Trump news at a glance: president says freeze on asylum decisions will last ’a long time’ | Trump administration
US President Donald Trump said his administration intends to maintain a pause on asylum decisions for a “long time”, after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members near the White House, killing one of them.
When asked to clarify how long the measure would last, Trump said he had “no time limit” in mind for the measure, which the Department of Homeland Security said is linked to a list of 19 countries already facing U.S. travel restrictions.
“We don’t want these people,” Trump continued. “You know why we don’t want them? Because many haven’t been good and they shouldn’t be in our country.”
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Trump invites families of fallen National Guard members to the White House
Donald Trump said Sunday that he invited the family of a National Guard member who was shot and killed last week to the White House, adding that he had spoken to his parents and that they were “devastated.”
US Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was killed in a shooting in Washington DC on Wednesday. His military colleague, Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, of the US Air Force, remains hospitalized in critical condition. Vigils across West Virginia were held in their memory.
“I said, ‘When you’re ready, because it’s a difficult thing, come to the White House. We’re going to honor Sarah,” Trump told reporters. “And the same with Andrew, recover or not.”
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Noem says National Guard shooting suspect was ‘radicalized’ in US
Kristi Noem, the secretary of Homeland Security, claimed Sunday that the suspect in the National Guard shooting in Washington DC was “radicalized” in the United States and blamed the Biden administration, although the suspect’s asylum was approved under Donald Trump.
The shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was granted asylum under the Trump administration in April 2025. He worked with CIA-backed units in Afghanistan, before coming to the United States in September 2021 as part of the Operation Allies Welcome program.
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Trump pardons executive convicted of fraud – report
Donald Trump pardoned private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion fraud scheme, The New York Times reported.
Founder and former CEO of GPB Capital, Gentile, 59, was convicted and sentenced in May to seven years in prison for his role in defrauding thousands of individual investors.
He reported to prison on November 14. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, Gentile was released on Wednesday, November 26.
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Scrapping surveillance system could pave way for serious immigration abuses, experts warn
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) federal surveillance system, which oversees complaints about civil rights violations including immigration detention, has been so completely gutted that it could set the stage for the Trump administration to “abuse people with impunity,” experts warn.
Former federal enforcement officials have sounded the alarm over the rapid dismantling of safeguards against human rights abuses – just as the government is pushing aggressive immigration enforcement.
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Hondurans vote as Trump threatens to cut aid if preferred candidate loses
Hondurans have begun voting in elections held amid threats from Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.
Honduras could be the next Latin American country, after Argentina and Bolivia, to shift to the right after years of left-wing rule. Polls show three candidates neck and neck in the race to succeed President Xiomara Castro, whose husband, Manuel Zelaya, also led the country before being ousted in a 2009 coup.
Trump’s favorite is Nasry “Tito” Asfura, 67, of the right-wing National Party. His main opponents are lawyer Rixi Moncada, 60, from the ruling Free Party, and television host Salvador Nasralla, 72, from the Liberal Party.
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