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President Trump says he will attend a memorial service that will be held next Sunday near Phoenix, Arizona, for Charlie Kirk.

The conservative activist was shot to death last week

while speaking at Utah Valley University. A suspect is in custody, Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old

Utah man who's being held without bail. And peers Bobby Allen has more.

Utah County prosecutors said they intend to file aggravated murder charges against him on Tuesday when he is also set to make his first court appearance.

The charges carry the possible punishment of the death penalty if convicted.

And most of what we know about the case so far is outlined in an affidavit that was filed after Robinson's arrest.

And it says Robinson discussed

with his family that Charlie Kirk was coming to Utah Valley University and that he really

disliked Kirk, telling them that Kirk was, quote, full of hate and spreading hate.

And peers Bobby Allen reporting, Congress has until the end of the month to agree on a funding bill,

or else the government, will shut down. And Pierce Mara Liason has more. Members of Congress are

facing a deadline of midnight on September 30th, and the only way they can avoid a government

shutdown is with a bipartisan vote in the Senate. Republicans do not have the votes by themselves

to overcome a filibuster. A large part of the Democratic base wants their party to fight, to refuse

to vote to keep the government open unless they get concessions on Medicaid and Obamacare subsidies.

But other Democrats say that's a trap. They say Republicans don't care whether the government stays open or not,

and that Democrats would be blamed for a shutdown.

Mara Liason, NPR News.

Israel has issued a travel advisory warning that Iran and Hamas

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