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12:45 PM ET, September 11, 2025

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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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 …
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
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.).
Discussion: Raw Story, Reuters and Associated Press
NBC News:
Live updates: Shooter's rifle, footprint recovered in Charlie Kirk assassination after shooting at Utah university  —  The suspect, whom authorities have described as college-aged, is still at large. … Hegseth pays tribute to Kirk in 9/11 remembrance remarks at the Pentagon
Discussion: The Hill, Axios, Fox News, UPI and Full Feed
Associated Press:
Charlie Kirk's killer blended in on Utah university campus, and a high-powered rifle is recovered  —  The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursday …
Salt Lake Tribune:
No shooter in custody after Charlie Kirk killing as ‘investigation and manhunt’ continue, Utah law enforcement says
Deseret News:
Police release image of suspect
Wall Street Journal:
Authorities Examine Rifle and Ammo as Manhunt for Kirk Shooter Stretches On
Jose Davila IV / Salt Lake Tribune:
Manhunt continues in fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, but new details of shooter's movements emerge
Discussion: Reuters
The Hill:
Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot, killed at speaking event in Utah
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:   Florida Reporter Suspended After Texting MAGA Congressman to Ask If He Still Supports Campus Carry After Kirk Shooting
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
Vance to visit Charlie Kirk's family, canceling 9/11 memorial trip
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:   Utah Republican senator faces backlash over post condemning Kirk's killing
Reuters:
Death of Charlie Kirk lays bare deep US political divisions
Wall Street Journal:
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 …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Trump's Dangerous Response to the Kirk Assassination  —  It is possible that, in the history of America's radicalization spiral, the horrifying, cold-blooded assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be recorded as only the second-most-dangerous event of September 10, 2025.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
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.
Tamara Keith / NPR:
Trump blames rhetoric from left for political violence after killing of Charlie Kirk  —  President Trump plans to posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's top civilian honor, to Charlie Kirk, the MAGA influencer and close Trump ally killed Wednesday in a targeted attack on a college campus in Utah.
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left
Discussion: The Dean's Report
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
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.
Bloomberg:
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 …
Discussion: Forbes, Raw Story and NewsMax.com
BBC:
Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Starmer over emails to Epstein  —  Summary  — Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US, after he faced mounting scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein  — The Foreign Office says the decision was made …
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Associated Press:
UK fires ambassador to the US Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
Max Burman / Reuters:
U.K. ambassador to U.S. fired over Epstein links
Discussion: Bloomberg, Reuters and The Independent
Financial Times:
Donald Trump offered workers in Georgia raid chance to stay, says South Korean president  —  Seoul says it insisted those arrested at Hyundai-LG battery plant should not be handcuffed on return flight  —  Donald Trump offered South Korean workers at the centre of an immigration raid the chance to stay …
Discussion: Scripps News, NPR and WAGA-TV
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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Rise in U.S. Inflation Likely to Keep Fed Cautious on Pace of Rate Cuts  —  The central bank is likely to lower borrowing costs at its meeting next week amid budding concerns about the labor market.  —  U.S. inflation accelerated in August at a speed that is likely to keep the Federal Reserve cautious …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, AAF, NewsMax.com and KSTP-TV
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
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.
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
X User Suggests We Not Escalate Tensions After Kirk Assassination: ‘The Left Did Not Do This’  —  As Twitchy has reported, Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk is dead at the age of 31 after being shot and killed at a TPUSA event at Utah Valley University.  Matthew Dowd suggested you can't call …
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Associated Press:
A student is dead after shooting 2 teens at his Colorado high school and then himself  —  A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said.  The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School …
Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Reflections on Charlie Kirk's assassination  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one 👇  —  I had other plans for today's newsletter, but decided to push them back to say a few words about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.  —  Kirk's death is a big deal.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Axios
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New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and New York Post
Samuel Benson / Politico:
Utah is now the epicenter of the political divide its governor warned about … “Our nation is broken,” he said, pleading that “all of us will try to find a way to stop hating our fellow Americans.”  —  Cox, the second-term Republican governor of Utah, has made such efforts at depolarization the central theme of his governorship.
Discussion: New York Times
New York Times:
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 …
 
 
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MSNBC:
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting
Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
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Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
Charlie Kirk's killing is a tragic marker of the indiscriminate nature of political violence
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