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Trump to Award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the White House Today

The honor follows congressional remembrance resolutions alongside a White House push on domestic-security policy after the Utah campus assassination.

Objects are placed near an image, at a prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk, a U.S. right-wing activist and commentator, and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was killed on September 10, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Lauren Owens Lambert
People hold candles and pray at a vigil for Charlie Kirk, a U.S. right-wing activist and commentator, and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was killed on September 10, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Lauren Owens Lambert TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Overview

  • The East Room ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET, with Erika Kirk set to accept the award on her late husband's behalf.
  • Trump returned to Washington early Tuesday from a Middle East trip to attend the event marking what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday.
  • Both the House and Senate approved measures encouraging observance of Oct. 14 as a National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.
  • Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University; 22-year-old Tyler Robinson is charged with aggravated murder as prosecutors prepare a capital case.
  • In recent weeks the administration announced new domestic-security actions, including an executive order designating antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and a memorandum strengthening a National Joint Terrorism Task Force.