The suspect in Wednesday's attack on two National Guard members near the White House "drove across the country" to "attack America," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Thursday.

The big picture: Officials have yet to identify a motive that led the suspect to travel across the country to D.C. and carry out a "targeted" assault that left two Guard members from West Virginia in critical condition.

Driving the news: The 29-year-old suspect, an Afghan national who officials said previously worked with the CIA, lived in Bellingham, Washington. Officials believe he resided with his wife and five children, U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said at a Thursday briefing. • He entered the country through a Biden-era program designed to assist vulnerable Afghan nationals, including those that aided U

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