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Charlie Kirk’s death is heartbreaking. Any loss of life to gun violence is. But what strikes me most is not only the grief, but the imbalance. In the weeks ahead, his story will dominate the headlines, the panels, the airwaves. His face will be on every screen, his legacy dissected endlessly. And yet, just two…
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President Trump nominated an American Airlines pilot to serve on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) following concerns with airline regulations in recent months.  Senate records show John DeLeeuw, managing director of safety and efficiency for American Airlines and a Boeing 787 captain, was appointed to the board by the Trump administration, according to reports…
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He is making this a “tool of political intimidation.”

A top State Department official on Thursday warned “foreigners” in the U.S. against praising the death of Charlie Kirk, the conservative influencer who was shot and killed at an event in Utah on Wednesday.  “In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and…
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(NEXSTAR) — President Donald Trump has announced that he will posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot while speaking at an event in Utah on Wednesday. Kirk, 31, was hit by a single gunshot believed to have been fired from the roof of a nearby building…
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South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace (R) said she would begin carrying a gun when permitted after the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “I’ll start carrying again when I’m back home, and when I’m allowed to carry where it’s reciprocal. In other states, I will have a firearm on my person all the time, and…
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Vice President Vance’s plane, Air Force Two, will transport Charlie Kirk’s casket from Utah to Arizona, a day after the conservative activist was assassinated during an appearance at a university. A source familiar told The Hill that Vance and second lady Usha Vance will meet with Kirk’s family and close friends in Salt Lake City…
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Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) on Thursday said he will seek to have social media companies place lifetime bans on users who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist shot Wednesday while speaking on the campus of Utah Valley University. “I’m going to use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to…
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Peter Mandelson, who was ousted Thursday as the U.K.’s top diplomat in the U.S., has led a storied career in British politics over the past two decades — including at least two resignations. Mandelson was removed from his post because of his ties to the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Stephen Doughty, the U.K.’s minister…
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The Ohio National Guard will continue deploying troops in Washington, D.C. through the end of November, the state’s governor announced on Wednesday. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), who sent 150 troops to the nation’s capital last month, said he agreed to a request from the Secretary of the Army for a troop extension through Nov.…
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President Trump reportedly told CNBC anchor Joe Kernen that he thought slain conservative influencer Charlie Kirk “could have been president some day.” “He’s devastated about Charlie Kirk and said that, what a guy, what a great individual, and he said he helped him greatly in the last election and thinks that Charlie Kirk could have…
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The far-right activist was known for espousing racist, sexist, transphobic and nationalist beliefs on college campuses across the country.

When more than a dozen Russian drones flew into Poland overnight this week, NATO scrambled fighter jets to take them down. Western officials called it a “dangerous escalation” of the war in Ukraine. And they’re right; this wasn’t just another skirmish on the border. This was history. For the first time ever, NATO forces engaged…
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Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Thursday said Israeli strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha “killed any hope” of releasing hostages. Six people were killed in the strikes, according to The Associated Press. Al Thani told CNN he met with the families of Hamas hostages, who said they have “no other…
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President Trump’s top White House economist is on track to join the Federal Reserve board of governors in time to attend a key meeting on interest rates next week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) teed up a Thursday vote to advance the nomination of Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic…
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) will chair a bipartisan House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence review of the 9/11 Commission Report, her office announced. The panel will, according to Stefanik’s office, review whether progress has been made regarding the 9/11 Commission Report’s recommendations for the intelligence community.  The 585-page report, released in 2004, concluded “that the…
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You’ve likely heard the horrifying news: An assassin’s bullet struck down Charlie Kirk, prominent conservative commentator and founder of Turning Point USA, while he was speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday. He was just 31 years old, and leaves behind a wife and two young children.  Graphic video footage of the…
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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) said he includes President Trump among the group that 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,”…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed what she described as the GOP’s “good old boys club” in a new interview with Georgia’s largest newspaper. “They want women just to go along with whatever they’re doing and basically to stand there, smile and clap with approval, whereas they just have their good old boys club,” the…
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President Trump on Thursday marked the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by visiting the Pentagon memorial, where he laid a wreath and paid tribute to those killed. “This morning, we recall the light of America’s best and bravest and the love that they showed in their final moments,” Trump said. “In their memory…
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Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) mourned Charlie Kirk, who was killed at an event in Utah on Wednesday, with the senator calling the right-wing activist “one of those beacons” who inspired young conservatives across the country. “He was a leader. He was the Pied Piper,” Marshall said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill” late Wednesday.…
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(NEXSTAR) – Documents filed in a California court last week are finally giving us a better idea of how big individual payouts will be in the $725 million class action lawsuit over Facebook users’ privacy. We’ve long known that big pot of money would get cut down substantially by legal fees and administrative costs, before…
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Two hosts of “TMZ Live” apologized after laughter was heard on a livestream during the outlet’s coverage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination Wednesday. As President Trump announced Kirk had died after being shot at Utah Valley University, TMZ’s livestream showed staff at the tabloid rushing to update their coverage. Laughter and cheers were heard in the…
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Numerous conservative voices have blamed Democrats and the media for Wednesday’s fatal shooting.

President Donald Trump announced he would award conservative activist Charlie Kirk a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States.