Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk founded Turning Point USA in June 2012, eighteen years old and a semester into community college, and spent the next thirteen years building it into one of the largest conservative youth organisations in the United States, chapters on hundreds of campuses, a daily radio show, a stadium-filling annual conference, and a format that made him famous: a table on a college quad, a sign inviting students to prove him wrong, and a camera. He was among the most effective communicators the American right had online, credited by allies with moving young voters and accused by critics of trading in misinformation, and he was at the centre of nearly every argument the movement had with itself. On 10 September 2025 he was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He was 31. This archive is the record rather than a verdict: the speeches and the interviews, the campus exchanges in full, the organisation and its money, the elections, the controversies and the people who challenged him, the killing and the case that followed, and what his movement became without him.

A chronological documentary of 476 moments spanning 2012–2026 on Loreline.

Curated by Olivier · last updated 2026-08-22

Eras

Turning Point, The organisation itself, founded June 2012 with Bill Montgomery, grown to hundreds of campus and high-school chapters and a nine-figure budget. The conferences, the Faith and Action arms, the Professor Watchlist and the academic-freedom argument it started, the donors and the reporting on the money, and the organisation after his death under Erika Kirk.
In His Own Words, Him speaking, at length and in context: keynotes at Student Action Summit and AmericaFest, the 2024 Republican National Convention, church and campus addresses, book talks, and long-form interviews with hosts friendly and hostile. The primary record, unedited where it survives that way.
Critics & Debates, The documented controversies and the people who made them: the reporting and fact-checking, the remarks on the Civil Rights Act and on Martin Luther King, the replacement-theory material, the statements about LGBTQ and transgender people, the COVID claims, the Brookings finding on his podcast, and substantive rebuttals by named critics.
Show, The media operation: The Charlie Kirk Show on radio and as a podcast from October 2020, the television appearances, the Trinity Broadcasting deal, the social accounts that reached tens of millions, and reporting on how the whole machine actually worked.
Campus Tour, The format he was known for, a table on a quad, a sign inviting students to prove him wrong, and a camera running. Full exchanges on abortion, religion, race, gender, capitalism, immigration and foreign policy, including ones he was widely judged to have won and ones he was widely judged to have lost.
Politics, Electoral and movement politics: his relationship with Donald Trump, the youth mobilisation efforts of 2020 and the ballot-chasing operation of 2024, the claims about the 2020 election, January 6 and his December 2022 appearance before the House committee, and the fights he had inside his own movement over Israel, immigration and the activists to his right.
Orem, Utah, What happened on 10 September 2025 and what followed in law: the news coverage of the shooting at Utah Valley University, the manhunt, the arrest and charging of Tyler Robinson, the hearings and the prosecution, the questions about campus security and the review that followed, and reporting on the misinformation that spread in the days afterward. No footage of the shooting.
After, The reaction and the afterlife: responses from across the political spectrum, the memorial at State Farm Stadium on 21 September 2025, the posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom, Erika Kirk taking over the organisation, the argument about political violence that the killing set off, and the assessments, admiring and critical, of what he actually changed.

2012 - Charlie Kirk at 18 on what inspired Turning Point USA. A 2012 interview with Kirk shortly after he co-founded Turning Point USA, in which he describes the organisation's origins. Released publicly on The Charlie Kirk Show in October 2025.
2013-03-16 - Charlie Kirk at CPAC, 2013. Kirk, then 19 and in the first year of Turning Point USA, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
2014-03-07 - Panel at CPAC, 2014. Kirk on a CPAC panel in National Harbor, Maryland, alongside former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, attorney Bruce Fein and journalist John Solomon.
2015-02-26 - With Mia Love and Ben Sasse at CPAC, 2015. Kirk on stage with Representative Mia Love of Utah and Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska at CPAC 2015.
2015-02-26 - Charlie Kirk speaking at CPAC, 2015. Kirk addressing the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
2015-05-08 - Speaking at Arizona State University, 2015. Kirk speaking at the Sun Devil Fitness Complex at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
2016-07-23 - Early address at the Young Women's Leadership Summit, 2016. A 2016 recording of the twenty-two-year-old founder teaching over four hundred conservative women campus activism tactics; among the earliest full speeches available.
2016-12-01 - Listed professors respond to the watchlist in its first week (2016). The David Pakman Show interviews two University of Massachusetts professors named on the newly published Professor Watchlist.
2016-12-05 - CBS Chicago on the launch of the Professor Watchlist (2016). Contemporaneous local news coverage of the Professor Watchlist shortly after its November 2016 launch, including responses from listed academics who say it is intended to intimidate.
2016-12-19 - The Kelly File debates the professor watchlist (2016). Fox News segment from December 2016 in which a listed professor and a student discuss the watchlist and the academic-freedom objections to it.
2017-02-24 - In conversation with Tim Carney at CPAC, 2017. Kirk speaking with journalist Tim Carney at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
2017-02-24 - Charlie Kirk at CPAC, 2017. Portrait-format image of Kirk speaking at the 2017 CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland.
2017-04-01 - Fox News segment: what is the Professor Watchlist?. A 2017 Fox News discussion of the Professor Watchlist and the First Amendment questions raised by cataloguing academics.
2017 - Turning Point USA's 2017 Student Action Summit. The organisation's own footage from its 2017 Student Action Summit, an early edition of what became its main student conference.
2018-01-18 - Rubin Report interview on religion and Islam. An early 2018 long-form interview in which he sets out his views on Christianity, Islam and religion in Europe.
2018-02-22 - With Eric Trump at CPAC, 2018. Kirk interviewing Eric Trump on stage at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference.
2018-02-22 - Charlie Kirk at CPAC, 2018. Kirk speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
2018-05-04 - Address to the 2018 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum. His speech to the National Rifle Association's leadership forum at the 2018 annual meetings in Dallas.
2018-05-24 - Utah Valley University campus letters. The 'UVU' letters on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, the site where Kirk was killed in September 2025. Photographed in 2018.
2018-06-07 - Daily Wire sit-down with Ben Shapiro and Candace Owens. A 2018 joint appearance with Candace Owens during her time at TPUSA.
2018-07-01 - Utah Valley University campus sign. The main campus sign at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, with Mount Timpanogos behind. Photographed in 2018, seven years before the campus became the site of Kirk's death.
2018-08-17 - Steamboat Institute Freedom Conference session with Candace Owens. Moderated presentation with Candace Owens at the Steamboat Institute's tenth annual Freedom Conference, hosted by an academic moderator.
2018-10-20 - Kirk debates Hasan Piker at Politicon 2018. A full-length debate between Kirk and progressive commentator Hasan Piker, recorded at Politicon in October 2018.
2018-10-20 - Highlights of the 2018 Politicon debate with Hasan Piker. An edited highlight reel of the October 2018 Politicon debate between Kirk and progressive commentator Hasan Piker.
2018-10-22 - Ana Kasparian's commentary on his Politicon appearance. A critical media analysis segment about his conduct at Politicon 2018, included as an example of hostile coverage of him.
2018-12-19 - At the Student Action Summit, 2018. Kirk at Turning Point USA's 2018 Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2018-12-19 - With Alex Marlow and Nigel Farage, 2018. Kirk with Breitbart editor Alex Marlow and British politician Nigel Farage at the 2018 Student Action Summit.
2018-12-20 - Panel with Alex Marlow and Nigel Farage on Andrew Breitbart's legacy. Onstage conversation at TPUSA's Student Action Summit in West Palm Beach with Breitbart's editor-in-chief and Nigel Farage.
2018-12-22 - With Tucker Carlson at the Student Action Summit, 2018. Kirk on stage with broadcaster Tucker Carlson at Turning Point USA's 2018 Student Action Summit.
2018-12-22 - With Candace Owens, 2018. Kirk with Candace Owens, then Turning Point USA's communications director, at the 2018 Student Action Summit.
2019-02-28 - CPAC 2019 address. His speech at CPAC 2019, posted by the conference's own channel.
2019-04-27 - Appearance on Huckabee discussing campus speech. A TBN network programme segment in which he argues that universities restrict conservative speakers.
2019-06-06 - Remarks at the 2019 Young Women's Leadership Summit. Full session including Kirk, Candace Owens and Jeanine Pirro at TPUSA's 2019 women's conference.
2019 - Recap of the 2019 Student Action Summit. Turning Point USA's own summary of its 2019 Student Action Summit, which it says drew more than 5,000 attendees and included an appearance by President Trump.
