Overview

• Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said he directed consular officials to take “appropriate action” against foreign nationals who “praise, rationalize, or make light of” the assassination on social media.
• Landau urged users on X to flag such posts and said consular officials would monitor replies to his message for potential cases.
• A State Department spokesperson said the U.S. should not grant visas to people whose presence “does not align with U.S. national security interests,” but offered no specifics on how posts would be evaluated.
• No visa denials or revocations tied to social‑media comments have been publicly identified, against a backdrop of expanded social‑media vetting and thousands of student visa revocations earlier this year.
• The manhunt for the shooter continues as authorities recover a high‑powered rifle, release images of a person of interest, and the FBI offers up to $100,000 for tips leading to an arrest.