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2:40 PM ET, September 11, 2025

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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.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Authorities Examine Rifle and Ammo as Manhunt for Kirk Shooter Stretches On  —  Conservative activist Charlie Kirk died after being shot while on stage at Utah Valley University.  —  Political Activist Charlie Kirk Dead After Shooting at Utah Event  —  Conservative political activist …
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.).
Andrew Childers / Axios:
State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death
Discussion: Blaze Media, Daily Mail and Raw Story
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Charlie Kirk obituary
George Packer / The Atlantic:   The Tragedy of Charlie Kirk's Killing
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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NBC News:
Kirk's casket to be flown to Phoenix on Air Force Two
Amelia Benavides-Colón / NOTUS:
Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz Describes Chaotic Scene of Charlie Kirk Shooting
Discussion: The Stranger and The Daily Caller
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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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
MSNBC Fires Analyst Who Said Charlie Kirk Pushed Hate Speech
Discussion: The National Pulse
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, NewsMax.com, Reuters and Raw Story
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 …
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Salt Lake Tribune:
No shooter in custody after Charlie Kirk killing as ‘investigation and manhunt’ continue, Utah law enforcement says
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer: FBI recovers rifle used in shooting
Alex Kirshner / Slate:
No, Bluesky Isn't Celebrating the Death of Charlie Kirk  —  Despite what right-wing influencers want you to believe, liberals actually hate political violence. … Following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, some of his fellow right-wing media leaders called out a supposedly toxic hub …
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death
Discussion: Raw Story and WBUR
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.
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
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 …
Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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.
Gabrielle Coppola / Bloomberg:
Hyundai Says Battery Plant Delayed After Immigration Raid  —  Construction on a Hyundai Motor Co.-LG battery plant in Georgia that was raided by US immigration authorities is being delayed as the companies face labor shortages.  —  The work is being set back by several months following …
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James Curtis / WBBH:
Former Congressman Madison Cawthorn arrested in Cape Coral for failure to appear in court  —  CAPE CORAL, Fla. —  Former Republican North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn was arrested Wednesday on an out-of-county warrant for failing to show up in court.
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.
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 …
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
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 …
MSNBC:
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk shooting  —  The FBI just released images of the person of interest in the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.  The FBI is asking people with any information to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.
Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left  —  Have they forgotten all the Trump supporters who have killed, attacked, and threatened both prominent Democrats and opponents of this president in recent years?  I haven't - and I have a list of them.
Discussion: twitchy.com
NBC News:
U.S. diplomats say they are reluctant to share inconvenient truths with the Trump administration  —  “What we're seeing in the diplomatic corps right now is fear,” John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, told NBC News.  —  Late last month, an alarming email landed …
Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
Dear Democrats: I'm the guy who's moving heaven & earth to get the tax credits extended, and I'm telling you not to cave for a short-term fix.  —  This is gonna be one of the stranger references I've made on this site, but bear with me.  —  Back in 1996 there was an HBO movie called …
Discussion: Axios and New Republic
Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A Tipping Point at CBS News  —  “Who would have thought this is the piece that would get me fired?”  Bill Owens, the former executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in the screening room.  For the past year, CBS journalists have been up against extraordinary pressure.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Perceived Importance of College Hits New Low  —  The percentage of Americans saying college is “very important” has fallen to 35%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have been placing less importance on the value of a college education over the past 15 years, to the point that about a third (35%) now rate it as “very important.”
Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Comedy Central pulls ‘South Park’ episode mocking Charlie Kirk after assassination  —  Comedy Central has pulled a controversial “South Park” episode that parodied Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was gunned down at a Utah college on Wednesday.  —  The Paramount Skydance-owned …
 
 
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Tal Axelrod / Axios:
“This is existential”: MAGA's siege mentality deepens after Kirk killing
Discussion: Reason, Metro.co.uk and Al Jazeera
CNN:
Senior Democrat says Pentagon didn't present conclusive evidence alleged drug smugglers killed in strike were gang members
Discussion: MSNBC
Axios:
Capitol Police respond to non-credible bomb threat at DNC
Discussion: TMZ.com and NewsNation
Dasha Burns / Politico:
Vance to escort Charlie Kirk's body back to Phoenix
Ayden Runnels / The Texas Tribune:
Texas State fires professor accused of trying to incite political violence in video
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Utah is now the epicenter of the political divide its governor warned about
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Reflections on Charlie Kirk's assassination
Discussion: Townhall and Axios