2019-07-22 - Address at the 2019 Student Action Summit. Breitbart's recording of his speech to TPUSA's flagship student conference in 2019.
2019-07-22 - Speaking with attendees, 2019. Kirk talking with attendees at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit in Washington, D.C.
2019-07-22 - With Greg Gutfeld, 2019. Kirk on stage with Fox News host Greg Gutfeld at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit.
2019-07-23 - President Trump addresses the Teen Student Action Summit (2019). White House recording of President Trump's remarks to Turning Point USA's Teen Student Action Summit in Washington on 23 July 2019.
2019-07-23 - With Jared Kushner, 2019. Kirk interviewing White House adviser Jared Kushner at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit in Washington, D.C.
2019-07-23 - At the Teen Student Action Summit, 2019. Kirk with a handheld microphone at Turning Point USA's 2019 Teen Student Action Summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.
2019-10-21 - With Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle, 2019. Kirk appearing with Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle at an event in 2019.
2019-10-29 - In conversation with Rob Smith, 2019. Kirk speaking with commentator Rob Smith at a Turning Point USA event.
2019-10-31 - Campus event at SOAS in London. Early overseas campus appearance at the School of Oriental and African Studies, arguing his case on socialism with a mostly hostile audience.
2019-10-31 - The 2019 'Groyper War' against Turning Point USA. Archival compilation of the autumn 2019 campus confrontations in which Nick Fuentes's supporters challenged Kirk at TPUSA events from the right.
2019-12-18 - With Senator Rand Paul, 2019. Kirk on stage with Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky at a Turning Point USA event.
2020-02-27 - Full CPAC 2020 speech. His complete address to the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord Hotel in Maryland, posted by a local news station.
2020-03-01 - The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special interview. A long-form interview from 2020 timed to the release of The MAGA Doctrine, covering Trump, populism and conservatism.
2020-03-02 - Book signing and interview for The MAGA Doctrine. A near hour-long promotional session answering reader questions about his book The MAGA Doctrine.
2020 - Vice President Mike Pence at the 2020 Student Action Summit. Turning Point USA's recording of Vice President Pence's full speech to its December 2020 Student Action Summit.
2020-06-23 - At 'An Address to Young Americans', 2020. Kirk speaking with supporters at the 'An Address to Young Americans' event featuring President Donald Trump, hosted by Students for Trump and Turning Point Action at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona.
2020-08-24 - 2020 RNC remarks, posted by the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign's own upload of his 2020 convention speech, showing how the campaign used it.
2020-08-24 - Full speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention. His address on the first night of the 2020 RNC, delivered 24 August 2020, as stated by PBS.
2020-08-24 - Full 2020 RNC remarks, The Hill's recording. An independent recording of his complete 2020 Republican National Convention address.
2020-09-22 - Four More Tour in Chandler, Arizona, 2020. Kirk speaking with attendees at the Four More Tour at the Crowne Plaza Phoenix Chandler Golf Resort in Chandler, Arizona.
2020-09-28 - Four More Tour in Omaha, 2020. Kirk speaking at Turning Point Action's Four More Tour stop in Omaha, Nebraska.
2020-10-27 - With a supporter in Tempe, 2020. Kirk speaking with a supporter at a 'Liberty for Trump' event at the Graduate Hotel in Tempe, Arizona.
2021-02-26 - Full CPAC 2021 speech. Complete address at CPAC 2021 in Orlando, delivered 26 February 2021.
2021-04-17 - Southwest Regional Conference, 2021. Kirk speaking with attendees at Turning Point USA's 2021 Southwest Regional Conference at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
2021-06-11 - With Candace Owens, 2021. Kirk on stage with Candace Owens at a Turning Point USA event in 2021.
2021-06-11 - With Sarah Palin, 2021. Kirk appearing with former Alaska governor Sarah Palin at a Turning Point USA event.
2021-06-11 - Speaking with attendees, 2021. Kirk talking with attendees at a Turning Point USA event in June 2021.
2021-06-12 - Erika and Charlie Kirk, 2021. Kirk photographed with Erika Frantzve, whom he married later that year, at a Turning Point USA event.
2021-07-08 - Freedom House Church town hall. Full ninety-minute church town hall combining a talk with audience questions.
2021-07-14 - Church address: Winning the Invisible War. A full fifty-minute sermon-style talk at Awaken Church on spiritual warfare and Christian practice, one of his religious rather than political appearances.
2021-07-22 - A detailed rebuttal of Kirk's vaccine-death figures. A point-by-point response to Kirk's July 2021 arithmetic on reported vaccine deaths and the limits of the VAERS reporting system.
2021-07-22 - Kirk's VAERS-based vaccine death claim examined. The Young Turks address Kirk's 2021 claim that over a million people had died from COVID-19 vaccines, which misread the VAERS self-reporting database.
2021-07-24 - With Donald Trump, 2021. Kirk on stage with former president Donald Trump in July 2021.
2021-08-03 - Full Timcast IRL debate with Vaush. Complete two-and-a-half-hour panel debate against left-wing streamer Vaush, moderated by Tim Pool, on critical race theory and vaccine policy.
2021-08-03 - Exchange with Vaush on critical race theory. Segment of the Timcast IRL debate isolating the critical race theory portion of the argument.
2021-08-03 - Exchange with Vaush on vaccine passports and mandates. Segment of the same Timcast IRL episode covering vaccination requirements for public life.
2021-08-04 - A recorded vaccine debate between Kirk and a left-wing streamer. Kyle Kulinski reviews a 2021 debate between Kirk and the streamer Vaush over COVID-19 vaccine claims.
2021-08-23 - Turning Point USA launches the School Board Watchlist. The organisation's own promotional video for its School Board Watchlist, a companion project to the Professor Watchlist targeting local school board members.
2021-09-24 - An earlier critique of Kirk's demographic-change rhetoric (2021). A 2021 segment examining Kirk's statements about immigration and population change and their resemblance to replacement rhetoric.
2021-10-01 - The watchlist case against a Penn State sociologist. Turning Point USA sets out its reasons for adding Dr Sam Richards to the Professor Watchlist, illustrating the criteria the project applies.
2021-10-15 - Kirk challenged over Turning Point Action's January 6 role in a 2021 debate. The Majority Report covers a debate in which comedian Ben Gleib pressed Kirk on his organisation's involvement in transporting attendees to Washington on 6 January 2021.
2021-10-21 - Debate with socialist professor Ben Burgis on socialism. Full formal debate against self-described democratic socialist academic Ben Burgis on socialism and capitalism.
2021-10-23 - Philosophers respond to Kirk on social contract theory. Ben Burgis and Jennifer Burgis analyse Kirk's use of social contract theory ahead of a 2021 debate between Burgis and Kirk.
2021-12-12 - Turning Point USA adds a name to the Professor Watchlist. An example of the organisation's own Professor Watchlist segments, in which it presents its case for listing a named academic.
2021-12-20 - With Kyle Rittenhouse at AmericaFest, 2021. Kirk interviewing Kyle Rittenhouse at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in December 2021.
2022-01-16 - Address at Without Walls Church. A full church address recorded in January 2022; the upload carries no description.
2022-01-28 - Criticism of an anti-vaccine guest on Kirk's programme. The Majority Report examines a 2022 episode of Kirk's show featuring a guest who made false claims about mRNA vaccines altering human genes.
2022-04-13 - Kirk accused of echoing 'Great Replacement' claims. The Majority Report argues that Kirk's April 2022 remarks about Minneapolis mosques and demographic change track the white nationalist Great Replacement narrative; Kirk denied holding that view.
2022-04-13 - Speaking with students at Sather Gate, 2022. Kirk speaking with students at Sather Gate during the Berkeley stop of the 'Educate, Don't Mandate' tour.
2022-04-13 - Berkeley tour stop, 2022. Kirk speaking with attendees at the University of California, Berkeley stop of the 'Educate, Don't Mandate' tour at the ASUC Student Union.
2022-05-19 - Debate with Briahna Joy Gray on systemic racism. Full one-on-one debate with Bernie Sanders' former press secretary on race relations in America.
2022-06-03 - Onstage discussion with Matt Walsh at the 2022 Young Women's Leadership Summit. Full two-hour session with Matt Walsh on gender and womanhood at TPUSA's 2022 women's conference.
2022-06-03 - Live coverage of the 2022 Young Women's Leadership Summit. RedState's live stream from Turning Point USA's 2022 summit for young conservative women, an annual fixture of its programme.
2022-06-03 - With Matt Walsh, 2022. Kirk on stage with commentator Matt Walsh at a Turning Point USA event in June 2022.
