26 h. ago Oxford Union faces financial ruin after free speech row over Charlie Kirk leaves debating society in 'utter turmoil'

George Abaraonye (pictured), 20, who debated Mr Kirk prior to his death, sparked outrage by posting a WhatsApp message appearing to celebrate the violence against the US influencer.

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36 h. ago Result expected in confidence vote on Oxford Union president

George Abaraonye faced controversy over comments about the killing of US campaigner Charlie Kirk.

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38 h. ago Voting ends in no confidence ballot of Oxford Union president

George Abaraonye faced controversy for comments over the killing of US campaigner Charlie Kirk.

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48 h. ago ‘Indecency has become a new hallmark’: writer and historian Jelani Cobb on race in Donald Trump’s America

In a new essay collection, the dean of Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism makes a compelling argument that everything is connected and nothing is inevitable about racial justice or democracy“From the vantage point of the newsroom, the first story is almost never the full story,” writes Jelani Cobb. “You hear stray wisps of information, almost always the most inflammatory strands of a much bigger, more complicated set of circumstances.”The dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York could be reflecting on the recent killing of the racist provocateur Charlie Kirk. In fact, he is thinking back to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American student from Florida who was shot dead by a white Latino neighbourhood watch volunteer in 2012. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago MAGA targets prestigious Christian private school in Nashville for not doing enough to honor Charlie Kirk

Lipscomb Academy in Nashville, Tennessee, attacked over response to Kirk memorial staged by students and accused of left-wing bias by reality TV star Savannah Chrisley

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3 d. ago Trump touts slavery icon as Vance whitewashes racist texts. These guys aren’t saying quiet part out loud — they’re shouting

No one asked the president about Robert E. Lee, it just rolled off his tongue, and his No. 2 used whataboutism to take a pass on denouncing blatantly racist statements. It’s not a good look for the Republican Party, writes John Bowden

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3 d. ago Oxford Union president who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting could be ousted by 'sickened' alumni

George Abaraonye sparked outrage last month by posting social media messages appearing to approve of the violence against the US influencer.

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3 d. ago Oxford Union president who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting faces being ousted in no confidence vote

George Abaraonye, 20, shared several videos in a WhatsApp group last month, seemingly welcoming the news that the right-wing activist had been shot

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3 d. ago Oxford Union president who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting set to be ousted by 'sickened' alumni

George Abaraonye sparked outrage last month by posting social media messages appearing to approve of the violence against the US influencer.

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3 d. ago Top Senate Republican says he can ‘guarantee’ a vote on key healthcare provision amid shutdown standoff – live

Senate majority leader there will be a vote on Obamacare subsidies, as Democrats have demanded, but ‘can’t guarantee it’s going to pass’The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, has criticized vice-president JD Vance’s over his comments following the leak of young messages from various Young Republcian group chats.“The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys,” Vance said in a new episode of the Charlie Kirk Show. “They tell edgy, offensive jokes. That’s what kids do.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Vice-president downplays messages such as ‘I love Hitler’ in chat by 24 to 35-year-olds to ‘stupid jokes’JD Vance sought to downplay the revelation that leaders of a group called the Young Republicans exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist text messages – including one in which rape was called “epic”, and another in which someone wrote “I love Hitler” – as youthful indiscretions.Vance, speaking on a new episode of the Charlie Kirk Show, the podcast run by colleagues of the late conservative activist, suggested that the participants in the leaked chats were much younger than they in fact are. Some of the participants are barely younger than the 41-year-old vice-president. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Liam Payne death and Charlie Kirk murder flooded onto children's social media feeds

Children have been bombarded with upsetting content on social media including the death of Liam Payne and the murder of Charlie Kirk, research shows today

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5 d. ago Erika Kirk shares daughter’s birthday message to Charlie Kirk

Erika Kirk shared her daughter’s birthday message to Charlie Kirk whilst posthumously accepting the Presidential Medal of Honour on his behalf.

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5 d. ago Trump White House marks Charlie Kirk’s birthday by yanking visas of foreigners who mocked his death

The Trump administration also used the occasion to posthumously award Kirk the Medal of Freedom

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5 d. ago The Latest: Trump awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Donald Trump has awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, posthumously to Charlie Kirk on Tuesday

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5 d. ago Trump administration revokes visas of six foreigners accused of mocking Charlie Kirk

The State Department on Tuesday revealed it has reviewed online social media posts and clips of Kirk following his death at a Utah college campus on September 10.

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5 d. ago Erika Kirk fights back tears as Trump presents her with Charlie's Medal of Freedom: 'You have given him the best birthday ever'

President Donald Trump awarded Charlie Kirk the Medal of Freedom on Tuesday, marking what would have been his assassinated friend's 32nd birthday.

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5 d. ago Charlie Kirk’s widow accepts Presidential Medal of Freedom on his behalf following Trump’s self

Erika Kirk thanked President Donald Trump for honoring Charlie Kirk in ‘such a profound and meaningful way’

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5 d. ago In Dallas, 6,700 women rally for culture war battles after Kirk’s death

“Welcome to the fight,” commentator Allie Beth Stuckey greeted the 6,500 conservative, Christian women assembled in the Dallas, Texas arena on Saturday morning (Oct. 11)

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5 d. ago Trump posthumously awards Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom

President presented award to Kirk’s widow, Erika, on what would have been the far-right commentator’s 32nd birthdayDonald Trump posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States, to the assassinated far-right commentator Charlie Kirk at the White House on Tuesday.Kirk, who was shot at an event at Utah Valley University in September, was among the most significant rightwing activists in the modern political era, galvanizing a younger generation of conservatives to engage in politics and support Trump’s candidacy ahead of the 2024 election. Continue reading...

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