Two National Guard members from West Virginia are in critical condition after being shot near the White House, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed during a press conference Wednesday evening.

The big picture: President Trump in a Wednesday night address said the Guard members were "shot at point-blank range" in the Wednesday afternoon attack by an Afghan national who was "flown in by the Biden administration" in a September 2021 refugee program. • He directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to deploy an additional 500 National Guard members and his administration on Wednesday night indefinitely paused processing immigration requests from Afghan nationals with immediate effect.

Zoom in: The shooting happened about 2:15pm ET near the Farragut Square Metro Station, about a five-minute walk n

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