2022-06-05 - Ten Years of Turning Point USA: Kirk reflects on the organisation's growth. Turning Point USA's own tenth-anniversary retrospective, in which Kirk recounts the organisation's founding and expansion.
2022 - Kirk campaigns for Kari Lake before the 2022 midterms. Kirk speaks at a rally for Arizona Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake in the final days of the 2022 campaign.
2022-06-21 - The Damage Report on Kirk's remarks about transgender athletes. A 2022 critical segment on Kirk's commentary about transgender athletes and the swimmer Lia Thomas.
2022-08-14 - With Ron DeSantis and Kari Lake, 2022. Kirk with Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Arizona candidate Kari Lake at a Turning Point Action event.
2022-11-01 - Criticism of Kirk's suggestion that a donor bail out Paul Pelosi's attacker. The Ring of Fire covers Kirk's October 2022 podcast remarks suggesting someone post bail for David DePape, the man who attacked Paul Pelosi.
2022-11-01 - Rebel HQ on Kirk's 'amazing patriot' bail remark. A critical report on Kirk's call for someone to bail out the man charged with attacking Paul Pelosi so that Kirk could question him.
2022-11-06 - The Majority Report on Kirk and the Paul Pelosi conspiracy claims. A critical segment on Kirk's handling of the attack on Paul Pelosi, including his suggestion of bail for the attacker and the conspiracy claims circulating at the time.
2022-11-07 - Church address on Christians and political involvement. Full talk at Legacy Church arguing that Christians should engage in politics.
2022-11-29 - Appearance on FlashPoint discussing Twitter and free speech. A Victory Channel segment recorded 29 November 2022 on social media moderation and universities.
2022-12-18 - Full AmericaFest 2022 session with Greg Gutfeld. His complete AmFest 2022 stage session alongside Fox News host Greg Gutfeld.
2022-12-19 - With Steve Bannon at AmericaFest, 2022. Kirk in conversation with Steve Bannon at AmericaFest 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona.
2023-04-27 - Full campus Q&A at the University of Kentucky. Complete unedited Q&A session from the LiveFree tour, including an extended exchange with a student who disagrees.
2023-05-01 - Full campus Q&A at UC Davis. Complete unedited Q&A session at UC Davis covering public education, healthcare and family politics.
2023-05-02 - Full campus Q&A with Candace Owens at Ohio State University. Joint unedited Q&A session with Candace Owens covering free speech and the East Palestine derailment.
2023-05-10 - Full Q&A at the Keep Texas Free Summit in Houston. Complete audience question-and-answer session at a TPUSA state summit rather than a campus event.
2023-05-12 - Full campus Q&A at the University of North Carolina. Complete unedited student question-and-answer session from TPUSA's LiveFree campus tour, covering Christianity, critical race theory and free markets.
2023-05-15 - Full campus Q&A at the University of Texas. Complete unedited Q&A featuring multiple abortion exchanges and a question on whether he considers himself a nationalist.
2023-05-16 - Full campus Q&A at Florida State University. Complete unedited Q&A from the LiveFree tour; topics include dating across political lines, economics and science policy.
2023-05-17 - Full campus Q&A at Grand Canyon University. Complete unedited Q&A covering fatherhood, Planned Parenthood, abortion and immigration.
2023-06-01 - Full campus Q&A at the University of Colorado Boulder. Complete unedited Q&A including exchanges on marriage and sexuality, LGBTQ acceptance and immigration.
2023-06-10 - Full Q&A at the Young Women's Leadership Summit 2023. Complete audience Q&A at TPUSA's women's conference, a friendly rather than adversarial format.
2023-06-12 - Criticism of the 2023 summit's messaging to young women. The Young Turks examine the anti-career-woman framing of Turning Point USA's 2023 Young Women's Leadership Summit, whose speakers included Kirk and Candace Owens.
2023-06-12 - The Majority Report on his 2023 women's summit remarks. Critical coverage of his address at the Young Women's Leadership Summit, quoting his remarks on marriage and children at length.
2023-06-12 - Unbossed panel on the 2023 TPUSA summit. An hour-long progressive programme covering his summit remarks alongside other news of the week.
2023-06-13 - A Media Matters researcher describes attending the 2023 summit. Madeline Peltz of Media Matters for America discusses her observations from Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit in Texas.
2023 - AmericaFest 2023 opening-day address. His full day-one speech at TPUSA's AmericaFest 2023, captured from the conference stream.
2023 - Keynote to Arizona home-school graduates, 2023. A graduation keynote to Arizona home-schooled students, uploaded years later by the organising association.
2023-06-17 - Michael Knowles interview: rapid-fire questions. A near hour-long informal interview format in which he answers a long run of yes-or-no questions.
2023-06-21 - Full campus Q&A at Cal State Fullerton. Complete unedited Q&A on critical race theory, campus conservatism and talking politics with family.
2023-07-15 - With Donald Trump, 2023. Kirk with Donald Trump at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2023-07-16 - Charlie Kirk, 2023. Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2023-07-16 - Turning Point Action Conference, 2023. Kirk at the 2023 Turning Point Action Conference at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2023-07-18 - David Pakman interviews attendees at a Turning Point Action event. A critical segment in which attendees at a 2023 Turning Point Action event are questioned about the positions they hold.
2023-10-03 - Turning Point Faith explains its approach to pastors and politics. An in-house TPUSA Faith programme setting out how the church-outreach arm engages clergy on political questions.
2023-10-12 - Full PBD Podcast interview, episode 314. A near two-hour interview on a business-oriented podcast covering his organisation, his career and his politics.
2023-11-15 - Turning Point Action's COO on building an election-winning movement. Tyler Bowyer, chief operating officer of Turning Point Action, explains the group's approach to organising and turnout in a 2023 interview.
2023-12-18 - With Tucker Carlson at AmericaFest, 2023. Kirk on stage with Tucker Carlson at AmericaFest 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.
2023-12-18 - With Ben Carson at AmericaFest, 2023. Kirk in conversation with former housing secretary Ben Carson at AmericaFest 2023.
2023-12-21 - On AmericaFest attendance and his relationship with Fox News. A short interview with Breitbart's editor-in-chief in which he discusses attendance records and his strained relationship with Fox News.
2024-01-16 - Roland Martin on Kirk's statements about Martin Luther King Jr. Roland Martin criticises Kirk's recurring commentary on Martin Luther King Jr and the civil rights era.
2024-01-19 - Historians on Kirk's criticism of Martin Luther King Jr. The New Evangelicals discuss with historian Bobby Griffith the evangelical tradition behind Kirk's arguments about King and the civil rights movement.
2024-01-24 - Panel discussion of Kirk's comments on Black pilots and DEI. Dr. Rashad Richey and Wosny Lambre discuss Kirk's remarks on his ThoughtCrime programme about the qualifications of Black pilots, which drew widespread criticism.
2024-01-26 - Kirk answers the criticism of his airline pilot remarks. Megyn Kelly interviews Kirk about the controversy over his comments on diversity hiring and airline pilots, giving his own account of what he meant.
2024-01-27 - Kirk's remarks about Black airline pilots draw criticism (2024). The David Pakman Show examines Kirk's January 2024 comments questioning whether Black pilots are qualified, which he framed as a critique of diversity hiring.
2024-02-01 - TPUSA Faith talk on obedience and religious practice. A seventeen-minute talk for TPUSA's religious arm on Christian obedience.
2024-03-29 - A rebuttal of Kirk's argument on gender identity. David Pakman takes apart Kirk's comparison of gender identity to 'age identity', one of his recurring arguments on transgender questions.
2024-04-20 - Compilation of spring 2024 campus exchanges. TPUSA's own selection of exchanges from that season's Live Free and Prove Me Wrong campus events.
2024-04-23 - At a campus event, April 2024. Kirk at a college campus event in April 2024, photographed by an attendee.
2024-05-11 - Extended compilation of campus student exchanges. A forty-minute TPUSA compilation of campus exchanges, presented at length rather than as short clips.
2024-06-03 - Compilation of his campus exchanges on the value of college. A forty-four-minute TPUSA compilation of full campus exchanges on higher education, a recurring theme of the format.
2024-06-06 - George Janko Show interview. Ninety-minute interview timed to the release of his book Right Wing Revolution.
2024-06-07 - At the Young Women's Leadership Summit, 2024. Kirk speaking with attendees at the 2024 Young Women's Leadership Summit at the San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter in Texas.
2024-06-13 - George Janko interview on his show. A show episode in which he interviews podcaster George Janko about faith and internet fame.
