December 1, 2025: What We Know About the National Guard Shooting, Pause on All Asylum Decisions, EPA Approves PFAS Chemicals for Pesticides, FDA May Overhaul Vaccine Approval Process, and More.

Episode Format:

1. What We Know About the National Guard Shooting in D.C. (2:07)

2. Trump Orders Pause on All Asylum Decisions (~19:38)

3. Georgia Judge Dismisses Election Interference Case Against Trump and Others (~27:21)

4. FDA Memo Signals Possible Changes to Vaccine Approval Process (~36:01)

5. EPA Approves Two New PFAS Chemicals for Use in Pesticides (~44:23)

6. Critical Thinking Segment (~49:25)

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What We Know About the National Guard Shooting in D.C.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/national-guard-member-fighting-for-his-life-after-dc-ambush-shooting/4021658/ 

https://wjla.com/news/local/national-guard-shooting-timeline-washington-dc-sarah-beckstrom-dies-andrew-wolfe-critical-west-virginia-guardsmen-ambush-attack-violence-rahmanullah-lakanwal-afghanistan-president-trump-nation-world 

https://nypost.com/2025/11/29/us-news/rahmanullah-lakanwal-expected-to-survive-after-dc-national-guard-shooting/ 

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/27/nx-s1-5622991/afghan-refugee-program-national-guard-shooting-suspect

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/17/afghanistan-striking-image-appears-to-show-640-people-fleeing-kabul-in-packed-us-military-plane

https://apnews.com/article/national-guard-shooting-afghan-operation-allies-welcome-b11c48fb0b807e8f519c266e2a004d8e

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-guard-shooting-suspect-vetted-us-granted-asylum/story?id=127930034

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/rahmanullah-lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-dc-suspect-b2874183.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/national-guard-shooting-suspect-afghanistan-zero-units/

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/national-guard-shooting-suspect-vetted-us-granted-asylum/story?id=127930034

https://www.dvidshub.net/news/552532/wva-national-guard-confirms-identity-guardsmen-wounded-dc-shooting

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/27/national-guard-shooting-washington-dc-live-updates/87491259007/ 

https://san.com/cc/legal-questions-surround-trumps-third-world-immigration-restriction/ 

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/killed-national-guard-member-had-grown-to-embrace-assignment-to-dc/4021792/ 

https://nypost.com/2025/11/30/us-news/national-guardswoman-sarah-beckstroms-ex-boyfriend-attends-memorial-service-after-dc-shooting/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/national-guard-member-killed-dc-shooting-coworkers/

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/national-guard-dc-shooting-victims-who-21f23e05?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdgTYBnX8_RsQjmlvC8fYYdOQRulMouckCU6aCwA1-A1zpgnrTfD-KPwoguUA%3D%3D&gaa_ts=692d98e7&gaa_sig=0TEpKd03PIQyxIOhX3-_SBP3niS5EBD8rgqYvnKrY6eLw37KIFXKkFJt23prTtAzOSnwmoMOg8Tjva7ZZAKbLA%3D%3D 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-invites-families-of-2-national-guard-members-who-were-shot-to-white-house

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/30/politics/dc-shooting-suspect-rahmanullah-lakanwal

https://apnews.com/article/lakanwal-national-guard-shooting-suspect-afghan-5e5e9567d95a5d0ef806b714bb3ee3b7

Trump Orders Pause on All Asylum Decisions

https://www.dhs.gov/archive/operation-allies-welcome

https://x.com/NCTCKent/status/1994433380746727669?s=20

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/28/trump-suspends-immigration-from-third-rld-orders-review-of-green-cards

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625429081411360

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115625427648743414

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-implements-additional-national-security-measures-in-the-in-the-wake-of-national-guard-shooting

https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/customs-immigration/uscis-implements-extra-national-security-measures-in-wake-of-national-guard-shooting-by-afghan-national/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/restricting-the-entry-of-foreign-nationals-to-protect-the-united-states-from-foreign-terrorists-and-other-national-security-and-public-safety-threats/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxweyy157go

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/uscis-halts-all-asylum-decisions-after-dc-shooting-national-guard-members

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-965_h315.pdf

https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/17-965

Georgia Judge Dismisses Election Interference Case Against Trump and Others

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/atlanta/news/georgia-drops-election-interference-case-against-trump/

https://www.wabe.org/fulton-election-case/

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/georgia-moves-drop-2020-election-interference-case-against-trump.amp

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/atlanta/news/how-much-will-georgias-dismissed-trump-case-cost-taxpayers-heres-what-we-know-so-far/

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/jacksonprogress-argus.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/3a/83ae9d21-6f0a-5498-8a38-00d2894dac72/6927313b692e4.file.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution#References

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115617658912008194

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/03/politics/trump-brad-raffensperger-phone-call-transcript 

https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2023/08/CRIMINAL-INDICTMENT-Trump-Fulton-County-GA.pdf

FDA Memo Signals Possible Changes to Vaccine Approval Process

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/politics/vaccine-approval-process-fda-official

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5626374-fda-vaccine-rules-child-covid-deaths/amp/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/health/fda-children-deaths-covid-vaccines.htm

https://x.com/adamfeuerstein/status/1994884960894029846

EPA Approves Two New PFAS Chemicals for Use in Pesticides

https://time.com/7336883/epa-pfas-pesticides-health-risks/ 

https://www.foodandwine.com/epa-approves-pesticides-containing-forever-chemicals-pfas-11855500

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5622142-epa-new-pesticide-forever-chemicals/

https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/4-new-pesticides-ignite-debate/103/web/2025/06

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/23/pfas-pesticides-epa-research

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2024/07/new-study-finds-alarming-rise-persistent-forever-chemicals