Overview
- Police are holding 22-year-old Tyler Robinson as the alleged gunman while investigators review bullet casings inscribed with messages, according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.
- President Trump said he wants the country to heal but blamed the radical left for rhetoric he claims fuels political violence.
- Rep. Clay Higgins vowed to push lifetime social-media bans for those who mocked Charlie Kirk’s death, a proposal First Amendment advocates called unconstitutional.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is closely tracking service members who celebrated the killing, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said American Airlines grounded pilots accused of doing so.
- Conservative activists and elected officials are publicizing posts that made light of the attack, including a website claiming nearly 20,000 submissions and reports of dozens of resulting firings.