Overview

• The president said he will make a quick return to Washington to personally present the award despite a tight travel schedule.
• The ceremony is planned for Tuesday to coincide with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday.
• Kirk was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University on September 10.
• Utah prosecutors have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and said they intend to seek the death penalty.
• Andrew Kolvet of The Charlie Kirk Show posted on X that Trump is working to return to D.C. for the presentation.