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A member of the United States National Guard has died after being shot Wednesday afternoon during a patrol near downtown Washington, D.C., not far from the White House. A second guard was also wounded and remains in critical condition. The suspect has been arrested, and an investigation is underway.
The US has rolled out tougher vetting for people from 19 high-risk countries after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members. Immigration requests from those countries are now under stricter scrutiny, as officials re-evaluate existing visas and green-card holders.
A Russian Soyuz MS-28 rocket blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one NASA astronaut to the International Space Station. The mission succeeded—but post-launch inspection found that the launchpad was damaged.
A gunman opened fire near the White House, critically wounding two National Guard soldiers. Donald Trump condemned the attack as “terror”—vowing harsh consequences—and halted all immigration processing for Afghan nationals while ordering extra troops to Washington.
Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal—29 years old—has been named as the man accused of opening fire on two U.S. National Guard soldiers near the White House. The attack happened on a busy street in Washington, D.C.; both Guardsmen are now in critical condition. Lakanwal reportedly arrived in the U.S. under the…