2024-06-14 - With Lara Trump, 2024. Kirk in conversation with Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump in June 2024.
2024 - Kirk at Turning Point Action's 2024 People's Convention in Detroit. Kirk warns supporters against complacency ahead of the 2024 election, speaking at Turning Point Action's Detroit convention.
2024 - Full conversation with Cenk Uygur at AmericaFest 2024. Complete onstage discussion between Kirk and progressive host Cenk Uygur at TPUSA's AmericaFest, posted by Turning Point Action.
2024-06-17 - Announcing his book Right Wing Revolution. A show segment in which he introduces and describes his 2024 book.
2024-06-24 - Kirk argues against relitigating the 2020 election. In a 2024 exchange with Bill O'Reilly, Kirk says continuing to dispute the 2020 result does not help Republicans, a shift from his earlier position.
2024-07-15 - C-SPAN's record of Kirk at the 2024 Republican National Convention. C-SPAN's archive footage of Kirk's 2024 convention remarks, reposted with a pointer to his 37 C-SPAN appearances.
2024-07-15 - Charlie Kirk addresses the 2024 Republican National Convention. Kirk's speech on the opening night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, two days after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
2024-07-15 - Kirk's 2024 convention speech on young Americans and the economy. NBC News coverage of Kirk's Republican National Convention address, which centred on the financial position of young Americans.
2024-07-17 - Making the case for Trump on The Young Turks. A full appearance on a progressive programme where he argues for Trump against hosts who oppose him.
2024-07-20 - Setting out his argument that college is a scam. A monologue laying out the central thesis of his book The College Scam in his own words.
2024-07-26 - Responding to student objections on the value of college. An eleven-minute segment in which he answers pushback to his argument about higher education.
2024-08-24 - Full speech at the Turning Point Action event with Trump and RFK Jr. His complete remarks at a Turning Point Action rally featuring Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
2024-09-04 - Onstage discussion with JD Vance at Generation Church. Full conversation with the 2024 Republican vice-presidential nominee at a church in Mesa, Arizona.
2024-09-04 - JD Vance with Charlie Kirk at Turning Point Action's Chase the Vote (2024). Full recording of the Turning Point Action 'Chase the Vote' event in Mesa, Arizona, at which Kirk interviewed vice-presidential nominee JD Vance during the 2024 campaign.
2024-09-04 - With J. D. Vance, 2024. Kirk with Senator J. D. Vance, then the Republican vice-presidential nominee, in September 2024.
2024-09-05 - Preview of his Tucker Carlson conversation. A show segment trailing an upcoming Tucker Carlson interview, an example of his cross-promotion between platforms.
2024-09-08 - Kirk debates 25 liberal college students on Jubilee's Surrounded. The full 2024 Jubilee episode in which Kirk faced 25 liberal students in successive one-on-one arguments; the format became one of the most widely seen records of his debating style.
2024-10-09 - Campus exchange on abortion and personal responsibility. A full exchange in which he argues from personal responsibility; his channel's title is provocatively worded.
2024-10-16 - With Tulsi Gabbard, 2024. Kirk on stage with Tulsi Gabbard in October 2024.
2024-10-27 - Extended exchange with a self-described CNN viewer. A full unedited campus exchange with a student who cites mainstream news coverage; the title is his channel's framing.
2024-11-02 - His team's selection of ten campus exchanges from 2024. An official compilation of ten full-length campus debate segments from 2024, chosen by his own channel.
2024-11-08 - With Megyn Kelly on the 2024 election result. A joint reflection with Megyn Kelly recorded days after the 2024 presidential election.
2024-11-12 - Explaining his TikTok strategy on the PBD Podcast. He describes his organisation's TikTok output and its reach among young voters, with Chris Cuomo and Patrick Bet-David.
2024-12-13 - Campus exchange with a student on race and culture. A full unedited exchange on race and culture, one of his more contested arguments and widely criticised at the time.
2024-12-19 - Full address at AmericaFest 2024. His keynote at TPUSA's AmericaFest weeks after the 2024 election, framed by his channel as a victory address.
2024-12-21 - Debating Cenk Uygur at AmericaFest, 2024. Kirk debating progressive commentator Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks at AmericaFest 2024 at the Phoenix Convention Center.
2024-12-22 - Discussing the proposed TikTok ban with Glenn Greenwald. A short Salem-affiliate television segment; the description confirms his weekday radio slot and Salem News Channel show.
2024-12-22 - With Donald Trump at AmericaFest, 2024. Kirk with president-elect Donald Trump at AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.
2024-12-27 - His most-viewed clips of 2024, compiled by his own team. A year-end compilation his channel promoted as representing two billion views, a direct record of how his output was packaged for social media.
2025-02-27 - American Comeback Tour at the University of Florida, 2025. Kirk speaking with attendees at the University of Florida stop of the 'American Comeback Tour' at the Plaza of the Americas in Gainesville.
2025-02-27 - Speaking with attendees in Gainesville, 2025. Kirk taking questions from attendees at the University of Florida stop of the 'American Comeback Tour'.
2025-03-06 - Full conversation with Gavin Newsom. The complete recording of his appearance as the first guest on California governor Gavin Newsom's podcast, an unusual cross-partisan sit-down.
2025-03-13 - Counter-demonstrators in Knoxville, 2025. Attendees with rainbow flags at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville stop of the 'American Comeback Tour', categorised on Commons as a protest against Kirk.
2025-03-13 - Counter-demonstrator at the Knoxville tour stop, 2025. An attendee with a rainbow flag at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville stop of the 'American Comeback Tour'. The file is categorised on Commons under demonstrations and protests against Charlie Kirk.
2025-03-18 - Explaining his appearance on Gavin Newsom's podcast. He describes to Megyn Kelly how the Newsom sit-down came about and what he intended by it.
2025-03-19 - Extended campus exchange on abortion, March 2025. A full single abortion exchange from a campus table event, posted uncut.
2025-04-08 - American Comeback Tour audience in Urbana, 2025. Attendees at the University of Illinois stop of the 'American Comeback Tour' at Foellinger Auditorium in Urbana, Illinois.
2025-04-11 - Campus exchange with an atheist student on the existence of God. A full exchange on theism with a student who identifies as an atheist.
2025-04-11 - American Comeback Tour audience at Michigan State, 2025. Attendees at the Michigan State University stop of the 'American Comeback Tour' at Wells Courtyard in East Lansing.
2025-04-13 - Conversation with Erika Kirk on family and faith. A joint sit-down with his wife on marriage, faith and building a life, on his own show.
2025-04-17 - Exchange with a veteran on the Holocaust and antisemitic conspiracy claims. Full campus exchange with a questioner advancing Holocaust-revisionist and 'Jew World Order' claims, which Kirk disputes.
2025-04-20 - Reviewing his own Club Random appearance on air. He replays and comments on his Bill Maher interview across a full show episode, illustrating how he recycled appearances into show content.
2025-04-21 - Recapping the Bill Maher interview with Alex Marlow. A shorter show segment discussing the Maher appearance with Breitbart's editor-in-chief.
2025-04-22 - At Texas A&M University, 2025. Kirk speaking with attendees at the Texas A&M University stop of the 'American Comeback Tour' at the J. Earl Rudder Center in College Station.
2025-04-28 - Jordan Peterson interview on his personal story. Long-form interview in which Peterson takes him through his background, his decision to skip university and his rise in conservative politics.
2025-05-02 - His own channel's cut of the Jordan Peterson life-story interview. Kirk's channel posts the full Peterson conversation about his upbringing and career under his own framing.
2025-05-06 - A biblical-studies response to Kirk on Christian nationalism. Scholar Dan McClellan responds to Kirk's arguments about Christianity and the American state, addressing the textual claims Kirk made.
2025-05-19 - Full exchange with Cambridge students and a professor. His own channel's full-length cut of the Cambridge Union appearance including the professor's challenge.
2025-05-19 - Address and extended Q&A at the Cambridge Union. Full session at the Cambridge Union debating chamber, recorded 19 May 2025 and uploaded by the Union itself.
2025-05-19 - Exchange with a Cambridge professor. His exchange with an academic at the Cambridge Union, isolated from the full session, which is also in this archive.
2025-05-19 - Exchange with a Cambridge student. A single full exchange isolated from the Cambridge Union session.
2025-06-03 - Kirk restates his position on diversity hiring and pilots. A 2025 episode of Kirk's own show in which he returns to the airline pilot argument that drew criticism in January 2024.
