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The stunning death of a right-wing activist. Plus:

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Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday. Photograph by Tess Crowley / The Deseret News / AP

Charlie Kirk, the conservative media figure and influential supporter of Donald Trump, was shot and killed today while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. Graphic videos captured by those in attendance appear to show Kirk being struck in the neck by a bullet. He was thirty-one. The President announced Kirk’s death

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