US EditionTrump Orders Flags to Be Flown at Half-Staff in Honor of National Guard Member Killed in DC Attack
Flags will fly at half-staff until sunset Dec. 4 to honor Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, killed in a targeted ambush near the White House, President Trump ordered.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump ordered flags at half-staff until sunset, Last month, to honor Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, a 20-year-old West Virginia Army National Guard specialist.
- Last month, Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was shot near the White House on Nov. 26, 2025 and died from her injuries on Thanksgiving Day; fellow Guardsman Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical condition.
- Police took 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal into custody, and U.S. Attorney's Office said he pled not guilty remotely from the hospital, facing murder and assault charges.
- Video showed the flags being lowered at the White House on Thursday, consistent with the proclamation's order, and Joseph Edlow, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said asylum decisions will be paused.
- Specialist Beckstrom, from Summersville, West Virginia, had served in the West Virginia National Guard since June 2023 and volunteered for the D.C. deployment with the 863rd Military Police Company, while President Donald Trump called the shooting a "terrorist attack".
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Trump orders flags lowered for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom
President Trump ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff through as a mark of respect for Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia Army National Guard member killed in last week’s shooting near the White House, according to a presidential proclamation released on Thursday. The proclamation directs all federal buildings, military posts, naval stations, embassies, consulates, and U.S. facilities abroad to lower their flags until sunset on…
President Trump Orders U.S. Flags At Half-Staff, Here’s Why * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Anthony
This is a class act move by President Trump. On Thursday, President Trump wrote a proclamation ordering the White House and all military buildings and bases to lower the U.S. flag half-staff to honor Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. Beckstrom was tragically shot and killed in Washington D.C. while on duty with the West Virginia National Guard. The White House released President Trump’s full proclamation: As a mark of respect for the memory of Specia…
North Dakota governor orders flags half-staff in honor of slain National Guard member
BISMARCK — North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong has ordered government agencies to fly the U.S. and state flags at half-staff in honor of a National Guard member who was fatally shot in Washington, D.C. Armstrong asked that flags remain at half-staff for West Virginia Army National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom until sunset on Thursday, Dec. 4. The 20-year-old woman died from her injuries after a Nov. 26 shooting in D.C. A second National Guard member…
President Trump Orders U.S. Flags At Half-Staff, Here's Why
This is a class act move by President Trump. On Thursday, President Trump wrote a proclamation ordering the White House and all military buildings and bases to lower the U.S. flag half-staff to honor Specialist Sarah Beckstrom. Beckstrom was tragically shot and killed in Washington D.C. while on duty with the West Virginia National Guard. The White House released President Trump’s full proclamation: As a mark of respect for the memory of Special…
White House makes touching gesture to honor assassinated National Guard member, allegedly by CIA-linked Afghan
President Donald Trump's administration is honoring fallen National Guard member Spc. Sarah Beckstrom in the wake of her horrific murder just yards away from the White House grounds. The White House lowered all flags on the grounds to half-staff on Thursday after Beckstrom succumbed to her wounds on November 27, Thanksgiving Day. The suspect is a CIA-linked Afghan national who allegedly shot her and fellow guardsman Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in Wa…
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