🇺🇸⚡️- "We're very preliminary in the investigation. At this time, the suspect is still in the hospital receiving treatment." - Jeff Carroll, Executive Assistant Chief of the DC Metro Police.

🇺🇸⚡️- "We are in the preliminary stage of this investigation. We will run down every single lead." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- The press conference has ended.

🇭🇰⚡- Hong Kong police have announced the arrest of 3 suspects for involuntary manslaughter in relation to the high-rise fires.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: "Israel has received the green light from the US administration to take action in Lebanon." - Al-Jadeed, Lebanese outlet, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli forces launch flares over the town of Markaba, southern Lebanon, al-Manar reports.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Several Israeli airstrikes against the al-Zaytoun district of Gaza City – a Hamas stronghold.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Scenes from Gaza City.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli airstrikes against Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

🇺🇸⚡️- NBC reports that investigators believe they are "close" to identifying the suspect behind the attack on National Guardsmen today in Washington DC.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: CNN confirms that the FBI has identified the attacker.

🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- "China is currently the world’s only industrial superpower, and Russia — with its unique natural resource base — is ready to supply China so it can achieve its strategic objectives," - Igor Sechin, CEO of Russia's Rosneft.

🇺🇸🏳️⚡️- BREAKING: The shooter is an Afghan national, according to NBC.

🇺🇸🏳️ - What we know about the shooter so far:

-Traveled from outside DC to DC for the attack.
-Used a handgun in the shooting.
-Is an Afghan national.
-Shot both National Guardsmen in the head.

🇺🇸🏳️⚡️- Initial reports that the attacker screamed "Allahu Akbar!" as he shot the Guardsmen.

This has not been confirmed yet.

🇺🇸🏳️⚡️- "The suspect who shot the National Guard in Washington is believed to be of Afghan nationality and acted alone." - CBS News.

🇺🇸🏳️⚡️- BREAKING: The attacker has been identified as 29 year old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021.

🇺🇸🇦🇫⚡️- "The suspect applied for asylum in 2024, and it was granted earlier this year." - CNN.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump will deliver remarks on the D.C. Shooting imminently.