3 h. ago JD Vance says national unity is impossible with those celebrating Charlie Kirk's killing

Vice President JD Vance says the national unity he's “desperate” for after the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk cannot be had with people who condone political violence

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7 h. ago Britain's strictest head blames 'woke ideology' for Oxford Union's president celebrating Charlie Kirk killing

Katharine Birbalsingh, founder of Michaela Community School in Wembley, said it was a 'product' of schools promoting Left-wing ideologies.

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8 h. ago DNA evidence links suspect to killing of Charlie Kirk, FBI director says

Kash Patel says DNA found on towel wrapped around rifle believed to have been used to kill Kirk matches that of Tyler RobinsonKash Patel, the director of the FBI, has said that DNA evidence found by investigators links the man accused of killing rightwing political activist Charlie Kirk to the fatal attack despite his alleged refusal to cooperate with authorities after his arrest.Speaking on the conservative-friendly Fox News network on Monday morning, Patel said that DNA found on a towel wrapped around the rifle believed to have been used to kill Kirk matches that of the suspect in custody, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Charlie Kirk assassination will not change 'comprehensive' security plans for Trump visit, UK police say

Police reviewed security arrangements ahead of the state visit of Donald Trump, who arrives in Windsor on Wednesday, but said the killing of US activist Charlie Kirk has not changed their plans.

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8 h. ago Barron Trump ‘very hurt’ by Charlie Kirk’s killing, his father says

Donald Trump’s youngest son requested to meet with Kirk and was ‘full of praise’ for him afterwards, the president told Fox News

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12 h. ago Emmys stay silent on Charlie Kirk shooting with no mention at ceremony

Ceremony sidesteps the ongoing political fallout from Kirk’s killing - but performers did mention issues like Gaza and ICE raids

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13 h. ago Charlie Kirk shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says

Spencer Cox said suspect had been ‘radicalized’ and was in relationship with person transitioning from male to femaleThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, has said the man suspected of killing Charlie Kirk comes “from a conservative family” but that “his ideology was very different than his family”.On Sunday, the Republican governor said Tyler Robinson, 22, was in relationship with a person “transitioning from male to female”, and that investigators were continuing to explore a possible motive in the attack. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Tulsi Gabbard compares Charlie Kirk’s killing to 9/11 at Kennedy Center memorial

Trump’s Director of National Intelligence says political opponents ‘have made God their enemy’

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15 h. ago Charlie Kirk shooting suspect joked 'doppelganger' killed Donald Trump ally, messages reveal

Tyler Robinson, 22, told an online chatroom a lookalike killed the conservative activist, 31, with a rifle at Utah Valley University on Thursday

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24 h. ago Utah Governor says Charlie Kirk's alleged killer joked about his resemblance to assassin online

Tyler Robinson, 22, the man accused of killing conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, had joked that the shooter was his 'doppelganger' hours before he was arrested.

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28 h. ago Kirk shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says

Spencer Cox says suspect, who isn’t cooperating with officials, had been ‘radicalized’ and was in relationship with person transitioning from male to femaleThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, on Sunday told national talkshows that the man suspected of killing Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk was living with and in a relationship with a person “transitioning from male to female” as investigators continue exploring a possible motive in the attack.The Republican politician’s comments came four days after Kirk – a critic of gay and transgender rights – was shot to death from a distance with a rifle during an event at Utah Valley University shortly after asserting that “too many” trans people had committed mass shootings in the US. In reality, according to what the nonpartisan Gun Violence Archive said to NBC News, only about a tenth of 1% of such cases over the previous decade have allegedly been carried out by trans people. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Governor confirms Charlie Kirk assassin's romantic relationship with a transgender lover being probed for motive

Utah Governor Spencer Cox confirmed Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk's alleged killer, is in a relationship with a transgender lover and that the FBI is probing that as a possible motive.

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31 h. ago FBI tried to hide trans identity of Charlie Kirk suspect's lover after his chilling four

The FBI tried keeping the gender identity of the trans partner of Charlie Kirk's alleged killer a secret after his reaction to investigators.

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32 h. ago Shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, Utah governor says

Spencer Cox says suspect had been ‘radicalized’, and had a romantic partner transitioning from male to femaleThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, on Sunday told national talkshows that the man suspected of killing Turning Point USA executive director Charlie Kirk was living with and in a relationship with a person “transitioning from male to female” as investigators continue exploring a possible motive in the attack.The Republican politician’s comments came four days after Kirk – a critic of gay and transgender rights – was shot to death from a distance with a rifle during an event at Utah Valley University while speaking with a student about mass shootings in the US and trans people. Nonetheless, Cox stopped short of saying that officials had determined the suspect’s partner’s alleged status was a factor in Kirk’s killing. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Inside 'hellhole' prison where Charlie Kirk's alleged killer could live out his days

Tyler Robinson is in custody on suspicion of committing the assassination of Charlie Kirk, but should he be found guilty, several analysts have found where he could be locked up

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33 h. ago Utah governor says it's too soon to be sure of motive on Kirk shooting but suspect was on the left

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says investigators are not yet ready to discuss a motive in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk but the 22-year-old who was arrested leaned to the left

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35 h. ago Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan

In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerousMaybe it is the gruesome suddenness of his death that has made so many people forget the realities of Charlie Kirk’s life. After the 31-year-old rightwing influencer was shot dead at a college campus appearance in Utah on Wednesday, many commentators rushed to condemn political violence, on the one hand, and to issue warm tributes to Kirk’s life, on the other. The former of these is legitimate: that political policy should not be determined by force, or political disagreements settled through homicidal violence, is a baseline precondition of not just a democratic form of government, but of any functional society. The latter, perhaps, can be explained by the admirable human impulse towards gentleness and reconciliation. The horror and shock of Kirk’s assassination prompted some to offer their generosity, and their sympathy, to the dead man.Perhaps it was these noble gestur...

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37 h. ago Charlie Kirk’s death raises fears of ‘beginning of a darker chapter’ for US violence

Social media and widespread availability of lethal weapons make this era more dangerous than the 1960s – and the violence may increaseCharlie Kirk’s killing came amid a rise in political violence in the US, the kind now so frequent that it moves swiftly out of news cycles it would once have dominated.The list is long and growing. From the two assassination attempts on Donald Trump during his campaign last year to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s home burnt in an arson attack in April and the Democratic Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband gunned down by a man dressed as a police officer in June, to name a few. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Charlie Kirk 'assassin' Tyler Robinson 'seen kissing transgender partner before killing'

Charlie Kirk was shot dead in front of thousands of students at Utah Valley University as he debated political issues as the 'assassination' has left the US reeling

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39 h. ago Inside hellhole jail where Charlie Kirk murder suspect Tyler Robinson could live

Charlie Kirk's suspected killer Tyler Robinson may spend the rest of his days locked up in a Utah jail plagued by scabies outbreaks, swarms of mosquitoes and violent attacks - where he could one day face execution

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