The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has raised new fears that the country is entering another era of political violence.
One worrying sign: Americans’ attention has moved on...
President Trump’s Vatican envoy delivered a special birthday gift to Pope Leo XIV ahead of the pontiff’s 70th celebration on Sunday. Brian Burch brought a cake from Portillo’s, a popular Chicago food chain, to commemorate the U.S.-born pope’s first birthday as head of the Catholic Church, according to Reuters. Burch told the pope, "Portillo's sent...
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Friday said President Trump and his surrounding staff are “struggling” after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “So many people around President Trump are very close to Charlie Kirk. President Trump was very close to Charlie Kirk. And President Trump faced two assassination attempts, one...
The FBI said Thursday that authorities have recovered a rifle believed to be used to shoot and kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday. The manhunt for the assassin, who fled Utah Valley University after shooting Kirk, is still ongoing. Law enforcement has footage of the shooter, who they believe is of college...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said he includes President Trump among those who should tone down their rhetoric in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ”I mean, there is a lot of rhetoric. And the president himself engages in it. He called it a hostile act to co-sponsor the Epstein resolution," said...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) called on tech billionaire Elon Musk to remove graphic videos of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination from social platform X. “I am calling on @elonmusk, @finkd and @tiktok_us to remove the horrifying videos of Charlie Kirk’s murder. He has a family, young children, and no one should be forced to...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will attend a ceremony Thursday morning commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. Earlier Thursday, a large American flag was draped across the west side of the building — marking the area that was struck by American Airlines Flight 77. According to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum,...
Inflation accelerated in August, according to data released Thursday by the Labor Department, complicating the Federal Reserve's efforts to balance interest rates amid intense political and economic pressure. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent last month, up from a monthly gain of 0.2 percent in July, and 2.9 percent over the past 12...
The at-large assassin who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday likely fired from a nearby rooftop during an event at Utah Valley University (UVU), according to local officials. “The shooting is believed to be a targeted attack," Utah's Department of Public Safety (DPS) said in a statement. "The shooter is believed to have...
The U.S. will honor the victims of Sept. 11, 2001, during an annual remembrance ceremony Thursday morning at Ground Zero in New York City. According to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, 2,977 people died during the terrorist attacks — including 2,753 in New York City, 184 at the Pentagon and 40 on Flight 93 that crashed...
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday will travel to Salt Lake City to pay his respects to the family of Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed a day earlier, a source familiar told The Hill. Second lady Usha Vance will join him. Kirk, a conservative activist and leading voice in the MAGA movement, was...
The nation on Thursday marks the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, which killed 2,977 people in three locations. Memorials will take place in the shadow of the brazen killing of political commentator Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down Wednesday on a Utah college campus. The shooting suspect remains at large. A person...
A manhunt was underway Thursday morning for the assassin who shot and killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a speaking event at Utah Valley University (UVU) on Wednesday. Police originally detained two individuals suspected to be connected to the shooting but later released them. “We initially took in George Zinn as a suspect. He was...
