White House deputy chief of staff for policy and U.S. homeland security advisor Stephen Miller, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and former Communications Director for the Vice President Katie Miller chat at the end of a Medal of Freedom Ceremony for late conservative activist Charlie Kirk in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. read more …
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Donald 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 …
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Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika, accepted the Medal of Freedom awarded to her husband posthumously on Tuesday, thanking those around the world for believing in Kirk and his mission. “You are the heartbeat of this future movement,” Erika said. “Everything Charlie built—you guys are the legacy holders of that. You’re living his mission with him… I know that freedom will endure.” …
Read More »WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America’s highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation’s politics further to the right. The ceremony coincided with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday. It came just over a month after the Turning Point USA founder …
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Gov. Newsom on Friday waded further into the controversy surrounding a higher education compact President Trump has presented to nine universities including USC, chiding campus leadership to “do the right thing” and reject the offer. The compact, sent Wednesday to the University of Southern California and other campuses nationwide, has roiled higher education with its demands for rightward campus policy …
Read More »TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials decided Tuesday to set aside nearly three acres of prime downtown Miami real estate next to the historic Freedom Tower as a potential site of the future presidential library of President Donald Trump. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to give the parcel appraised at more than $66 million to the …
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A key community panel on Monday rejected plans for a casino next to the United Nations, marking the third casino proposal to fail in Manhattan and ensuring no casino will be green-lit in the borough in the immediate future. The rejection of the Freedom Plaza proposal, by a 4-2 vote, came despite last-minute sweeteners by the developers, who promised to …
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Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A delegation of US lawmakers met with Chinese defence minister Dong Jun on Monday in the first House of Representatives visit to Beijing in six years, with talks aimed at bolstering exchanges including military-to-military communication. The bipartisan delegation was led by Democratic US representative Adam Smith, …
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Angelina Jolie has said “I don’t recognise my country” amid the threats to free speech in the US, saying “anything anywhere that divides or limits personal expressions and freedoms from anyone, I think, is very dangerous”. At Spain’s San Sebastián film festival on Sunday, the Oscar winning actor was asked by a journalist: “What do you fear as an artist …
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