2025-06-06 - Oxford exchange on gender roles in society. An extended exchange at Oxford on masculinity, femininity and social structure.
2025-06-08 - Full event with roughly 300 students at Oxford. Complete recording of his Oxford appearance and the extended student question session that followed.
2025-06-09 - An Oxford question he says he was unprepared for. A short segment his own channel posted acknowledging a question that caught him out, included as a counterweight to the wins-only framing common in clips.
2025-06-11 - Full campus event at UC Riverside. Ninety minutes of unedited open-table exchanges with a largely opposed student audience in California.
2025-06-11 - The Charlie Kirk Show television broadcast, 11 June 2025. A complete two-hour simulcast of his weekday programme on Real America's Voice, hosted by Kirk himself.
2025-06-13 - Erika and Charlie Kirk, June 2025. Kirk photographed with his wife Erika at a Turning Point USA event three months before his death.
2025-06-14 - Onstage session with Riley Gaines at the 2025 women's summit. A conference session with swimmer and activist Riley Gaines at TPUSA's 2025 Young Women's Leadership Summit.
2025 - With Donald Trump Jr. in Greenland, 2025. Kirk photographed with Donald Trump Jr. during a visit to Greenland. Official White House photograph, in the public domain as a work of the US federal government.
2025 - Official White House portrait of Charlie Kirk. Portrait of Kirk by White House photographer Daniel Torok, released as a work of the US federal government and therefore in the public domain.
2025 - Posthumous compilation of his exchanges with faculty. His channel assembles exchanges in which the challengers were professors rather than students; posted after his death.
2025 - Speech at the TPUSA Educators' Summit. His address to TPUSA's education arm on raising children within a Christian framework; posted a month after his death.
2025 - Posthumously reposted abortion exchange. A full campus abortion exchange reposted by his channel after his death; the title is his team's framing, not the event's.
2025 - His final seven abortion debates. Posthumously assembled compilation of the last full abortion exchanges he recorded on campus.
2025-06-16 - Address to the 2025 Young Women's Leadership Summit. His remarks to an audience of roughly 2,500 women at TPUSA's 2025 women's summit.
2025-06-26 - Seven abortion debates from spring 2025. Compilation of seven full-length campus exchanges on abortion, presented uncut rather than as short clips.
2025-06-29 - Iced Coffee Hour long-form interview. An unstructured 106-minute interview covering media, money and his career, on a non-political finance podcast.
2025-07-11 - Kirk's 2025 Student Action Summit speech on the electoral threat from the left. Kirk's address at the July 2025 Student Action Summit in Tampa, warning Republicans about the rise of candidates such as Zohran Mamdani.
2025-07-11 - Chapter Leadership Summit in Tampa, 2025. Kirk speaking with attendees at Turning Point USA's 2025 Chapter Leadership Summit at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida.
2025-07-13 - Protests meet the Student Action Summit in Tampa. WFLA reports on supporters and demonstrators at Turning Point USA's July 2025 student summit in downtown Tampa.
2025-07-16 - An undercover account of the Young Women's Leadership Summit. The Freedom From Religion Foundation's Caitlin Berray describes attending Turning Point USA's tenth Young Women's Leadership Summit as an observer.
2025-07-17 - The Charlie Kirk Show television broadcast, 17 July 2025. Another full simulcast of the daily show from his lifetime on Real America's Voice.
2025-07-19 - Full speech at a Turning Point Action event, July 2025. A complete twenty-minute address posted by Turning Point Action without further identifying detail.
2025-07-21 - Talk on dating and relationships before a student audience. A near hour-long address to roughly a thousand students on modern dating and marriage.
2025-07-22 - Exchange with a student on limits to abortion access. A ten-minute campus exchange focused on where a student would draw legal limits.
2025-07-23 - Full exchange with a pro-choice Christian student. A complete campus exchange with a student who is both Christian and pro-choice, posted by TPUSA as a full debate.
2025-07-23 - A skeptic channel's analysis of a campus abortion exchange. A philosophy-focused channel works through one of his campus abortion arguments in detail; critical of his reasoning.
2025-07-24 - Kirk argues with Gen Z participants over Israel, Netanyahu and AIPAC. A long-form recorded exchange in which Kirk defends his position on Israel against 25 young participants, on a question that split his own audience.
2025-07-25 - Kirk debates Gen Z participants on Israel and Gaza. A recorded exchange in which Kirk argues US policy on Israel and Gaza with young participants, a topic that divided his own coalition.
2025-07-26 - Fox and Friends Weekend segment on the Democrats' Gen Z summit. A network morning-show segment featuring his commentary on Democratic outreach to young voters.
2025-07-31 - Full campus event at Texas A&M, part one. First part of a long unedited campus question session at Texas A&M University.
2025-08-04 - Second exchange with a pro-choice Christian student. A separate full campus exchange on abortion with a Christian student, posted by TPUSA.
2025-08-06 - Megyn Kelly interview on pressure from Israel's supporters. An interview in which he and Kelly describe pressure to give unconditional support to Israel, a rift within his own coalition.
2025-08-07 - Russell Brand interview on his show. A full sit-down with Russell Brand as guest on The Charlie Kirk Show.
2025-08-08 - Extended campus exchange on gun policy. A single full student exchange on firearms, presented uncut by his own channel.
2025-08-08 - Campus exchange with a student on the purpose of education. A fifteen-minute single exchange on what education should be for, posted by TPUSA.
2025-08-09 - Full debate with University of Wyoming students. Complete unedited campus exchange with students in Wyoming.
2025-08-10 - Campus exchange with transgender rights activists. Unedited footage of a disrupted table event, showing the confrontational conditions the format sometimes produced.
2025-08-12 - Full Oxford speech. His prepared address at Oxford, distinct from the student question session that followed.
2025-08-13 - Recap of the 2025 Faith Forward Pastors' Summit in California. TPUSA Faith's summary of its 2025 pastors' summit, held before Kirk's death.
2025-08-18 - The Charlie Kirk Show, 18 August 2025. A complete episode of his daily radio and podcast programme, dated in the title.
2025-08-21 - Extended exchange with three professors and a teacher. Long unedited campus session in which his challengers are faculty rather than students.
2025-08-22 - Full campus event at the University of Florida. Nearly two hours of unedited student exchanges at the University of Florida.
2025-08-28 - Full campus event at Purdue University. Over an hour and a half of unedited student exchanges, weighted toward questions on religion and faith.
2025-09-02 - Full campus event at the University of Tennessee. Over two hours of unedited open-table exchanges with students, from the final months of the campus tour.
2025-09-09 - Ben Shapiro on the show discussing Israeli strikes in Qatar. A segment of his own programme from 9 September 2025, the day before he was killed, with Ben Shapiro as guest.
2025-09-09 - On The Will Cain Show discussing media coverage. A Fox News appearance the day before his death, discussing how outlets covered the Charlotte stabbing.
2025-09-10 - House floor moment of silence turns into a shouting match. Wall Street Journal coverage of the House floor scene, recorded shortly before news of Charlie Kirk's death was confirmed.
2025-09-10 - Speaker Mike Johnson responds to the shooting. C-SPAN footage of House Speaker Mike Johnson addressing Kirk's shooting on 10 September 2025 and the rise of political violence.
2025-09-10 - Speaker Mike Johnson: political violence 'must stop'. House Speaker Mike Johnson's reaction on the day of the shooting, saying political violence must stop.
2025-09-10 - ABC7 explains Kirk's political influence and career. A summary of Kirk's role in shaping Republican messaging and his connection to Donald Trump's rise.
2025-09-10 - Kirk's political impact in Arizona. 12 News reviews how Kirk built a national organisation headquartered in Arizona and drew young people into conservative politics there.
2025-09-10 - Arizona lawmakers and community react to Kirk's death. 12 News team coverage of reactions from Arizona officials and residents on the day Kirk was killed.
2025-09-10 - Full campus event at UC San Diego. Nearly two hours of unedited student exchanges; posted on the morning of 10 September 2025.
2025-09-10 - Turning Point USA's Arizona headquarters sealed off. CBS News reports the organisation's Phoenix-area headquarters were blocked off and staff sent home after the shooting of its co-founder.
2025-09-10 - House observes a moment of silence. Speaker Mike Johnson led the House of Representatives in a moment of silence and prayer on the day of the shooting.
2025-09-10 - Sky News: tributes from across the political spectrum. British broadcast reporting the death and the tributes paid from across the political spectrum on the evening of 10 September 2025.
