A popular conservative commentator dies after being shot at a university event. Prince Harry reunited with King Charles III amid the royal family's estrangement. And Kamala Harris is speaking out about a 2024 regret. |
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Conservative influencer dies after shooting |
Charlie Kirk, a conservative influencer and ally of President Donald Trump, died Wednesday after he was shot in the neck during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. The university was the latest stop on Kirk's "The American Comeback Tour" with his organization Turning Point USA. Trump announced the death of Kirk, who was 31. 👉 Follow the latest from the shooting. |
Who was Charlie Kirk? Kirk was a conservative talk show host and activist who founded Turning Point USA, an organization that promotes conservative politics on high school and college campuses. He spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where he gave a speech focusing on what he said he heard from young people around the U.S. 👉 More on Kirk's career. | U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk appears at a Utah Valley University speaking event in Orem, Utah on September 10, 2025. Trent Nelson, The Salt Lake Tribune via REUTERS |
Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, reunited Wednesday amid the royal family's estrangement from the outspoken prince. Harry, who is visiting the U.K., arrived at Charles' London residence for what is expected to be their first meeting in 20 months and a possible first step toward ending a much-publicized rift. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, last saw his father in February 2024, shortly after it was announced that Charles was undergoing treatment for an unspecified form of cancer. 👉 The latest on the royal family's estrangement. | Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex waves as he departs following a visit to the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London on Sept. 10, 2025 in London. Pool photo by Suzanne Plunkett via Getty Images |
Looking back at the 2024 election |
Was it grace or "recklessness"? Former Vice President Kamala Harris refused to tell Joe Biden he should not run for reelection – and in her new memoir, "107 Days," she admits it was a colossal mistake. She said it was "recklessness" that drove so many people around Biden to defer to the aging president and his wife. In an excerpt published in The Atlantic, Harris rebukes Biden's team for the way she was treated as vice president – before and after he dropped out of the 2024 campaign. Harris' forthcoming book is set to be released Sept. 23. 👉 Read more from the excerpt here. | President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive prior to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump at the United States Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Pool via Getty Images |
No more federal takeover of DC's police |
President Donald Trump's federal takeover of Washington, DC's police department is coming to an end. Trump's 30-day public emergency declaration is set to expire after Wednesday. Trump's deployment of thousands of National Guard troops to Washington is not affected by the deadline and will remain on the city's streets. 👉 Here's what happens next. |
Trump's night out in DC: The president on Tuesday evening visited Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, a couple of blocks from the White House, to show how much safer DC is, he told reporters. Trump was greeted with loud cheers from people across the street and a smattering of boos inside the restaurant. Activists from the grassroots antiwar group Code Pink shouted, "Free D.C., free Palestine, Trump is the Hitler of our time." 👉 See the protest against Trump. | President Donald Trump waves as he leaves from the Joe's Seafood restaurant near the White House after dinner, in Washington, DC on Sept. 9, 2025. Jonathan Ernst, REUTERS |
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