Stay up to date with live coverage of the Trump administration and national politics Thursday as officials identified the two National Service members who were critically wounded in the suspected terror attack in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
Andrew Wolfe was identified as one oof the two National Guard members shot. The other National Guard member was identified as Sarah Beckstrom. Her father told The New York Times she was unlikely to make it.
“She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery,” the father of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, Gary Beckstrom, told the New York Times.
The gunman was identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who came to the US during the chaotic 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, law enforcement sources told The Post. He applied for asylum in December 2024 and was approved in April.
Trump does not have any public events scheduled today. He traveled to Palm Beach, Florida for the rest of the week.
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