2025-09-10 - Moment of silence followed by a clash on the House floor. The House held a moment of silence for Charlie Kirk; lawmakers then exchanged shouts in the chamber, an early sign of the partisan argument that followed.
2025-09-10 - Who was Charlie Kirk and what was his influence?. Same-day explainer on Charlie Kirk's role in conservative youth politics and his relationship with President Trump.
2025-09-10 - TIME: shouting erupts during the House moment of silence. TIME's account of the disorder on the House floor during the moment of silence requested by Speaker Mike Johnson.
2025-09-10 - His final interview, recorded the day he died. Interview with Andrew K. Smith at the Restaurantology Summit in Salt Lake City on 10 September 2025, on entrepreneurship and organisation-building; recorded hours before his assassination.
2025-09-10 - Governor Spencer Cox: 'This is a political assassination'. Utah Governor Spencer Cox addresses reporters hours after the shooting, describing it as a political assassination and defending campus debate.
2025-09-10 - CBC explains Kirk's political influence. CBC News breaks down Kirk's role in American conservative politics for an international audience.
2025-09-11 - Campus security nationwide comes under scrutiny. Report on how the killing prompted colleges and universities across the country to re-examine security for public speaking events.
2025-09-11 - 'Rapid developments' in the investigation. CNN reports that the FBI director was travelling to Utah and that a scheduled briefing had been postponed because of fast-moving developments in the case.
2025-09-11 - Turning Point USA's statement on the death of its founder. The organisation's own tribute video posted the day after Kirk was killed.
2025-09-11 - Vice President Vance accompanies the casket to Air Force Two. Vice President JD Vance walked with uniformed personnel carrying Charlie Kirk's casket to Air Force Two on the tarmac in Utah.
2025-09-11 - Trump announces the Medal of Freedom will be awarded. President Trump announced the posthumous award at a 11 September remembrance event at the Pentagon, a day after the killing.
2025-09-11 - A commentator argues Kirk's legacy was open debate. Brad Polumbo discusses Kirk's approach to public argument after the assassination; the characterisation of Kirk as a free-speech figure is contested by his critics.
2025-09-11 - Charlie Kirk's body returns to Arizona aboard Air Force Two. Local coverage of the return of Charlie Kirk's remains to Arizona on Air Force Two, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance.
2025-09-11 - Supporters gather at a memorial outside TPUSA headquarters. Associated Press footage of the makeshift memorial that formed outside Turning Point USA's Phoenix headquarters.
2025-09-11 - Face the Nation on the Trump-Kirk relationship. CBS examines the close working relationship between President Trump and Kirk, including Trump's announcement of a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom.
2025-09-11 - An Australian reporter attends a Kirk campus debate. ABC News Australia's Lia Walsh describes attending one of Kirk's campus debate events during the 2024 campaign.
2025-09-11 - Vigil outside TPUSA as the casket arrives in Phoenix. Mourners gathered outside Turning Point USA headquarters as Air Force Two landed at Phoenix Sky Harbor carrying Charlie Kirk's casket.
2025-09-11 - How Kirk helped propel Trump into office. Good Morning America reviews Kirk's influence on Republican messaging and Donald Trump's political rise.
2025-09-11 - Kirk's rise in conservative politics. KRON4 traces Kirk's political trajectory, noting among other things his remarks about the man who attacked Paul Pelosi.
2025-09-11 - A critical assessment of Kirk's free-speech record. Journalist Jeff Sharlet argues on Democracy Now! that Charlie Kirk's record on free speech should not be idealised after his death.
2025-09-11 - Why political violence has risen in the United States. Rachel Kleinfeld of the Carnegie Endowment and Dartmouth's Jeff Sharlet discuss the rise in political violence targeting figures on both the right and the left.
2025-09-11 - France 24 profiles Turning Point USA as a political machine. France 24 English examines the scale and role of Turning Point USA within American conservative politics following Kirk's death.
2025-09-11 - Memorial in Salt Lake City, September 2025. An impromptu memorial to Kirk in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the days after his death.
2025-09-11 - Flag at half-staff, 11 September 2025. A flag flown at half-staff following Kirk's death.
2025-09-11 - Turning Point USA headquarters, 11 September 2025. The American flag lowered to half-staff outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, the day after Kirk's death.
2025-09-11 - Tributes in Salt Lake City, September 2025. Candles and messages left at a Salt Lake City memorial for Kirk in September 2025.
2025-09-11 - Memorial outside Turning Point USA headquarters, 2025. Flowers and tributes left outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, on 11 September 2025.
2025-09-12 - Governor Cox's full statement after the arrest. Full Utah press conference following the arrest of 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, with the governor setting out what authorities knew at that point.
2025-09-12 - Inscriptions found on recovered ammunition. NBC News reports that investigators found engraved phrases on ammunition casings recovered as evidence.
2025-09-12 - Washington Week panel on escalating political violence. Panel discussion of the assassination, its fallout, and the role of social media in a culture of escalating political violence.
2025-09-12 - BBC News: what did Charlie Kirk stand for?. A short BBC explainer summarising Kirk's political positions for international viewers.
2025-09-12 - Mehdi Hasan: political violence is a threat to everyone. Journalist Mehdi Hasan tells Democracy Now! that no one should celebrate political violence because it endangers all sides.
2025-09-12 - Investigators release suspect's booking photograph. NBC News item marking the release of the booking photograph of Tyler Robinson by investigators.
2025-09-12 - Full press conference: arrest announced in the Kirk killing. Complete news conference on 12 September 2025 at which Utah authorities announced the arrest of Tyler Robinson, detained the previous evening.
2025-09-12 - Full press conference: suspect identified as Tyler Robinson. Complete news conference at which the FBI and Utah state authorities identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson.
2025-09-12 - Governor Cox's full remarks on ending political violence. Utah Governor Spencer Cox's complete 12 September 2025 remarks calling for 'moral clarity' and an end to political violence in the United States.
2025-09-12 - FBI director details the 33-hour investigation. FBI Director Kash Patel describes the roughly 33-hour investigation that led to the arrest of Tyler Robinson.
2025-09-12 - Newsweek: what was known about the suspect. Newsweek's senior politics editor summarises what had been established about the 22-year-old suspect after the nationwide manhunt ended.
2025-09-12 - Utah officials and the FBI brief the press. Full briefing by Utah officials and the FBI on the state of the investigation, given the morning after a suspect was taken into custody.
2025-09-12 - Vox on how Kirk built a home for Gen Z conservatives. Vox analyses Kirk's use of social media, debate formats and campus organising to attract younger conservatives.
2025-09-12 - Erika Kirk's first public address. Erika Kirk's first public remarks after her husband's death, delivered to the media on 12 September 2025.
2025-09-12 - Utah governor announces an arrest. News conference on the morning of 12 September 2025 at which the Utah governor announced an arrest in the killing of Charlie Kirk.
2025-09-12 - Reuters live: FBI news conference on the suspect. Reuters live coverage of the FBI and local authorities briefing reporters in Utah after President Trump said a person was in custody.
2025-09-12 - Shapiro and Alberta discuss Kirk's assassination on Real Time. Ben Shapiro and journalist Tim Alberta join Bill Maher for a discussion of Kirk's killing and its political consequences.
2025-09-13 - Young supporters describe what Kirk meant to them. The New York Times interviews mourners outside the Utah hospital where Kirk died about his influence on younger conservatives.
2025-09-13 - Politico on Kirk's political legacy. Politico's Dasha Burns discusses Charlie Kirk's life and the influence of Turning Point USA, the conservative grassroots organisation he founded.
2025-09-13 - David French on Kirk's killing at an academic panel. David French answers a question about Kirk's murder during a Wake Forest panel on educating for democracy, alongside Roosevelt Montas and Mary-Rose Papandrea.
2025-09-13 - Gathering in honour of Charlie Kirk, Chicago, 2025. Supporters gathered on the Canfield Road overpass above Interstate 90 in Chicago at an event held in Kirk's honour on 13 September 2025.
2025-09-14 - Politico: does this mark a 'cold civil war'?. Politico global editor-in-chief John Harris discusses the polarised political climate in the aftermath of the killing.
2025-09-14 - Governor Cox interview on the suspect's background. Utah Governor Spencer Cox's full Meet the Press interview, in which he described the suspect's family background and the account given by his roommate.
2025-09-14 - Megyn Kelly compiles his fifteen-plus appearances on her show. An hour-long retrospective assembling his appearances on The Megyn Kelly Show between May 2023 and August 2025.
