Trump gives update on wounded National Guard member 2 weeks after DC ambush shooting: ‘He got up from bed’

President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that West Virginia National Guard Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, who was critically wounded in a Thanksgiving eve ambush-style shooting in Washington, D.C., has begun showing incredible signs of recovery.

Speaking at an event in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, Trump told supporters he has remained in close contact with Wolfe’s family since the shooting that also killed 20-year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom.

The president described Wolfe's parents’ unwavering belief that their son would survive even as physicians warned that the odds were impossibly slim.

"The night that he was so badly hit and the doctors gave him almost no chance, I called their hospital room and spoke to her, and she said, sure, he'll be fine," Trump said. "Oh no, I'm telling you, he's going to. I'm praying, the whole country is praying, sir. I'm telling you, don't worry about it. He's going to be fine.’ This is the mother talking to me."

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"And the father is like, devastated," he continued. "He's an incredible guy too, both. And I went and invited them to the Oval Office, and they came in."

Trump said Wolfe’s mother never wavered. 

"She said, 'sir, he's fine.' It was amazing, actually."

Then Trump shared a significant medical update on Wolfe's condition since he was rushed into critical care.

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"And today, Monica — she said, 'we're all praying' and I'm praying. And then she called to say, ‘Sir, he moved his finger today.’ This is like three days later — ‘he moved his finger.’ 

And today I got a call that he got up from bed. Do you believe that? He got up, he got up," Trump told the crowd.

"Now, he didn't speak. He's not ready for that yet. I mean, you got hit in the head, but he got up, and boy, they're so happy."

Trump praised the medical teams watching over Wolfe. "It's amazing. And the care that they've given him — the hospital and the generals that have been there, the military that's been there — it's amazing," he said.

Wolfe, 24, and Beckstrom were ambushed near the Farragut West area of downtown Washington on Nov. 26. 

Beckstrom succumbed to her injuries, and Wolfe has remained in critical care since the attack.

Federal prosecutors charged 29-year-old Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal in connection with the shooting, including first-degree murder.

The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.

$900B defense bill advances to House-wide vote as conservative mutiny threat looms

A wide-ranging bill setting the federal government's defense and national security policy for the fiscal year survived a key hurdle Tuesday night, but questions over whether it will get to President Donald Trump's desk still remain.

The House Rules Committee voted to advance the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) along party lines after hours of debate, setting up the bill for a chamber-wide vote on Wednesday afternoon.

The legislation will dictate how roughly $900 billion of the federal budget will be spent on America's national defense.

But with several conservatives already voicing concerns, it's unclear if it can survive a procedural hurdle that will likely need almost all House Republicans to vote in lock step despite support from the majority of the House GOP.

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The House Rules Committee is the final gatekeeper before most pieces of legislation get a chamber-wide vote. Lawmakers on the panel are responsible for setting terms of debate on a bill, including deciding which amendments, if any, can be voted on.

The next step is generally a House-wide procedural vote, called a rule vote, where lawmakers decide whether to green-light debating the bill. 

Fox News Digital was told earlier this week that House GOP leaders hope to hold the NDAA vote in the early evening Wednesday.

But questions about whether the bill could pass a chamber-wide rule vote earlier in the day began popping up soon after the 3,000-page bill was unveiled Sunday night.

Rule votes generally fall along party lines even if the underlying measure has bipartisan support. And with a razor-thin majority, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can only afford to lose two GOP votes and still win.

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At least two House Republicans, Eric Burlison, R-Mo., and Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital Tuesday afternoon they are undecided on the House-wide rule vote.

Some conservatives are concerned with the bill's exclusion of a ban on central bank digital currency (CBDC). Without it, GOP privacy hawks argue that the federal government could use digital currency for widespread surveillance and control of Americans.

"Conservatives were promised that an anti-central bank digital currency language, authored by Tom Emmer, the whip, would be in the NDAA. Our initial reading of it, we've had it for hours now, is that it is not in there. And then there is no anti-abortion language either. So, as we fund our military, there are red lines that we need to put in here," Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, said on "Mornings with Maria" Monday.

Self told Fox News Digital he was also undecided on the rule vote but would vote "no" on the final legislation.

Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, posted his frustration with the measure's exclusion on X and told reporters he too was undecided on the rule.

Meanwhile, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., said he was frustrated with the process of crafting the final NDAA.

"All of this was negotiated behind closed doors," he told Fox News Digital. "We're getting shoved, and we just have to eat it, or, you know, vote against increasing pay to our military service members. It's a very unfortunate situation to be in, that the speaker keeps putting us in."

And Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said he was likely going to vote "no" on the rule vote Wednesday.

It was a good sign, however, that the House Rules Committee's three House Freedom Caucus members — Reps. Morgan Griffith, R-Va.; Chip Roy, R-Texas; and Ralph Norman, R-S.C. — all voted to advance it to a chamber-wide vote.

The vast majority of House Republicans are also supportive of the legislation, pointing out it includes multiple measures codifying Trump's agenda, ramping up the U.S.'s capabilities against China and other adversaries, as well as providing a pay increase for service members.

House GOP leaders have the option of putting the bill up under suspension of the rules, meaning it bypasses that procedural hurdle in exchange for raising the passage threshold to two-thirds rather than a simple majority.

The NDAA itself is likely to pass along bipartisan lines, but it's unclear how many Democrats will help. 

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said he would vote for the NDAA despite concerns "with how a number of issues were handled by the Speaker and the White House during final negotiations," he said in a statement.

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