Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Trump and the founder of the nation's pre-eminent right-wing youth activist organization, was fatally shot on Wednesday while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University, his spokesman Andrew Kolvet said. Law enforcement officials are still looking for the shooter
Officials have identified the person accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk as 22-year-old Utah resident Tyler Robinson. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said at a press conference on Friday morning that investigators arrested and identified Robinson after analyzing surveillance footage, interviewing Robinson's family members and reviewing online messages between Robinson and his roommate.
The idea of restricting gun rights has long been a red line for conservatives, with many Republican lawmakers and gun rights groups opposing red flag laws and or other policies aimed at keeping guns away from people suffering from mental health issues. read more
The FBI has released images of a person of interest sought in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, the founder of the conservative youth activist organization Turning Point USA, during an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump posted a meme on social media Saturday saying that Chicago "will find out why it's called the Department of WAR," as the city's officials brace for an immigration crackdown. "I love the smell of deportations in the morning ... Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR," the post reads. Trump signed an executive order Friday to rebrand the Pentagon as the "Department of War." read more
Jonathan Chait: Trump's initial strategy of denying that the document exists leaves him with few options now that it has been made public. read more
The gunman who shot and killed Charlie Kirk is still not in custody more than eight hours after the assassination. read more
The USMA alumni association at West Point canceled an award ceremony for actor and veterans advocate Tom Hanks, citing a desire for the US Army service academy to focus on preparing future officers for war. Hanks (69) was to receive the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer Award, which recognizes an "outstanding citizen" who did not attend West Point and has a distinguished record of service that exemplifies the academy's ideals: "Duty, Honor, Country."
A never-before-seen video released Tuesday by a member of Congress appears to show a U.S. military Hellfire missile bouncing off a bright, shiny object that was being tracked off the coast of Yemen on Oct. 30, 2024. read more
Hundreds of struggling Arkansas farmers are pleading with the federal government to provide emergency funding amid a farm economy crisis. Almost everything that could go wrong for Arkansas farmers went wrong this year, leaving many facing bankruptcy or even the closure of farms that have been passed down for generations. A dismal global market and plunging commodity prices mean there's little hope of breaking even, even as input costs soar because of inflation and tariffs -- on top of bad weather earlier in the year.
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