who were shot in Washington, D.C.

Republicans and conservative voices blasted what they called Democrats’ “vile,” “dangerous,” and “reckless” rhetoric toward the National Guard, arguing that days of escalating attacks from leading Democrats have “put a target on the backs of every person in uniform” and created real-world danger for service members — pointing to Wednesday’s shooting of two Guardsmen near the White House as the latest consequence.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) stated that if the National Guard is going to be in American cities, the administration needs to have a plan to ensure they’re safe “And one of my concerns

Some corners of the left have begun casting blame on President Trump for the shooting of two National Guardsmen in D.C.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national, has been identified as the suspect in the shooting of two national guardsmen.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) stated that “there were many complaints by guardsmen and by those of us that live in Washington that they were simply standing on street corners, picking up trash

Wednesday on MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” justice and intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian said the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. happened while there is “so much controversy” causing some Americans to object to “people walking around with uniforms.”

A left-wing group is putting up billboards in high-crime cities where President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard, telling military service members that is not what they “signed up for” and encouraging them to refuse “unlawful orders.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that President Donald Trump has requested an additional 500 National Guardsmen be deployed to Washington following the shooting of two Guardsmen near the White House on Thanksgiving eve.

President Donald Trump said that the “animal” who shot two National Guardsmen near the White House, leaving them “critically wounded,” is “severely wounded.”

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight holds a hearing on the efforts by the Trump administration to restore law and order in Democrat-run high-crime cities on Wednesday, November 19.

A federal judge who was nominated to the bench by Donald Trump in 2018 has permanently blocked the president from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced that she was enacting a “limited juvenile curfew” for the city, that would be in effect until November 5, due to “weeks of disorderly juvenile behavior.”

Using police reports supplemented by media coverage for off years, Breitbart News can reveal Democrat-run Chicago witnessed over 14,200 murders from 2000 to this point in 2025.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) told residents to “remain peaceful” as President Donald Trump sends hundreds of federal law enforcement officials to San Francisco to assist with immigration and other issues.

The Trump administration is still battling to deploy National Guard troops to Portland even after the Ninth Circuit gave them a win.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that President Donald Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, reversing a decision by a district judge earlier this month.

Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce and a long-time Democrat megadonor and activist, has caved to leftist outrage, apologizing for his comments supporting President Donald Trump’s potential deployment of the National Guard to San Francisco.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was seen snapping at a reporter and telling the reporter to “shut up” after she was asked why she refused to send the National Guard to protect rioters from the Capitol on January 6, 2021.