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News Articles: political violence

FBI agents walk through the courtyard at Utah Valley University at the site of where political activist Charlie Kirk was killed on Sept. 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah.

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  • Technology

Kirk shooting videos spread online, even to viewers who didn't want to see them

Graphic videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting spread widely online, raising concerns over the emotional and political toll of exposure to violent imagery.

September 18, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
This photo released by the Utah Governor's Office on Sept. 12 shows Tyler Robinson.

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  • News

Utah files murder charges against Tyler Robinson

Utah prosecutors charged Tyler Robinson, 22, with the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Officials say they are seeking the death penalty.

September 16, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A photo of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed this week in Orem, Utah.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Our backgrounds and beliefs may vary, but we're all American

NPR's Scott Simon recounts the toll of five years of political violence in the U.S.

September 13, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Simon
People embrace in front of a memorial for Charlie Kirk at the Turning Point USA headquarters on September 12, 2025 in Phoenix. Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.

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  • Politics

People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk

Some GOP officials want to clamp down on perceived expressions of schadenfreude about Charlie Kirk's death. Conservative activists are publicizing social media posts that are "celebrating" his death.

September 13, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan,
  • Jude Joffe-Block,
  • and 1 more
A U.S. flag and a candle sit on a step during a candlelight vigil and prayer event for Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 in Seattle. Kirk was shot dead while speaking at Utah Valley University earlier in the day.

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  • National Security

Political violence is on the rise in America. What's driving it?

Before his apprehension, speculation about the identity and motivations of Charlie Kirk's killer filled the void. A increasingly familiar pattern of political violence is taking shape in America.

September 12, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro and
  • Odette Yousef
A police officer walks out of a building at Utah Valley University as authorities investigate the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk. Conservative influencers have reacted with grief and anger to Kirk's killing.

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  • Politics

Charlie Kirk's assassination sparks grief and rage online

Some conservative influencers mourned Kirk's loss, even as others quickly blamed the left.

September 11, 2025
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel,
  • Huo Jingnan,
  • and 2 more
Charlie Kirk is shown at the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wis., on July 17, 2024.

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  • Politics

The killing of Charlie Kirk adds to a time of political upheaval and violence

The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk Wednesday at a college in Utah is the latest in a series of politically motivated violent acts just in recent months.

September 11, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump blames rhetoric from left for political violence after killing of Charlie Kirk

In a video statement, Trump said Kirk's death was a direct consequence of people demonizing those they disagree, and then turned his ire to the political left.

September 11, 2025
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
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)

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  • News

Georgia politicians react after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah college event

Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, died after being shot Wednesday at a Utah event.

September 10, 2025
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By:
  • Associated Press
Police tape is strung outside the home of State Rep. Melissa Hortman on June 15 in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were shot and killed this month in what officials are describing as a political assassination.

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  • Politics

Questions remain about the Minnesota rampage. Anti-abortion extremism may shed light

The suspect in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband texted, "Dad went to war last night,' evoking the language of the far right, Christian anti-abortion movement.

June 21, 2025
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
 Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman talks to colleagues during a special legislative session Monday, June 9, 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. (Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer)

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  • Politics

Assassination of Minnesota lawmaker is met with bipartisan condemnation in Georgia

Georgia’s elected leaders from both parties condemned Saturday's attacks on state lawmakers in Minnesota.

June 16, 2025
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By:
  • Ross Williams and
  • Georgia Recorder
Flowers and stones are left outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 23 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

Shooting outside Jewish museum raises questions about shifts in political violence

If the suspect in the recent D.C. case planned to kill people because of their Jewish faith, this would represent a major anomaly in lethal, antisemitic violence.

May 29, 2025
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Ahead of the 2024 election results, civil society groups are working to prevent future violence.

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  • Politics

How civil society groups are quietly working to prevent election-related violence

Few political violence researchers believe there will be a repeat of the Jan. 6 attack. Instead, many warn that election-related violence is more likely to happen in local communities.

October 27, 2024
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
The scene outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach after the arrest of a man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024.

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  • Politics

The U.S. has had a long history of political violence, but experts see a new trend

The apparent second assassination attempt of Donald Trump is stirring concern about growing political violence in the U.S.

September 17, 2024
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on April 12, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Trump may get another chance to be president. He's planning an aggressive second term

In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.

May 01, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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