Kirk Suspect Charged, Trump Visits The King, FBI Director Patel Testifies

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🗓️ 17 September 2025

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Utah prosecutors charge Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder and other crimes in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a case that could carry the death penalty. President Trump is in Britain for a rare second state visit, mixing royal pageantry with talks on trade and foreign policy. And FBI Director Kash Patel returns to Capitol Hill, facing questions about his leadership and his handling of high-profile investigations.

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0:00.0	It's very exciting to be in the same studio with A. Martinez, instead of having you on the other coast. Glad to have you there. This is too big of a space. It's too big of a space. Too much light. You'd like to have more of a kind of... Too many people. You want to have more of a cocoon in the dark. A personless cocoon, yes. with no light, natural, or otherwise.
0:23.0	You've been thinking that ever since you were born.
0:25.5	I never wanted to leave.
0:29.8	Prosecutors file murder charges against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk.
0:34.1	Roommate, why? Robinson. I had enough of his hatred.
0:38.2	Some hate can't be negotiated out.
0:40.5	What do his tax reveal about his thoughts?
0:42.3	I'm Steven Skiy with A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:48.3	President Trump received a rare honor in Britain, a second state visit full of pageantry
0:53.3	and some business too.
0:54.8	They want to see if they can refine the trade deal and then we've made a deal and it's a great deal.
1:00.1	And I'm into helping him.
1:02.0	Will the royal welcome sway the president on trade and Ukraine?
1:05.5	And U.S. Senators grill FBI director Cash Patel and his handling of the Kirk investigation
1:10.2	and his leadership of the bureau investigation and his leadership of the
1:11.5	Bureau. You claim that you have a suspect in a serious assassination? Whoops, then you don't have a
1:17.1	suspect. Stay with us. We've got the news you need to start your day.
1:25.5	How does a fringe stance on banning immigrants from so-called third-world countries influence
1:31.0	some of the most powerful policymakers in the U.S.?
1:33.7	Mainstream normy Republican politicians are willing to talk about total level of immigration,
1:42.4	including legal immigration, being too high.
1:45.4	You can hear more about that on Code Switch from NPR wherever you get your podcast.
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