Is America Becoming More Violent?

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Charlie Kirk speaks with his arms outstretched while standing behind a podium that says "Trump Vance 2024." There's a large crowd behind him. September 17, 2025, 12:07 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Trump’s Second Term

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The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last Wednesday sent shockwaves across the United States and is already having rippling consequences amid a historically divisive period. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on Friday said Kirk’s killing was a “watershed in American history” that could mark “the end of a dark chapter in our history or the beginning of a darker chapter.”

In the wake of Kirk’s killing, experts on political viole

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