One man walked into downtown Washington, D.C., and changed the national security debate overnight.
In a brazen ambush near the White House, two members of the West Virginia National Guard were critically wounded when a suspected gunman opened fire. The suspect was later identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who had previously worked with U.S.-backed forces in Afghanistan. The rapid unraveling of this story has reignited fierce debate over refugee vetting, immigration policy, and potential failures in preventing threats to homeland security.