2025-09-15 - A Chico State professor on being named in the watch list. KRCR reports on a California academic's response to inclusion in Turning Point USA's professor database, which the organisation says documents anti-conservative bias.
2025-09-15 - Analysis: the political response to the killing. NPR's Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report discuss the political fallout from the killing of Charlie Kirk.
2025-09-15 - Firings over remarks about the killing spark a free-speech debate. PBS NewsHour report on people fired, suspended or reprimanded for comments about Charlie Kirk's death, and the debate over the limits of free speech that followed.
2025-09-15 - White House: Vice President Vance hosts The Charlie Kirk Show. Official White House clip of Vice President JD Vance guest-hosting Charlie Kirk's podcast from the White House days after the killing.
2025-09-15 - AP report on the Vance tribute broadcast. Associated Press coverage of Vice President JD Vance stepping behind the microphone to host his longtime friend's programme.
2025-09-15 - Scrutiny of Utah Valley University's security arrangements. Report examining the security planning at Utah Valley University for the event at which Charlie Kirk was killed.
2025-09-15 - AP: What is known about suspect Tyler Robinson. Associated Press report on the background of Tyler Robinson, the man arrested over the killing of Charlie Kirk. Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Robinson was not cooperating with investigators and may have been radicalised online.
2025-09-15 - Mourners at the Tempe vigil, 2025. Mourners holding candles at the vigil for Kirk at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona.
2025-09-15 - Candlelight vigil at Arizona State University, 2025. Mourners at the candlelight vigil in honour of Kirk at Desert Financial Arena, Arizona State University, in Tempe.
2025-09-16 - The Ezra Klein Show on his killing, with Ben Shapiro. A liberal commentator's reflection on Kirk's murder followed by a long conversation with Ben Shapiro across the political divide.
2025-09-16 - FBI director testifies before the Senate on the investigation. Report on FBI Director Kash Patel's Senate testimony about the bureau's handling of the investigation into the assassination.
2025-09-16 - FBI director on the Discord chat linked to the suspect. FBI Director Kash Patel confirms the agency is examining a Discord group chat that included the suspect, saying it had well over twenty users.
2025-09-16 - Prosecutors announce they will seek the death penalty. Utah County prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty against Tyler James Robinson.
2025-09-16 - The online subcultures investigators examined. PBS NewsHour examines the internet-culture phrases inscribed on ammunition recovered by investigators, and what specialists said they signified.
2025-09-16 - NBC News: prosecutors will seek the death penalty. Prosecutors announced the charges, including aggravated murder, and said they would seek the death penalty, while releasing new detail about the hours before the arrest.
2025-09-16 - His appearance on TBN's Praise, rebroadcast. Trinity Broadcasting Network reposts an episode of Praise in which Kirk discusses his Christian faith, framed as a tribute after his death.
2025-09-16 - Tyler Robinson makes first court appearance. ABC News coverage of Tyler Robinson's first appearance before a Utah judge, on 16 September 2025.
2025-09-16 - Examining Kirk's claim that the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. Tim Black reviews Kirk's statements calling the Civil Rights Act of 1964 a mistake, against post-death comparisons of Kirk to Martin Luther King Jr.
2025-09-16 - Mark Halperin on how he became a conservative figurehead. A short political-analysis segment assessing his standing in the Republican Party.
2025-09-16 - Senate hearing: FBI director on the Kirk investigation. CBS News report from Capitol Hill on the FBI director's account of the investigation, including a Discord chat the suspect belonged to.
2025-09-16 - The charges: aggravated murder and six other counts. Report on the virtual hearing, listing the charges filed, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty.
2025-09-16 - Reuters: suspect's initial court appearance. Reuters footage of Tyler Robinson's initial appearance, conducted by video link from jail.
2025-09-17 - Students return to class a week after the shooting. Utah Valley University students returned to classes one week after the killing on campus.
2025-09-17 - Sky News: 'A human tragedy'. Longer British report on who Charlie Kirk was, his campus debate tours and his influence on young conservatives in the United States.
2025-09-17 - ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel over remarks about Kirk's killing. The Washington Post reports ABC's indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 17 September 2025 following criticism of the host's comments.
2025-09-17 - Recap of the backlash over Kirk's Black pilot comments. A short summary of the 2024 controversy over Kirk's statement about hoping a Black pilot was qualified.
2025-09-17 - Channel 4 News on the charges filed. British coverage of the charges brought against Tyler Robinson, including aggravated murder, and the note prosecutors said he had left.
2025-09-17 - Arizona senate president proposes a freeway renaming. Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen said he would introduce legislation renaming Loop 202 in the Phoenix area the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway.
2025-09-17 - NPR asks who will lead the young conservative movement now. NPR examines Kirk's role in shifting young Americans rightward and the question of succession within the movement after his death.
2025-09-17 - Chalk art and impromptu memorial at UVU, 2025. Chalk art and an impromptu memorial at Utah Valley University following Kirk's death there.
2025-09-17 - Chalk messages at Utah Valley University, 2025. Chalk messages written on the pavement at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, in the week after Kirk's death on campus.
2025-09-18 - The Charlie Kirk Show broadcast after his death. The programme continuing on Real America's Voice a week after his assassination, showing how the show was carried on by his team.
2025-09-18 - Public radio debate: is free speech at risk?. Extended public radio discussion of the FCC pressure, station groups pulling the programme, and what the episode meant for speech protections.
2025-09-18 - Turning Point USA announces its new chief executive. Report on the unanimous election of Erika Kirk as CEO and board chair of Turning Point USA, the organisation her husband founded in 2012.
2025-09-18 - Erika Kirk named CEO of Turning Point USA. NBC News item reporting that Erika Kirk had been named chief executive and board chair of Turning Point USA.
2025-09-18 - ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel's show after remarks about the killing. ABC News reports that Jimmy Kimmel's late-night programme was preempted indefinitely following comments he made in his monologue about the killing.
2025-09-18 - Examining Kirk's remarks describing empathy as a manufactured concept. Rebecca Watson reviews Kirk's statements about empathy and the arguments made on both sides about their context.
2025-09-18 - What Jimmy Kimmel said, and the fallout. Guardian Australia sets out the comments that preceded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's programme and the debate about speech that followed.
2025-09-18 - Impromptu memorial at Utah Valley University, 2025. Flowers, flags and messages left as an impromptu memorial at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
2025-09-19 - Ocasio-Cortez on the House resolution honouring Charlie Kirk. C-SPAN footage of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explaining her objections to the House resolution honouring Kirk following his death.
2025-09-19 - A review of Kirk's own recorded rhetoric. Roland Martin assembles Kirk's statements on race and gender, arguing against attempts to soften his record after his death.
2025-09-19 - CBN News on his religious faith. A Christian network's profile of how his faith shaped his work, produced after his death.
2025-09-19 - The Kimmel suspension and the free-speech argument. Political strategists from both parties debate the free-speech and censorship questions raised by the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show.
2025-09-19 - Former security director describes gaps in the event setup. Charlie Kirk's former Turning Point USA security director told KSL there were oversights in the security arrangements for the Utah Valley University event.
2025-09-19 - Tucker Carlson guest-hosts The Charlie Kirk Show. Tucker Carlson takes over the programme in the week after Kirk's death, one of a series of guest hosts including JD Vance.
2025-09-19 - Van Jones on the message Kirk sent him. Commentator Van Jones tells CNN about a message Charlie Kirk sent him the day before he was killed, reflecting on their exchanges across the political divide.
2025-09-19 - Practical guide to the Arizona memorial service. Local news explainer for people planning to attend the memorial service at State Farm Stadium.
2025-09-20 - Fox News on the release of his last interview. Andrew K. Smith, the interviewer, discusses the reception of the final interview he recorded with Kirk.
2025-09-20 - Security preparations for the memorial. Report on the scale of the security operation planned for the memorial service at State Farm Stadium.
2025-09-20 - CNN: conspiracy theories spread online after the killing. CNN's Marshall Cohen reports on the rapid spread of conspiracy claims across the political spectrum in the aftermath of the assassination.
2025-09-21 - Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the memorial. Donald Trump Jr.'s address at the memorial event for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona.
2025-09-21 - Erika Kirk's full remarks at the memorial. The complete address given by Erika Kirk at her husband's memorial service on 21 September 2025.
2025-09-21 - Secretary of State Marco Rubio's memorial address. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the memorial service, titled 'Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk'.
2025-09-21 - More than 73,000 attend the memorial. CBS Evening News report on the capacity crowd that filled State Farm Stadium for the memorial service.
