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(Background) U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks to reporters (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) / (L) GOP Reps. Keith Self (R-Texas) and Chip Roy's (R-Texas) promotional photo for the Sharia Free America Caucus

Texas: lawmakers launch ‘Sharia-Free America Caucus,’ aimed at countering Islam and Sharia law’s growing influence in U.S.

Two GOP lawmakers announced the launch of a new caucus in the House of Representatives, aimed at “protecting Western civilization in the United States” to educate Americans on the growing influence of Islam and specifically Sharia law.

(L) National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent. (Photo via: soaa.org) / (Background) WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an East Room event on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan at the White House July 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

NCTC Director Joe Kent: NCTC identified 18K known and suspected terrorists who entered U.S. during Biden admin.

During a congressional hearing on worldwide threats, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Director Joe Kent testified that his agency has identified approximately 18,000 “known and suspected terrorists” who entered the United States under the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025.

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on August 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is expected to issue a proclamation on the 90th anniversary of Social Security and highlight his administration's efforts on the program. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump admin. freezes immigration applications from 19 nations considered high risk to national security

The Trump administration froze immigration applications from 19 countries considered high risk to national security, following the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., accused of being carried out by an Afghan national.

A makeshift memorial has been set up in honor of the two National Guard service members shot near the Farragut West Metro Station in Washington, DC on November 28, 2025, two days after a shooting killed one National Guard member and critically wounded another. Two National Guard troops were shot on November 26 near the White House in what authorities described as a targeted attack by an Afghan migrant who had previously worked with the US military in Afghanistan, a case now being treated as a terrorism investigation, after President Donald Trump said on November 27 that one of the soldiers, Sarah Beckstrom, had died and the other was fighting for his life. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) / U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom (Department of Justice)

Trump: 20-year-old Nat’l Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has passed away after ‘targeted ambush’ shooting near WH

President Donald Trump announced that one of the two U.S. National Guard members from West Virginia who were shot by an Afghan national near the White House has tragically succumbed to her injuries.