Overview

• Trump’s proclamation directs U.S. flags at federal buildings, military posts, and embassies to fly at half-staff through sunset September 14 in memory of Charlie Kirk.
• Governors from both parties—including Josh Shapiro, Jared Polis, Greg Abbott, Ron DeSantis, Katie Hobbs and others—issued parallel state orders, with some overlapping existing Patriot Day directives.
• Utah authorities and the FBI say two people detained after the shooting were released and are not believed to be the shooter, and no suspect has been publicly identified.
• Washington Governor Bob Ferguson broadened his state’s directive to honor Democrats killed in Minnesota and “all victims of political violence,” highlighting differing approaches to the tribute.
• Kirk, 31, the founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University during a student Q&A, drawing bipartisan condemnations of political violence.