President Donald Trump announced Thursday that West Virginia National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom, one of two soldiers shot near the White House the day before Thanksgiving, has died from her injuries. The president delivered the news moments after learning of her passing. “I must unfortunately tell you that just seconds before I went on, right now […]
The country entered Thanksgiving under a heavy shadow as President Donald J. Trump confirmed the death of one of the National Guardsmen ambushed just blocks from the White House—a targeted attack that is rapidly reshaping the national conversation around security, immigration, and the rule of law. In remarks delivered Thursday, the president announced that 20-year-old […]
President Donald Trump issued his Thanksgiving Day proclamation by centering the nation’s founding traditions and offering what he called America’s “endless gratitude to Almighty God.” The proclamation drew heavily on historical precedent, invoking the language of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to frame gratitude as a civic and spiritual cornerstone of the country. Trump […]
