3 d. ago Utah governor calls on people to ‘stop shooting each other’ after Kirk killing

Spencer Cox tells 60 Minutes he’s making plea after being able to ‘unsee’ video of Charlie Kirk being shotThe Utah governor, Spencer Cox, has called on people in the US to “stop shooting each other – that’s it” saying he makes that plea against political violence after being unable to “unsee” video of a sniper in his state killing rightwing activist Charlie Kirk.Cox delivered those comments in an interview aired Sunday evening on the CBS program 60 Minutes, 18 days after Kirk’s shooting death at Utah Valley University (UVU) and one week from the Turning Point USA founder’s memorial service outside Phoenix. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings revealed days after huge viewership spike for return

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ was taken off the air following a controversy sparked by the host’s comments about the death of Charlie Kirk

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6 d. ago ‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, the US president has unleashed an assault on free speech. Some conservatives are questioning his razor sharp U-turnIt has taken barely two weeks for Donald Trump to turn the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk to his political advantage, unleashing an unprecedented peacetime assault on free speech and a free press on the back of the assassination.Since Kirk’s death, the president and his top team have:forced a private media company to suspend late-night TV star Jimmy Kimmel for inaccurate comments he made about Kirk’s suspected shooter;threatened other TV networks with losing their licences should they say things Trump doesn’t like;vowed to prosecute “hate speech” that is fully protected under the first amendment;declared antifa a terrorist organisation in an indiscriminate attack on political ideology;and told journalists covering the Pentagon that they will have their access revoked unless they agree to restrictions on their reporting. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago TV host storms off own show over Israel and Charlie Kirk argument with co

A TV host stormed off her own show during a heated row over conspiracy theories about Israel’s involvement in the death of Charlie Kirk.

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7 d. ago TV host storms off own show over Israel and Charlie Kirk row with co

A TV host stormed off her own show during a heated row over conspiracy theories about Israel’s involvement in the death of Charlie Kirk.

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7 d. ago Tim Allen reveals Erika Kirk's speech inspired him to forgive his father's killer 60 years after tragic death

Tim Allen, 72, said he has struggled for over 60 years to forgive the man who killed his father.

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8 d. ago Merch sellers cash in on Kirk’s killing with flood of social media ads

Foreign brands not linked to Kirk’s Turning Point USA sell patriotic gear with unclear promises to donate profitsJust hours after Charlie Kirk’s death was confirmed, hundreds of advertisements for memorial merchandise appeared on Facebook and Instagram.In a viral post with more than 8,000 shares and hundreds of thousands of likes, the brand See Jesus In You promoted an “Echo of Freedom” shirt with an American flag and Kirk’s signature, calling him a symbol of “faith, liberty, and America”. The simple shirt, which Kirk was wearing when he was assassinated, has become a hot commodity among his conservative supporters. Another clothing brand, Liberty Faith Gear, struck a much more combative tone in marketing its version of the freedom tee, as it urged “patriots [to] rise when freedom is attacked. We do not hide. We do not bow.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Transgender Americans are seeing a wave of hate unleashed by Charlie Kirk’s killing | Erin Reed

In the aftermath of Kirk’s death, the far-right and Trump administration have turned up attacks on transgender peopleOn the day anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was shot, fear rippled through the left that the far right would seize the moment to consolidate power. Nowhere was that fear more acute than in the transgender community.Within hours, Republicans were already blaming trans people; one commentator even claimed the bullets carried “transgender symbols”, a claim investigators quickly debunked. But the deeper fear wasn’t misinformation – it was the crackdown that would follow. With fragile rights hanging by the thread of court rulings and blue-state protections, trans people braced for the worst. And they were right: The right has seized on the shooting as its own Reichstag fire, accelerating a campaign to target transgender existence – now with the full weight of the Trump administration behind it.Erin Reed is a transgender journalist based in Washington DC. She tracks LGBTQ+...

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8 d. ago South Park takes aim at FCC chair Brendan Carr in first episode since death of Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump is depicted attempting to abort his child with Satan in the near-the-knuckle new episode

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8 d. ago Jessica Chastain opposes Apple TV+ decision to delay 'The Savant' after Charlie Kirk's death

“The Savant” star Jessica Chastain says she disagrees with the decision to postpone the release of the Apple TV+ political thriller series

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9 d. ago Black leaders reject comparison of ‘unapologetic racist’ Charlie Kirk to MLK

The 31-year-old conservative activist was gunned down in Utah earlier this month

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9 d. ago Farage says Republicans ‘have to get used to things being said that they don’t like’ amid Jimmy Kimmel row

Nigel Farage has said Republicans "have to get used to things being said that they don't like" after late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended last week having made comments about the death of MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk.

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9 d. ago Robert De Niro joins Jimmy Kimmel to mock Trump’s FCC chairman

Robert De Niro made a surprise appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s first episode back after the host was suspended following comments made about the death of Charlie Kirk.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel weeps while saying he 'never intended' to 'make light of' Charlie Kirk's death

The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host delivered a searing 20-minute monologue that paid tribute to his supporters from the left and right while targeting Trump with a dressing down.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel fights back tears during emotional monologue as he returns to live show

Jimmy Kimmel choked back tears as he returned to his live show after a short suspension following comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel 'never intended to make light of Charlie Kirk's murder' as show returns

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to his late-night show after being suspended indefinitely following his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel's BFF Jennifer Aniston leads his celebrity pals reacting to return amid Charlie Kirk controversy

The host, 57, was 'indefinitely' suspended by ABC last week after the FCC came down on the network over comments he made about the death of conservative activist, Charlie Kirk.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel says he never intended to make light of Charlie Kirk’s death

After a standing ovation on his return, the TV host said: ‘It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man’.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel chokes up as he returns to live show: ‘It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man’

The late-night talk-show host, who was suspended ‘indefinitely’ last week after making comments about the death of MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel weeps he 'never intended' to 'make light of' Charlie Kirk's death

Late-night stars are celebrating Jimmy Kimmel 's return, despite nearly a third of ABC affiliates refusing to air his program after it was suspended last week.

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