Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national, pleaded not guilty to 17 charges, including first-degree murder, in a new indictment that makes him eligible for the death penalty. He is accused of killing Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounding Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe near the White House.
Russia's Defense Ministry reported the destruction of Ukrainian National Guard and army deployment sites near Belitskoye and Shchurovo in the Donetsk region using FAB-3000 and FAB-1500 glide bombs. Video evidence was provided.
A Niskanen Center study found President Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. reduced property crime by 24% but had no effect on violent crime, despite high costs. White House disputes findings.
A new study by the Niskanen Center found that the National Guard troops deployed to Washington D.C. by the Trump administration had no measurable effect on reducing violent crime. While opportunistic property crime saw a reduction, violent crime remained unaffected, despite the deployment costing at least $185 million.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Oleksiy Osipenko from his post as Deputy Commander of the National Guard. Osipenko had held the position since November 2023. Oleksandr Mironenko has been appointed to replace him.
National Guard units have been deployed to a shooting site near the White House in Washington, D.C., reinforcing police presence. Dozens of National Guard members are assisting police in securing streets in the center of the city.
The area, called MacArthur Park, is a densely populated immigrant neighborhood west of downtown LA where federal immigration authorities and the National Guard made a brief show of force last summer.
Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain
