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Inside The Times’s Reporting and Judgment Calls on Charlie Kirk’s Assassination  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

They will gather to mourn one of their own. On Sunday the late rightwing activist Charlie Kirk is set to be hailed by Donald Trump as a martyr of the Make America great again (Maga) movement. But Kirk’s memorial service at a 63,000-seat football stadium in Arizona could, critics fear, be exploited by the US president to serve a darker …

An armed man posing as law enforcement was detained at an Arizona stadium where a memorial service for Charlie Kirk is set to take place on Sunday, the Secret Service said. The man entered State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Friday and was “exhibiting suspicious” behavior, a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement Saturday. The spokesperson added that …

Stephen A. Smith criticised Jimmy Kimmel for his controversial remarks over Charlie Kirk’s death.(Image via OLIVIER TOURON/AFP via Getty, Jesse D, Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images) Charlie Kirk’s assassination has shaken the nation and amid the mess, popular host Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled by ABC Television Network, after he made a controversial remark on the political activist’s death. …

OREM, Utah (AP) — It took two decades for Utah Valley University to evolve from a small community college into the state’s largest school, boasting of having one of the safest campuses in the nation. It took only seconds for that image to be shattered by the assassination of right wing activist Charlie Kirk. The sprawling campus of nearly 50,000 …

Charlie Kirk’s assassination during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10 set off a chain of events that has rocked the nation’s political and cultural landscape. President Donald Trump blamed Kirk’s death on “the radical left”; conservative activists warned of “civil war”; journalists, publicists, and college faculty have been fired for their posts criticizing Kirk, who was a …

Why Charlie Kirk’s funeral is a seminal moment in the modern conservative movement  The Washington Post The manhunt in Charlie Kirk’s killing ended with the suspect’s parents walking him up to their local sheriff’s office  CNN Political Violence Isn’t New. But Something About This Moment Is.  The New York Times Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause  Vanity Fair In Dark …

Turning Point USA appoints Charlie Kirk’s widow as his successor  The Washington Post Erika Kirk named CEO of Turning Point USA  CNN Security will be tight for the Charlie Kirk memorial at State Farm Stadium  Axios Dept. of Homeland Security enhances security for Charlie Kirk’s funeral  ABC News Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting  AP News …

After the fatal shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk last week, observers rushed to take part in what’s become one of America’s most gruesome past times: waiting to figure out the politics of the shooter, so blame could be assigned to one party or the other for the tragedy. Conservative politicians hurried to identify the shooter as a far-left Democrat. …

Utah Valley University classes resumed Wednesday, leaving traumatized students facing “countless reminders” of last week’s on-campus assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was shot and killed by a single bullet last Wednesday while speaking at an event at the university in Orem during his American Comeback Tour — sending hordes of onlookers and students sprinting to safety. “I …