D.C. National Guard shooting suspect worked with CIA in Afghanistan

An Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been identified as the suspected shooter in the ambush attack that wounded two National Guard troops just blocks away from the White House on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security said. The CIA said Thursday that Lakanwal previously worked with the U.S. government, including the CIA, as a

Trump Says South Africa Won’t Be Invited to 2026 Miami G20 Summit

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House on Nov. 17, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said South Africa won’t be invited to the 2026 G20 summit in Florida, after the United States boycotted this year’s gathering in Johannesburg. “At the conclusion of the G20, South Africa refused to hand

DOJ Supports Challenge to Hawaii Public-Carry Gun Restrictions at Supreme Court

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is supporting a challenge that seeks to strike down a Hawaii law that restricts the public carrying of firearms in the state, in a