Overview

• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna circulated a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson requesting a Charlie Kirk statue in the U.S. Capitol, with signatures from conservatives including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert.
• The letter blames “hateful rhetoric from the Left” for a toxic climate and casts a statue as a permanent testament to Kirk’s life, courage, and sacrifice.
• Investigators recovered a rifle believed to have been used in the Utah shooting, and the FBI released photos of a person of interest and offered up to $100,000 for information, with no arrest announced.
• President Trump said he will posthumously award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• Rep. Andrew Clyde invoked Martin Luther King Jr. in backing the idea, drawing backlash, and coverage noted that additions to the National Statuary Hall require state approval, raising procedural questions about any placement.