As officials continue to investigate the motives of Tyler Robinson – the 22-year-old accused of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk – many Republicans have been quick to lash out at the political left.
Allies of Donald Trump have accused liberals of fomenting anti-conservative vitriol that would encourage violence – even as the president and his allies have often invoked violent imagery against their opponents.
“The problem is on the left,” Trump told reporters on Sunday. “A lot of people that you would traditionally say are on the left … [are] already under investigation.”
It comes after Trump declined to call for the US to come together as a way of fixing the country’s divisions, preferring to cast “vicious and horrible” radicals on the left of US politics as the sole problem.
Shooting suspect had ‘very different ideology’ than conservative family, says Cox
The Utah governor, Spencer Cox, has told national talkshows that the man suspected of killing Kirk was living with and in a relationship with a person “transitioning from male to female”.
Cox stopped short of saying that officials had determined the suspect’s partner’s alleged status was a factor in Kirk’s killing.
Cox said on Sunday that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson – Kirk’s accused killer – was not cooperating with authorities. But authorities were gathering information from family members and people around him, Cox said.
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Trump officials reportedly ask Congress for $58m in security after Kirk shooting
The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58m for security services to protect the members of the executive and judicial branches after the killing of Charlie Kirk, multiple outlets report.
The government also supported adding more money to protect members of Congress, but they deferred to the legislative branch on further steps.
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Rubio in Israel for talks to limit diplomatic damage over Qatar strikes
The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at limiting the diplomatic fallout to both countries by Israel’s attempt to assassinate Hamas leaders in Qatar, its continued demolition of Gaza and the accelerated expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
“This alliance has never been stronger,” Netanyahu told reporters. “It’s as strong, as durable as the stones in the Western Wall that we just touched.”
Part of Rubio’s mission on this two-day visit is to convey Donald Trump’s irritation at Tuesday’s Israeli missile strike on Doha that was aimed at Hamas leadership but killed their aides and a Qatari security officer.
Florida vaccine mandate rollback falters after Trump criticism
Florida’s health department is walking back the scale of the state surgeon general’s commitment to eliminate all vaccine mandates.
After surgeon general Joseph Ladapo said mandates were akin to “slavery”, Florida’s Republican-dominated legislature have so far shown reluctance to get involved. Donald Trump denounced the edict as “a tough stance” less than 48 hours after it was issued and there was a furious backlash from medical experts to the plan for Florida to become the first state not to require vaccinations for school-age children.
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Catching up? Here’s what happened 13 September 2025.
