Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk fatally shot
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🗓️ 11 September 2025
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Conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at Utah Valley University yesterday.
Poland's military said it shot down Russian drones. USA TODAY Deputy World Editor Dan Morrison discusses the fallout.
A new federal lawsuit accuses FBI Director Kash Patel of illegally firing top bureau officials.
USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page shares her perspective on how the world has changed in the 24 years following the 9-11 terrorist attack.
Actress Polly Holliday, who played the iconic southern waitress Flo in the 1970s sitcom “Alice,” died yesterday at the age of 88.
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| 0:34.9 | Good morning. I'm Dana Taylor and for Taylor Wilson, and today is Thursday, September 11th, 2025. |
| 0:41.9 | This is USA Today's The Excert. |
| 0:47.5 | Today, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot while giving a speech at Utah Valley University, plus Poland |
| 0:55.9 | downs Russian drones and invokes NATO Article 4, and today marks 24 years since the attack |
| 1:02.4 | on 9-11. |
| 1:04.9 | Conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk died after being shot in the neck while speaking in front of a |
| 1:12.8 | large crowd at Utah Valley University in Orm, Utah yesterday. Kirk's death reflects an increase in |
| 1:19.7 | political violence in the U.S. in an extraordinary four-minute live address from the Oval Office posted |
| 1:25.9 | to his truth social platform, President Donald Trump |
| 1:29.0 | spoke about his close ally and vowed vengeance for the sling. |
| 1:33.3 | My administration will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity |
| 1:38.6 | and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it. |
| 1:44.8 | Politicians across the political spectrum are reacting to the shooting death. |
| 1:49.1 | Former President Joe Biden said on X, quote, |
| 1:52.0 | there is no place in our country for this kind of violence. |
| 1:55.6 | It must end now. |
| 1:57.2 | End quote. |
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