The Latest Breaking News from Charlie Kirk

Conservative political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, sparking a federal investigation that has taken a turn with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s public handling of suspect information on social media.

IN FOCUS: Republicans yell ‘y’all caused this’ while Democrats fret about the latest example of political violence. Eric Garcia reports

While legacy media were more restrained about showing graphic footage, it was easily available across X and Meta, writes Andrew Griffin

Eyewitnesses at a Utah Valley University 'Prove Me Wrong' event share what happened in the lead up to Charlie Kirk being shot.

At least 150 military police will patrol the capital until at least the end of November

"We had a couple on our side that should have kept their mouthes shut," grumbled one House Republican.

Labelling the conservative activist a ‘Great American Patriot’ Trump said the flags would remain at half mast until Sunday evening. Key US politics stories from 10 September 2025

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was given some respite on Wednesday after a Supreme Court justice voted to acquit him from all charges in his alleged coup trial

Charlie Kirk, 31, was shot dead Wednesday during his ‘American Comeback Tour’ at Utah Valley University

The university where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in Utah while speaking to students is the state’s largest public university after years of rapid enrollment growth

With a doctorate in Bible studies and two small children, Erika Kirk was more than the wife of murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk. She is now his widow.