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Reuters:
Live Updates: D.C. Shooting Suspect Worked With C.I.A.-Backed Units in Afghanistan, Officials Say  —  The C.I.A. said that the suspect, whom officials identified as a 29-year-old Afghan, came to the United States in 2021 after the American military withdrawal.
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CNN:
Afghan national identified as suspect in National Guard shooting in DC.  Here's what we know  —  Gun violence Federal agencies US military Donald Trump  —  Two West Virginia National Guard members are in critical condition after a gunman opened fire near the White House the day before Thanksgiving …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Alleged National Guard shooter worked with US government entities in Afghanistan, including CIA: Ratcliffe  —  Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, worked with the CIA while serving as a member of a partner force in Kandahar  —  EXCLUSIVE: The Afghan national accused of shooting …
Associated Press:
Afghan national in custody after shooting of 2 National Guard members near White House  —  An Afghan national has been accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence at a time when the presence of troops in the nation's capital …
New York Post:
Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who came to US in 2021 withdrawal, ID'd as alleged terrorist gunman in shooting of 2 National Guard members in DC  —  Warning: Graphic image below.  —  The crazed gunman who shot two National Guard troops in a possible terror attack near the White House Wednesday …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump admin cracks down on Afghan immigrants after National Guard shooting … - The Trump administration says the suspect arrived under former President Biden's “Operation Allies Welcome” program, which was designed to support vulnerable Afghan refugees following the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Reuters:
Shooting suspect drove across country to target National Guard members: Officials  —  The two wounded National Guard members remain in critical condition.  —  U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro speaks during a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel and other authorities about the shooting …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
National Guard shooter faces assault charges as CIA ties emerge … Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, were sworn in less than 24 hours before the 29-year-old Afghan national opened fire just blocks from the White House, according to Pirro.  Both have undergone surgery for their injuries.
David Strom / HotAir:
Afghan Gunman Worked for CIA, Let In by Biden
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Victoria Craw / Washington Post:
D.C. shooting live updates
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Republicans push to “deport them all” after D.C. shooting
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Washington Times
NBC News:
Trump says U.S. must ‘re-examine’ everyone who came from Afghanistan under Biden after National Guard shooting
Cameron Peters / Vox:
The National Guard shooting in DC, briefly explained
Kerry Breen / CBS News:
2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C.; suspect in custody identified as Afghan national
Chuck Ross / The Washington Free Beacon:
Suspect in DC Ambush of 2 National Guardsmen Is Afghan National Who Entered US During Biden Admin
David Zimmermann / Washington Examiner:
Suspected gunman in DC National Guard shooting identified as Afghan national
Politico:
2 National Guard troops critically wounded in shooting near White House
Washington Post:
Live updates 2 National Guard members shot in D.C. near White House
Laura Romero / ABC News:
19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer  —  Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras last week, documents show.  —  An agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) waits in a hallway outside of a courtroom at New York Federal …
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The Boston Globe:
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving.  She was deported instead.  —  Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was hoping to surprise her parents for Thanksgiving, but immigration agents detained her at Logan Airport last week  —  Immigration authorities detained …
Amanda Chu / Politico:
Americans are buckling under medical bills.  It could get worse. … Financial assistance from the HealthWell Foundation, one of the largest charities in the country, is already 23 percent higher this year than all of last year.  Requests swamped the fund it launched this month …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
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Wall Street Journal:
Where Trump Sees Deals, Russia and China See a Chance to Disrupt U.S. Alliances  —  Russia and China have played to president's dealmaking, rattling American security partners  —  U.S. adversaries are using President Trump's eagerness to strike deals as a chance to drive a wedge between …
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Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
‘Traitor’: US representatives call for Trump envoy Witkoff to be fired after leaked Kremlin call
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Why Does Steve Witkoff Keep Taking Russia's Side?
Kai Uyehara / The Seattle Times:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles says ICE called her tribal ID ‘fake’  —  Elaine Miles was walking to a bus stop in Redmond to go to Target, she said, when four men wearing masks and vests with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement label stepped out of two black SUVs with no front plates and pressed her for her ID.
Arthur Melzer / The UnPopulist:
Thanksgiving, Above All, Celebrates Our Escape From a Pre-Liberal World  —  The purpose or meaning of holiday traditions, rotely handed down from a distant past, can often be elusive.  Halloween for example: We need the help of historians, to say nothing of psychologists, to understand the things we do on that day.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up.  It's Actually Down, Sharply.  —  Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.  —  When Shabana Mahmood, Britain's Home Secretary, announced restrictive new measures …
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley … Even Silicon Valley dislikes Silicon Valley.  —  More than two-thirds of residents agreed in a 2024 poll that the tech companies have partially or completely misplaced their moral compass.  And that was before so many in tech embraced the Trump administration.
Kenneth Roth / The Guardian:
Zohran Mamdani is rewriting the political rules around support for Israel  —  If support for Israel is no longer de rigueur in New York, it may soon not be obligatory in Washington.  That is good news for Palestinians  —  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be quaking in his boots …
 
 
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