Tag Archives: Charlie Kirk

Jimmy Kimmel Returns to ABC as Free Speech Fight Rages

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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will return to ABC on Tuesday, nearly a week after the network suspended it in response to backlash over the comedian’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But viewers across much of the U.S. may still not see the broadcast. Sinclair, which operates …

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Federal Probe Finds No Left-Wing Ties in Charlie Kirk Assassination

Charlie Kirk

Federal investigators have found no evidence connecting the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to any left-wing organizations, despite vows from President Donald Trump and his administration to target progressive groups after the assassination, according to three people familiar with the probe. “Thus far, there is no evidence connecting …

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House Passes Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk, Splitting Democrats

Charlie Kirk

The House voted Friday to pass a resolution honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk and condemning political violence, but the measure revealed deep divisions among Democrats over how to remember the polarizing figure. The nonbinding resolution passed 310–58, with all Republicans and more than 90 Democrats voting in favor. Fifty-eight …

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ABC Pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ After Remarks on Charlie Kirk

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ABC confirmed Wednesday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been “pre-empted indefinitely” following comments Kimmel made about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The network’s late-night show, on air since 2003, has been a longtime ABC staple, but executives offered no timetable for its return. “Jimmy Kimmel Live will …

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Trump Commemorates Charlie Kirk Alongside 9/11 Victims

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President Donald Trump honored slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he remembered the victims of Sept. 11 during a ceremony Thursday in Virginia, and announced he would posthumously award the popular figure the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Kirk, the late co-founder and head of the political advocacy organization Turning Point …

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Trump to Award Charlie Kirk Posthumous Medal of Freedom

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President Donald Trump said Thursday he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus speaking event in Utah a day earlier. Trump announced the honor during remarks at the Pentagon commemorating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. “Before we …

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