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(L) suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29. (Photo via: FBI) / (Background) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) talks to reporters as he walks to the Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Republican lawmakers are aiming to complete passage of the "One, Big, Beautiful Bill" by this weekend, which by some estimates would add at least $2.8 trillion to the $36.2 trillion U.S. debt in the long term. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sen. Tuberville urges immediate ban and mass deportation of Muslim immigrants in U.S. after D.C. shooting suspect ID’d as Afghan national

Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville ignited a firestorm on Wednesday night, demanding the federal government to “IMMEDIATELY BAN all ISLAM immigrants and DEPORT every single Islamist who is living among us” — hours after an Afghan national ambushed and shot two National Guardsmen near the White House.

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 27: US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Brigadier General Leland Blanchard of the National Guard conduct a press conference regarding the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard soldiers on November 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot blocks from the White House in what authorities are calling a targeted shooting. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images) / (L) 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom. / (R) 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe. (Photos via: FBI)

D.C. Guardsmen shot by Afghan national identified by U.S. Attorney Pirro: ‘You picked the wrong target, wrong city and wrong country’

The two members of the West Virginia National Guard, both newly sworn-in, still remain in critical condition on Thursday as of 8:40 a.m. PT, after being shot in what authorities are investigating as a “targeted ambush” just blocks from the White House. Both have also been identified by D.C. authorities.

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