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Suspect Identified in National Guard Attack Near White House

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Two West Virginia National Guard members remain in critical condition after an ambush style attack on Wednesday just blocks from the White House. NBC News has learned the suspect is 29-year-old Rahamanullah Lakanwal, according to four senior law enforcement officials who say his last known address was in Washington state. NBC’s Peter Alexander reports and Tom Winter joins TODAY with analysis.



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Nov. 27, 2025, 6:45 AM ESTBy Claudio LavangaANKARA, Turkey — Pope Leo XIV touched down in the conflict-ridden Middle East on the first international trip of his papacy, urging peace and hoping to help the Catholic Church heal centuries-old divisions with other religions and denominations.As his fellow countrymen celebrate Thanksgiving, the first American pontiff’s plate will be full on a six-day tour of Turkey and Lebanon that will be closely scrutinized. He plans to meet with religious and political leaders, lead Mass in both countries and try to provide a boost to long-suffering Christian communities throughout the region.Ahead of his trip, Leo shared a Thanksgiving message with NBC News in which he encouraged all people “to say thank you to someone” and “to recognize that we have all received so many gifts, first and foremost the gift of life.”Gifts were shared on board his flight to Turkish capital Ankara, including a pecan pie handed to him by NBC News. Leo told journalists that along with other church leaders, he hoped “to announce, transmit, proclaim how important peace is throughout the World and to invite all people to come together to search for greater unity.” Some had speculated that the Chicago-born Leo might choose the U.S. for his first trip, or Peru, where he served for many years as a missionary and later as a bishop and archbishop, becoming a naturalized citizen in 2015. Pope Leo speaks with journalists en route to Ankara, Turkey on Thursday.Baris Seckin / Anadolu via Getty ImagesBut for Miles Pattenden, a Catholic Church historian at the U.K.’s University of Oxford, the choice of the Middle East was “not such a surprise,” and it was sending out a message that the region “is the heart of Christianity.” Turkey was the “obvious choice” because it was the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, Christianity’s first ecumenical council, Pattenden told NBC News in a telephone interview.Convened by Emperor Constantine who made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire, the meeting of bishops and church leaders “produced the Nicaean creed which is the standard statement of what Christians believe,” including the affirmation that Jesus was the son of God, Pattenden said. He added that it was “absolutely foundational” to what Christians, including Catholics, believe today. Leo will pray with the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at the site of the 325 AD gathering which is known today as Iznik, before they sign a joint declaration in a sign of Christian unity.“We all understand that 1,000 years of division has inflicted a deep wound that cannot be healed easily,” Bartholomew told the respected Greek daily Kathimerini recently, according to The Associated Press.
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Oct. 2, 2025, 5:00 AM EDTBy Tyler KingkadeDES MOINES, Iowa — On Tuesday, hundreds of students walked out of middle and high schools across the city to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention of Ian Andre Roberts, the now-former superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district. In the afternoon, several dozen students gathered at the State Capitol, calling for Roberts’ release from the Sioux City jail where he’s being held, and holding signs reading “Radical Empathy,” a tagline he frequently used. “I don’t think anyone really cares about the fact he’s illegal,” said Gabriel Doyle Scar, 17, who helped organize the protest. “We’re just sad about the fact that an extremely nice man that supported us heavily and really strongly is now taken away from us.”During rush hour that night, roughly 20 people displayed a banner from a bridge over the interstate that cuts across the center of the city reading “Free Dr. Roberts,” as dozens of cars and large trucks honked in support as they passed underneath. Supporters draped a banner over Interstate 235 in Des Moines reading “Free Dr. Roberts” on Tuesday.Tyler Kingkade / NBC NewsRoberts had been the superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools when ICE arrested him early Friday, accusing him of being in the country without authorization. ICE has said he tried to evade arrest and was found with a loaded gun in his district-issued car, a hunting knife and $3,000 in cash. At a news conference earlier this week, his lawyer, Alfredo Parrish, didn’t discuss those allegations. Through Parrish, Roberts submitted a letter of resignation Tuesday, writing that he didn’t want to be a distraction while he tried to stop his deportation. But neither his resignation nor the unanswered questions about his case have quelled the protests in Des Moines, the left-leaning capital of a Republican-led state. Instead, Roberts’ arrest has sparked a moment of mass mobilization in a sleepy city where protests are relatively rare.The resignation letter submitted on Roberts’ behalf to the Des Moines School Board.Tyler Kingkade / NBC News“It’s very unusual,” Dave Peterson, a political science professor at Iowa State University, said of the daily protests, adding that for many, Roberts’ detainment was the first major moment in which the recent wave of ICE arrests truly hit home.“This is a moment where people can express support for somebody who they value, somebody who’s an important part of the community, and be protesting against what ICE is doing more broadly,” he said.Makhani Scearcy, 20, a college student standing with classmates outside the capitol Tuesday, made a similar point. “Definitely people truly love Dr. Roberts,” she said, “but he’s just one puzzle piece of just how insane things have been.”Republicans in Iowa have called for investigations of the district’s hiring practices. U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn, a Republican whose district includes Des Moines, said he is seeking further information from the Department of Homeland Security about the case, and he released a redacted excerpt of the May 2024 removal order for Roberts signed by a judge. “Many of us in the community knew Dr. Roberts and trusted him, which makes it hurt even more that he spent so long providing us false information,” Nunn said this week on KCCI-TV of Des Moines.Yet, in interviews with two dozen parents, colleagues and students this week, many expressed strong support for him, even as new questions about his background have trickled out. “We were told by the current administration that they were going to get rid of people that didn’t belong here; that’s not what they’re doing,” said Justin Peters, a high school baseball coach in the district. “They’re getting rid of high-class people that are part of our community.”
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