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National Guardsman Who Was Shot in D.C. Making ‘Extraordinary Progress,’ Doctor Says

Par :Pooja Salhotra
Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who suffered a head wound in the shooting near the White House last month, has moved from acute care to rehabilitation.

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A memorial in honor of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in Washington.
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One Step From Citizenship, Some Find It Eludes Their Grasp

Par :Jazmine Ulloa and Orlando Mayorquín
Sweeping immigration changes by the Trump administration have resulted in the cancellation of naturalization ceremonies, the last step in the process of becoming a citizen.
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Trump Officials Cut Length of Work Permits for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Par :Madeleine Ngo
The move was the latest in an intensifying crackdown on legal immigration after an Afghan national was charged with shooting two National Guard members.

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A line outside a Los Angeles building housing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in June. Some migrants will now have to renew their work permits every 18 months instead of every five years.
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Afghan Refugees Face Uncertain Future As Trump Tightens Immigration Policy

Par :Miriam Jordan
Afghan immigrants in America believed they were safe. A deadly shooting that authorities say was carried out by an Afghan has thrown their futures into doubt.

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Obaidullah Durani and his daughter, Hela, at the Arizona Refugee Center in Mesa, Ariz. Mr. Durani, a fighter pilot, arrived from Afghanistan with his two children in 2021, but his wife is still in Afghanistan.
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U.S. Pauses Immigration Applications From Nations on Travel Ban List

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Jazmine Ulloa
The pause, which will halt green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people, deepens a remarkable crackdown on legal immigration pathways in recent days.

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A camp for internally displaced people in Somalia in September. It is one of the countries on the travel ban list, which includes some of the poorest and most unstable nations in the world.
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Suspect in National Guard Shooting Enters Not Guilty Plea

Par :Zach Montague and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who is accused of killing a National Guard member and gravely wounding another, appeared in court remotely from a hospital bed.

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The man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., last week was formally charged on Tuesday.
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Immigration Officials Target Afghans for Deportation in Wake of D.C. Shooting

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Nicholas Nehamas
The stepped-up enforcement comes as the Trump administration has also moved to reassess the vetting of Afghans who came to the country under the Biden administration.

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National Guard troops standing near the scene where two Guard members were shot in Washington last week.
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As Trump Deepens Immigration Crackdown, Exceptions Disappear for Afghans and Others

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz
President Trump’s latest changes to the immigration system affect communities that traditionally have been considered special cases.

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Last week, the Trump administration announced it would stop issuing visas to people from Afghanistan and review all Afghans allowed into the United States during the Biden administration.
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Trump’s Crackdown in Wake of Shooting Blocks Legal Pathways for Migrants

Par :Hamed Aleaziz · Jazmine Ulloa and Allison McCann
The new measures represent some of the most significant changes to immigration policy since President Trump returned to the White House.

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A small memorial left at the scene of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington last week.
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Webster Springs, W.Va. United In Grief Over Death of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom

Par :Kevin Williams and Jacey Fortin
In Webster Springs, everyone knows one another. When National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was killed, that connection was further strengthened.

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A vigil was held Saturday for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a West Virginia Army National Guard soldier.
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Afghans Who Assisted U.S. During the War Underwent Rigorous Vetting

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Hamed Aleaziz
Former officials said the C.I.A. diligently assessed those who partnered with its forces, like the man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington.

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John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said the man accused of shooting two National Guard members, an Afghan who had worked with U.S. forces during the war in his country, “should have never been allowed to come here.”
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Two West Virginia Communities Bound Together by Grief

Par :Bernard Mokam · Kevin Williams and Jack Healy
Red ribbons adorned one city, while blue ribbons hung in another town — all to honor the National Guard members who were attacked in Washington this week.

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A vigil was held on Friday for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom in Webster Springs, W.Va. Specialist Beckstrom died in a shooting while she was on duty in Washington, D.C.
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Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Edward Wong
They were the latest restrictive changes to the immigration system after this week’s shooting of two National Guard members.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents check migrants’ documents at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in El Paso in January.
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Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Migrant Stance

Par :Shawn McCreesh
The president is furiously demanding limits on migration and attacking ethnic groups as he steps up his efforts to equate immigration with crime and economic distress.

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The shooting of two National Guard members and President Trump’s response insures that immigration will remain at the center of American politics heading into the 2026 midterm election cycle.
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Trump’s Response to Shooting Shows Intensified Anti-Migrant Stance

Par :Shawn McCreesh
The president is furiously demanding limits on migration and attacking ethnic groups as he steps up his efforts to equate immigration with crime and economic distress.

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The shooting of two National Guard members and President Trump’s response insures that immigration will remain at the center of American politics heading into the 2026 midterm election cycle.
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‘My Baby Girl Has Passed to Glory,’ Says Father of Guard Soldier Killed in D.C. Shooting

Par :Mark Arsenault · Christina Morales and Bernard Mokam
Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died on Thursday, was not initially excited to go to Washington, but had grown to enjoy the city. Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remained in critical condition on Friday.

