In the early hours of Sunday, a mass shooting at Buford's Backyard Beer Garden on West 6th Street in downtown Austin left two civilians dead and 14 others wounded, with the gunman killed by police, bringing the total fatalities to three. The incident, occurring just one day after joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran, is being probed by the FBI as a potential act of terrorism, with emerging evidence suggesting it may have been a retaliatory attack motivated by the geopo

On November 27, 2025, a tragic ambush near the White House left two National Guard members wounded, with 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom succumbing to her injuries the following day.  The suspect, 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who had entered the U.S. via Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 and was granted asylum earlier that year.