Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot near the White House, and an Afghan national who worked previously with the CIA is in custody as a suspect.

Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot in Washington about two blocks from the White House.

​More than 2,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington in August after President Trump took federal control of the city’s police and mobilized the troops in what he described as a crackdown on crime. Since then, the troops have patrolled metro stations and tourist areas, and picked up trash around the National Mall.

National Guard members are on the move in Washington DC, trying to make their patrols less predicable in the wake of the ambush that left one soldier dead and another critically wounded. Small groups of Guard members briskly maneuvered through the city’s downtown on foot on Friday — including just across the street from where suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly brutally gunned down Sarah Beckstrom,

State Department "immediately" pauses Afghan visa issuance after deadly National Guard attack in Washington D.C.

Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died, the state’s governor said.

President Donald Trump responded to a question about whether he will attend the funeral of a National Guard member killed in Washington, D.C., by bragging about his electoral success in her home state.