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A small memorial at the site of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, on Thursday.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Pause Migration From ‘Third World Countries’ After D.C. Shooting

Par :Jonathan Wolfe
In social media posts, President Trump also seemed to target migrants who were already in the country.

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Applicants at a naturalization in California this year. President Trump wrote that he would stop migration from “all Third World Countries” in social media posts filled with rhetoric that was incendiary even by his standards.
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National Guard Soldier Dies After Being Shot in Washington

Par :Hamed Aleaziz · Campbell Robertson · Julian E. Barnes · Jack Healy and Qasim Nauman
Another Guard member was in critical condition. The suspect is an Afghan man who once served in a paramilitary unit that worked with U.S. forces, officials said.

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National Guard members gather outside the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner after the body of West Virginia National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom was transported to the facility on Nov. 27, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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Trump Uses National Guard Shooting to Cast Suspicion on Refugees

Par :Shawn McCreesh
President Trump claimed there were “a lot of problems with Afghans,” without providing evidence, as his administration announced that it was implementing new immigration guidelines.

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President Trump held a video call to thank members of the military for their service on Thursday.
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Recent Afghan Arrivals Fear Their Futures in the U.S. Are Now in Jeopardy

Par :Allison McCann and Pooja Salhotra
Many are anxious after the Trump administration vowed to undertake sweeping reviews of immigrants after the shooting of two National Guard troops.

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Afghans gathered at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Va., which served as a temporary shelter site during Operation Allies Welcome in 2022.
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D.C. Shooting: What We Know About the National Guard Victims

Par :Christina Morales · Kevin Williams and Bernard Mokam
The family of one of the West Virginia National Guard members was at her side before she died on Thursday. A man at the other member’s home asked for prayers for his son.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, left, and U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom.
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U.S. Reviews Biden Asylum Cases After Shooting

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Minho Kim
A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.”

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A small memorial left at the scene of the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, shown on Thursday.
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Here’s a Look at the D.C. Shooting Suspect’s C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan

Par :Jonathan Wolfe · Elian Peltier · Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Fahim Abed
The units were backed by the C.I.A. and trained to conduct missions in Afghanistan during the U.S. war in the country.

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Law enforcement at the scene of the shooting.
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Shooting Suspect Is Afghan Man Who Lived in Washington State, Official Says

Par :Soumya Karlamangla and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Officials said the man had driven across the country to carry out the attack, which left two National Guard troops critically hurt.

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A photograph of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, right, was displayed next to the two victims at a news conference.
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D.C. Shooting Suspect Worked With C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan

Par :Julian E. Barnes · Hamed Aleaziz · Elian Peltier and Safiullah Padshah
The C.I.A. and an Afghan intelligence official said that the shooter had been part of an Afghan “partner force,” known as a Zero Unit, trained and supported by the agency in the southern province of Kandahar.

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Law enforcement at the scene of the shooting. The suspect had worked with a C.I.A.-supported military unit in Afghanistan.
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Trump Administration Pauses Immigration From Afghanistan After D.C. Shooting

Par :Elian Peltier and Hamed Aleaziz
The U.S. agency overseeing immigration made the announcement after an Afghan man shot two National Guard troops near the White House.

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Law enforcement officers gathering after the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
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What We Know About the National Guard Shooting in D.C. and the Suspect

Par :Francesca Regalado · Jin Yu Young and Ali Watkins
One National Guard member died and another is in critical condition after the attack near the White House on the eve of Thanksgiving. The suspect is a 29-year-old Afghan man.

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Two members of the National Guard were critically wounded in a shooting near the White House on Wednesday.
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Before the Shooting, Some Troops and Officials Worried About the Guard’s Safety

Par :Campbell Robertson · Shawn Hubler and Chris Hippensteel
In an internal memo, Guard commanders warned that troops were in a “heightened threat environment.”

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Members of National Guard securing a federal building in Los Angeles last June.
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Operation Allies Welcome Gave Some Afghans Entry to the U.S.

Par :Hamed Aleaziz
The Biden administration set up the initiative after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in August 2021 for those who assisted U.S. troops.

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Brig. Gen. Dan Gabrielli greeting Afghans at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico as part of Operation Allies Welcome in 2021.
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Trump Orders 500 More National Guard Troops to D.C. After Shooting

Par :Shawn McCreesh
The president described the shooting as an “act of terror” and “a crime against humanity” and called the suspect, an Afghan national, an “animal.”

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A cordoned-off area near a shooting in Washington on Wednesday. President Trump ordered 500 more National Guard members to Washington after the shooting.
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National Guard Shooting Rattles D.C. Residents and Tourists on Thanksgiving Eve

Par :Jacey Fortin · Anton Troianovski · Michael C. Bender and Elizabeth Williamson
On the eve of Thanksgiving, bystanders said the sound of gunfire was followed by anxiety over who did the shooting.

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Secret Service officer securing the site of a shooting near the White House on Wednesday.
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