Treasury moves to restrict tax credits following shooting

Source: The Hill

11/28/25 5:27 PM ET


Following the shooting of two National Guard members serving in Washington, D.C., Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Trump administration will be putting limits on who can get certain federal tax credits.

The shooting occurred two blocks from the White House, in what has been described as an ambush-style shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members. Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries while Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition.

The suspect in the shooting is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. as part of a Biden-era humanitarian program to resettle Afghans. He was later granted asylum by the Trump administration.

Bessent said on the social platform X that the Treasury department would be working to ensure that those in the country illegally and “other unqualified aliens” would not be able to access certain federal tax credits. The rule appears to have already been in the works, with the department moving to reclassify certain tax credits as federal public benefits.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5625931-national-guard-shooting-tax-credit-limits/