In a nod to critics, she thanked displaced residents for their “honesty” — presumably, in telling her just how angry they are at the city’s failure to save their...
The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University has sparked fresh conversations about the security of speakers on campuses and what can be done to improve it as conservatives vow the incident will not scare them from universities. Both campus and Kirk’s private security were present at Wednesday's debate event, but experts say completely...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday that "every American is harmed" by the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was shot and killed at an event on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday. The conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA is survived by his wife, Erika, and their...
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Sunday that “just believing differently than some other American is not illegal” in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. “I'm a conservative Republican. I have Democratic friends that think very differently, vote very differently, but they're still my friend on it. So, just having that ideology, just believing...
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the Trump administration is not providing the "leadership that we need to bring this country together" after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot last week. During an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," Buttigieg was asked about President Trump's video he posted on Truth Social after announcing Kirk's death,...
American national interests will be well served if the two Asian giants can “bury the hatchet” on their decades-long border dispute, embrace compromise and return to more pragmatic bilateral relations.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox told NBC News’ Kristen Welker on Sunday that while the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s slaying came from a conservative-leaning household, “his ideology was very different than his family.” The alleged gunman, Tyler Robinson, was taken into custody by the FBI late Thursday evening. Robinson, 22, implicated himself in the shooting to...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said Sunday that conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated Wednesday, “said some very inflammatory things” but “also said some other things about forgiveness.” “Charlie said some very inflammatory things, and some — in some corners of the web that’s all people have heard,” Cox told CNN’s Dana Bash on...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) will not run for re-election in 2026, he told ABC News on Sunday. McCaul, 63, has represented Texas’ 10th Congressional District, which spans from the Houston suburbs to Austin, since 2005. He also chaired the House Homeland Security and House Foreign Affairs Committees from January 2013 to January 2019 and from...
An infectious disease — one that rejects scientific expertise, metastasizes conspiracy theories and contaminates programs that track and treat illnesses — has entered the body politic of America’s public health agencies.
Missouri Republicans advanced a new set of congressional lines this month that look to add one pickup opportunity for them in the House ahead of 2026, making them the third state poised to tee up a new House map before the midterms. Legislators in the Show Me State convened for a special session over several...
An effort by President Trump's administration to curb advertising for pharmaceutical drugs on television is posing a potential marketing hurdle for some of the country's largest drugmakers while threatening a key revenue stream for media companies. Advertising and pharmaceutical industry experts say an executive order Trump signed this week could pose an existential threat to...
President Trump was meeting with architects about plans for a White House ballroom when staff interrupted to inform him that Charlie Kirk, the prominent conservative activist, had been killed. "I didn't know what they meant. I said, 'What do you mean, dead?'" Trump recounted Friday, two days after the shooting. “‘Charlie Kirk was shot.’ They thought...
