Overview

• Broadcasting a two-hour episode from his ceremonial White House office, JD Vance said national unity requires rejecting those who celebrated Kirk’s killing and urged listeners to call out such behavior to employers.
• White House officials including Stephen Miller, Susie Wiles, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Karoline Leavitt appeared on the program, underscoring Kirk’s closeness to the administration.
• Vance and Miller said the administration would use resources across the Justice and Homeland Security departments to identify, disrupt and dismantle networks they described as fostering left‑wing political violence.
• Vance accused philanthropic groups of financing media narratives he said justified the murder, naming Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation; both denied current funding for The Nation and condemned the claims.
• Investigators say 22-year-old Tyler Robinson is in custody and is believed to have acted alone, with motive undetermined as forensic and digital evidence reviews continue.