National Guardsman in D.C. charged after pointing gun at colleague
Zion Mitchell, 21, was arrested earlier this month and faces firearms and assault charges after he admitted he pointed his gun at a fellow National Guard member.
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Zion Mitchell, 21, was arrested earlier this month and faces firearms and assault charges after he admitted he pointed his gun at a fellow National Guard member.
Iran is threatening retaliation after U.S. airstrikes sank three ships in the Gulf. CBS News homeland security correspondent Nicole Sganga reports.
President Trump is threatening a defamation lawsuit against the left-leaning think tank, Center for American Progress, over its new report that found National Guard deployments didn't reduce violent crime. Neera Tanden, the think tank's CEO and a former adviser to former President Joe Biden, joins "The Takeout" to discuss.
President Trump addressed the parents of Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., in November. He called her a "true American patriot." National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who was also shot that day, attended the State of the Union and was met with a standing ovation.
"We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland," President Trump announced.
National Guard troops were deployed to New Orleans to help with security for New Year's celebrations in wake of the deadly truck attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens on New Year's Day last year. CBS News' Kati Weis has the latest.
Members of the Louisiana National Guard were deployed to New Orleans on Tuesday ahead of the city's New Year's celebrations. Thursday marks one year since 14 people died in a terrorist attack on Bourbon Street just hours after the city rang in 2025. CBS News reporter Kati Weis is there with more.
Hundreds of National Guard troops will arrive in New Orleans this week as the city marks one year since the deadly terror attack on Bourbon Street. CBS News national reporter Kati Weis has the latest.
President Trump invoked a law called Title 10 to bring members of the Illinois National Guard under federal service over the objections of state and local leaders.
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that President Trump cannot deploy the National Guard troops to Chicago as a legal challenge moves ahead. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has the latest.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed the U.S. carried out retaliatory strikes on suspected Islamic State terrorist targets in Syria on Friday. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd joins with analysis.
The U.S. military has carried out airstrikes in central Syria targeting suspected sites linked to the Islamic State terror group. The strikes follow last Saturday's ISIS attack that killed two soldiers and a U.S. civilian working as an interpreter. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has the details.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on social media Friday that the U.S. had begun "Operation Hawkeye Strike" in Syria, targeting ISIS forces in the region in response to an ambush attack last weekend that killed two members of the Iowa National Guard and an interpreter. CBS News Pentagon reporter Eleanor Watson has more.
President Trump participated in a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday, honoring two members of the Iowa National Guard and an interpreter who were killed in Syria last weekend. CBS News correspondent Lana Zak has more from Iowa City.
President Trump on Wednesday attended the dignified transfer of two National Guardsmen and an interpreter, who were killed in Syria.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe "has made extraordinary progress," his medical team said.
West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said the family expects Andrew Wolfe to be in acute care for another two to three weeks.
The first court hearing for a man accused of killing a National Guard member and injuring another in Washington, D.C., last week provided more information about the attack. Newly released surveillance images revealed in court documents appear to show the suspect standing near a busy D.C. metro station before turning a corner and opening fire. Nicole Sganga has more.
President Trump says National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans. The city is already at the center of a separate immigration crackdown, the so-called "Operation Swamp Sweep." CBS News national reporter Kati Weis has more.
The suspect in last week's shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., has been charged with murder and assault with intent to kill while armed.
According to 2024 emails obtained by CBS News, Rahmanullah Lakanwal had been struggling to hold a job and had not been doing well mentally for more than a year.
CBS News has learned new details about the suspect accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members in Washington, D.C. As Nicole Sganga reports, Rahmanullah Lakanwal's former immigration case worker said that his mental condition deteriorated in recent years.
CBS News is learning new details about the mental health of the man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C. Justice correspondent Scott MacFarlane has the details.
The suspect in the National Guard shooting in Washington, D.C., served in a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan before coming to the U.S. Elliot Ackerman, author and former intelligence officer who served in the same unit, joins "The Takeout" with more.
Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remains in serious condition after last week's shooting in Washington, D.C., but West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Monday that the National Guard member is showing "a positive sign."