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Trump condemns ‘heinous assault’ as suspect identified as Afghan refugee - The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting was earlier identified by multiple outlets as a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered t

The National Guard troops, and the alleged shooter, are alive and being treated in hospital. The suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is an Afghan national who entered the US during the country’s botched withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. He later applied for asylum, which was granted by the Trump administration in April of this year.

President Donald Trump says West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from wounds in DC attack

The Department of Homeland Security has taken an Afghan national into custody over yesterday’s shooting, with the suspect since identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old who has been living in Washington state since 2021 and had no known criminal history prior to yesterday’s incident.

Two National Guard members were shot Wednesday afternoon near Farragut Square in Downtown D.C. in what officials called a targeted attack.

Bowser's decision opens the door for a number of possible candidates, although at least two of them, D.C. Council members Robert White Jr. and Brooke Pinto, have already announced they are running for the district's U.S. House delegate seat. Fellow council member Janeese Lewis George remains a potential candidate.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will work to permanently pause migration from all "Third World Countries" to allow the U.S. system to fully recover. (Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru;