Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources  —  Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk …

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way  —  The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence.  To lose that is to risk losing everything.  Charlie Kirk — and his family — just lost everything.  As a country, we came a step closer to losing everything, too.

Brazil's supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup  —  Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election  —  A majority of Brazil's supreme court judges have voted to convict the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro …

‘People are scared to death’: Members of Congress fear for their safety after Charlie Kirk assassination  —  Republicans and Democrats, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Mace, are canceling upcoming events and taking other security precautions.

Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death  —  Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online.  Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.

Senate Republicans trigger ‘nuclear option,’ changing rules to speed up Trump nominees  —  The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable them to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually.  It's the latest move to erode minority powers.

Epstein's Emails Detail the Life and Crimes of the Financier—and Ghislaine Maxwell's Leading Role … For years, Ghislaine Maxwell has tried to distance herself from Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, an effort that continued through her own criminal conviction …

Live Updates: Manhunt Underway After Charlie Kirk, Charismatic Right-Wing Activist, Is Fatally Shot  —  Videos from the university event where Mr. Kirk was killed show a person on a nearby rooftop at the time of the shooting.  —  Here's the latest.  —  An intense manhunt was underway Thursday …

Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC for Charlie Kirk Comments  —  Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to a network source.  —  During MSNBC's coverage of Kirk's shooting, anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about …

Hopes for a Fast Capture of Kirk's Shooter Fade After Patel Backtracks  —  Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, said that the agency's investigation was continuing, reversing his earlier announcement that someone had been apprehended.  —  Hopes for the fast capture of the person who fatally shot …

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk  —  Charlie Kirk's murder was not just a murder.  It was an assassination.  That's the crucial point.  —  We often forget the philosophical underpinnings of criminal law.  Rightly understood, we view crimes as being committed not against individuals, but against society itself.

Utah Republican senator faces backlash over post condemning Kirk's killing  —  Only months ago, Mike Lee had posted disparaging tweets after Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband were fatally shot  —  The official X account of Mike Lee, a Republican US senator, drew backlash …

Exclusive: Hyundai should have called me for visas, Lutnick says  —  The workers at a Hyundai-linked plant in Georgia raided by ICE last week had the wrong visas — and the company should have asked for help getting the right ones, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells Mike Allen in the premiere episode of “The Axios Show.”

Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery  —  The majority of the planned bid for Warner will be made up of cash  —  Paramount Skydance is preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery that is backed by the Ellison family, according to people familiar with the situation.

Comedy Central Pulls Charlie Kirk South Park Episode After His Murder  —  Comedy Central has pulled an episode satirizing Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was fatally shot during an event at a Utah university.  —  The second epispde of the current South Park season — Season 27 …

State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death … - “I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action.” … - Kirk was killed Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University.

Appeals court judges publicly admonish Supreme Court justices: 'We're out here flailing' … “They cannot get amnesia in the future because they didn't write an opinion on it.  Write an opinion,” Wynn said.  “We need to understand why you did it.  We judges would just love to hear your reasoning as to why you rule that way.

Reporter Suspended After Question About Charlie Kirk Enrages MAGA Congressman  —  “I am repulsed that you would even think to ask,” the Florida Republican told the journalist.  —  A reporter from the website Florida Politics was suspended Wednesday after he asked a question about Charlie Kirk that incensed Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.).

What Hasan Piker Told His Millions of Followers After Charlie Kirk Was Shot … For all the obvious reasons, hearing that Charlie Kirk had been shot was shocking for Hasan Piker, the progressive influencer and Twitch streamer with a massive following.  But there was another explanation for why his stomach sank.

Russia just inched closer to open war with NATO  —  Nineteen suspected Russian drones entered Polish airspace on Monday, where they were intercepted by a joint operation that included Polish, Dutch, and Italian aircraft as well as German Patriot missiles.  This marked the first time that NATO militaries …

Kennedy Center fires head of jazz programming, adding to string of exits  —  The center terminated Kevin Struthers, who worked at the arts institution for 30 years, and Malka Lasky, the last member of its social impact team.  —  The Kennedy Center has fired the administrator overseeing its jazz offerings …

Scoop: Biden world explodes at Kamala Harris' new book … - The release of the excerpt from her book, “107 Days” — due out Sept. 23 — has exposed years of hurt feelings and frustrations.  — “Vice President Harris was simply not good at the job,” said one former Biden White House official.