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The conservative activist was a regular presence on cable TV where he leaned into culture wars and heaped praise on President Trump.
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Trump ally and activist Charlie Kirk shot dead at Utah university
- Charlie Kirk, a conservative American activist and influential ally of US President Donald Trump, has been shot dead at a university event in the state of Utah in an apparent targeted assassination.
- He was speaking at a debate at Utah Valley University when authorities say a shooter fired a single round from a rooftop, with video showing Kirk reaching up with his right hand as blood gushed from the left side of his neck.