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Kash Patel speaks at a news conference, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah, as Utah department of public safety commissioner Beau Mason, left, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox listen. (AP Photo/Lindsay Wasson)

FBI Director Patel faces congressional hearings on Kirk assassination probe

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a news conference, as Utah department of public safety commissioner Beau Mason, left, and FBI Director Kash Patel listens, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah,(AP Photo/Lindsay Wasson)

What to know about the killing of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA

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This photo released by the Utah Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 shows Tyler Robinson. (Utah Governor's Office via AP)

Messages on Kirk assassin suspect’s bullets linked to antifa, LGBTQ, ‘furries,’ gaming subcultures

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: We must be better prepared

The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Aug. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pentagon officials: No tolerance for troops mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The casket containing the body of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed on Wednesday is removed from Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trump says suspected Charlie Kirk assassin is ‘in custody’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a news conference, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsay Wasson)

Utah’s governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find ‘off-ramp’ from political violence

By Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

FILE - Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk speaks to the audience on his "Exposing Critical Racism Theory" tour on Oct. 5, 2021, in Mankato, Minn. (AP Photo/Jackson Forderer, File)

Online liberal social media users celebrate Charlie Kirk’s assassination

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd for ‘insensitive’ and ‘unacceptable’ comments around Kirk shooting

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Members of the community gather at the Capitol in Salt Lake City to honor Charlie Kirk after he was shot at an event at Utah Valley University and later died at a local hospital, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP)

Charlie Kirk’s casket to be flown to Arizona aboard Air Force Two

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, speaks during the Turning Point Action conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) **FILE**

Sports world remembers Kirk: ‘A name synonymous with having the courage to speak what you believe’

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Vice President JD Vance listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Vance to fly to Utah to pay respects to Charlie Kirk’s family, cancels New York 9/11 trip

The Washington Times

FILE - President Donald Trump shakes hands with moderator Charlie Kirk, during a Generation Next White House forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Politicians who have experienced violence directly react to Charlie Kirk shooting

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Sisters Clara Hetland, 4, left, Haddie Hetland, center, 9, and Audra Hetland 6, of Surprise, Ariz., spend time at a makeshift memorial set up at Turning Point USA headquarters after the shooting death at a Utah college on Wednesday of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder and CEO of the organization, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk mourned as a ‘martyr for truth’ after assassination

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Law enforcement enters a building at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)

Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killer but provide little about motive

By Hannah Schoenbaum, Alanna Durkin Richer, Mark Sherman and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

The FBI released two photos of a person of interest in the Sept. 10 fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University. (FBI Salt Lake City via X)

FBI releases surveillance photos of suspected gunman in Charlie Kirk assassination

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

A police officer walks near the scene of the shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Trump touts ‘progress’ in hunt for Charlie Kirk’s killer, says there’s ‘indication’ of motive

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives at the Turning Point Believers' Summit, July 26, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Charlie Kirk, a Christian family man and patriot, assassinated for traditional beliefs

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

Graphic video of Kirk shooting was everywhere online, showing how media gatekeeper role has changed

By David Bauder - Associated Press

Charlie Kirk, conservative activist and founder of Turning Point USA, speaks to supporters of President Donald Trump at a rally outside the Maricopa County Recorder's Office in Phoenix on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) **FILE**

Silenced: Charlie Kirk loved to debate staunchest critics on the left and was killed while doing it

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times