Charlie Kirk understood — perhaps more so than anyone except Donald Trump himself — how power really operates within the MAGA movement. As the myriad tributes to Kirk in the day since his death have captured,

Charlie Kirk was more than just another MAGA ally to Donald Trump and his aides. The 31-year-old conservative was close to many in the White House.

The show must go on for the president. As he spoke with reporters outside of the White House on Friday President Donald Trump avoided a question about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in a political assassination on Wednesday,

Erika Kirk vows to keep the campus tour going - just days after her husband Charlie was shot dead during the event in Utah. "He never gave up. One of his mottos was never surrender. So I want to tell that we will never surrender," says Erika in a defiant tone.

Sources alleged Trump is 'using' Charlie Kirk’s killing to silence the left and expand his military crackdowns amid rising crime in states.

In accordance with a proclamation from Trump, Shapiro ordered flags in Pennsylvania to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sunday in honor of Kirk. Political violence has been rising in the United States in recent times, John Hopkins University reported in June.

"We got him," Utah Governor Spencer Cox said after authorities apprehended Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old suspected of killing the conservative activist.

The president has long criticized mail-in voting, going back to the 2020 presidential election, when he falsely accused the proliferation of the practice for “rigging” the presidential election results. But Trump somewhat tempered his criticism of mail-in voting in 2024 given how many Republicans use mail-in voting.