2025-09-21 - Memorial service at State Farm Stadium, in full. Complete coverage of the memorial service for Charlie Kirk held on 21 September 2025 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
2025-09-21 - President Trump's full remarks at the memorial. President Donald Trump's complete address at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk.
2025-09-21 - Flags lowered in First Colony, Texas, 2025. United States and Texas flags flown at half-staff in First Colony, Texas, in memoriam of Kirk on the day of his memorial service.
2025-09-21 - Donald Trump and Erika Kirk at the memorial service, 2025. President Donald Trump with Erika Kirk at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona.
2025-09-21 - Erika Kirk at the memorial service, 2025. Erika Kirk, who succeeded her husband as chief executive of Turning Point USA, speaking with attendees at his memorial service at State Farm Stadium.
2025-09-21 - Presidential podium at the memorial service, 2025. The presidential podium set up at Kirk's memorial service at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
2025-09-21 - Queue outside State Farm Stadium, 21 September 2025. People queuing outside State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for Kirk's memorial service.
2025-09-21 - Attendee at the memorial service, 2025. A supporter of Kirk at the memorial service held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
2025-09-22 - Tucker Carlson's funeral eulogy draws antisemitism accusations. FOX 11 reports on criticism of Carlson for invoking conspiracy themes during his eulogy at Kirk's funeral, an early marker of the split that later widened on the right.
2025-09-22 - Erika Kirk says she forgives the man accused of killing her husband. At the memorial service Erika Kirk told the crowd she forgave the person accused of shooting her husband.
2025-09-22 - Erika Kirk addresses women on marriage and motherhood. KVAL reports on Erika Kirk's message to women in the weeks after taking over Turning Point USA.
2025-09-22 - Remarks on the Sabbath to a Christian audience, clipped by a Jewish channel. A Jewish media outlet circulates his comments about adopting Sabbath observance, an example of how his religious material travelled beyond his own audience.
2025-09-22 - Reporting on Turning Point USA's finances and major donors. Forbes Breaking News summarises reporting on Turning Point USA's fundraising and major donors, including donor-advised funds. Widely cited totals for the amount raised under Kirk vary and do not match a single IRS Form 990 year; the organisation's filings report revenue of roughly $114 million for FY2024 and $115.5 million for FY2025.
2025-09-22 - Fact check: the 'blood bag' claim was false. Australian Associated Press fact check debunking a viral social media claim that the shooting had been staged.
2025-09-23 - Kimmel returns to air and addresses his remarks. CNN report on Jimmy Kimmel's return monologue, in which he spoke about free speech and clarified what he had said about Charlie Kirk's death.
2025-09-24 - Canadian public radio on why Kirk resonated with young conservatives. CBC interview with a young Canadian conservative about why Charlie Kirk's message connected with people his age.
2025-09-25 - CBS Boston on Massachusetts professors named in the watch list. WBZ-TV reports on the dozens of Massachusetts academics named in the Professor Watchlist, which alleges anti-conservative bias.
2025-09-25 - Professors reflect on the Professor Watchlist after Kirk's death. The Chronicle of Higher Education speaks to faculty listed on the Professor Watchlist about threats and harassment they say followed their inclusion.
2025-09-26 - A Florida district changes student club policy after TPUSA complaints. First Coast News reports a Duval County school board member opening discussion of a policy change following complaints from Turning Point USA.
2025-09-30 - Turning Point USA returns to Utah for its first event since the assassination. CBS News covers the organisation's first Utah event after Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University.
2025-10-03 - Turning Point's response to the SPLC's classification of Kirk. The Charlie Kirk Show argues that the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch project functioned as a list targeting Kirk; the SPLC disputes that characterisation.
2025-10-09 - Commemorative shirt at a Turning Point USA event, 2025. A shirt honouring Kirk worn at the University of North Dakota stop of the 'This Is The Turning Point' tour at the Chester Fritz Auditorium in Grand Forks.
2025-10-10 - A Virginia school board clashes over a Turning Point USA chapter. WFAA covers a packed school board meeting where a member's comparison of a TPUSA guest to the Ku Klux Klan escalated a dispute over free speech and student clubs.
2025-10-14 - Erika Kirk accepts the Medal of Freedom. Erika Kirk's remarks accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her husband's behalf, on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
2025-10-14 - CNN report on the Medal of Freedom award. CNN report on the ceremony, at which Erika Kirk accepted the medal on her husband's behalf.
2025-10-14 - Rose Garden ceremony for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. CBS News coverage of the Rose Garden ceremony at which the United States' highest civilian honour was awarded posthumously to Charlie Kirk.
2025-10-14 - White House Medal of Freedom ceremony, in full. Official White House recording of the ceremony at which the Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to Charlie Kirk.
2025-10-14 - Reuters: posthumous Medal of Freedom awarded. Reuters wire report on the posthumous award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk.
2025-10-15 - Ground memorial at Utah Valley University, October 2025. An impromptu ground memorial at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
2025-10-15 - Memorial messages at Utah Valley University, October 2025. Written memorial messages left at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, a month after Kirk's death.
2025-10-18 - Kirk's posthumous Medal of Freedom shown to TPUSA staff. FOX 10 Phoenix films Erika Kirk presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded posthumously by President Trump, to Turning Point USA staff.
2025-10-18 - Chris Cuomo on what Kirk told him about the Civil Rights Act. Cuomo recounts a private exchange in which Kirk said he supported equal rights but believed the 1964 law created problems; the interpretation of Kirk's public remarks remains contested.
2025-10-20 - Campus free-speech clashes after Kirk's death. Raw Story reports on demands to discipline critics at the college Kirk attended, and the free-speech questions the episode raised.
2025-10-27 - 'This Is The Turning Point' tour stage, 2025. The stage at the Louisiana State University stop of the 'This Is The Turning Point' tour at the River Center Theatre in Baton Rouge.
2025-10-27 - 'Prove Me Wrong' booth, 2025. The 'Prove Me Wrong' booth, Turning Point USA's campus debate format originated by Kirk, at the Louisiana State University stop of the 'This Is The Turning Point' tour in Baton Rouge.
2025-10-29 - Why conspiracy theories took hold after the killing. WIRED discussion with researchers Nina Jankowicz and Joan Donovan on how false claims about the killing spread online in the hours and days afterwards.
2025-11-05 - The Fuentes interview splits the conservative movement. New York Post coverage of Ben Shapiro's criticism of Tucker Carlson over the Fuentes interview and the wider dispute on the right that Kirk had faced earlier.
2025-11-07 - PBS NewsHour on the Republican rift over Nick Fuentes. PBS reports on the split among Republicans after Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes, including the antisemitism task force's break with the Heritage Foundation.
2025-11-10 - Shapiro and Levin criticise Carlson over the Fuentes interview. The Hill covers sharp criticism of Tucker Carlson from Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin, illustrating the factional dispute inside the conservative movement.
2025-11-14 - Ezra Klein on the right's 'groyper' problem. A long-form discussion of the Fuentes movement that first mobilised against Kirk in 2019 and its position within the American right.
2025-12-01 - A critical video essay on Kirk and the conservative movement. F.D Signifier examines Kirk's rhetoric on race and the response to his death within the American right.
2025-12-12 - Turning Point USA announces expansion of its high school branch. The organisation's own announcement of an expanded high school programme, delivered in December 2025 after Kirk's death.
2025-12-18 - AmericaFest 2025 begins at the Phoenix Convention Center. FOX 10 Phoenix covers day one of AmericaFest 2025, listing Erika Kirk among the speakers at the first edition held without Charlie Kirk.
2025-12-18 - Thousands attend day one of AmericaFest 2025. The Arizona Republic films attendance at the opening day of Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix on 18 December 2025.
2025-12-18 - Preview of AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix. Arizona's Family previews the programme and expected attendance at Turning Point USA's December 2025 conference.
2025-12-18 - TPUSA's executive producer on the organisation after the killing. Turning Point USA's Andrew Kolvet discusses how the organisation responded in the months after the assassination, including growth in campus chapters and its leadership transition.
2025-12-18 - AmericaFest 2025 opening film. Turning Point USA's own introduction video for its December 2025 conference.
2025-12-18 - Erika Kirk at AmericaFest, December 2025. Erika Kirk speaking at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, the organisation's first AmericaFest after her husband's death.
2025-12-18 - AmericaFest 2025 stage imagery. Stage backdrop imagery at AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona; the file is categorised on Commons under the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
2025-12-19 - Steve Bannon speaks at AmericaFest 2025. Right Side Broadcasting Network's recording of Steve Bannon's address at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest on 19 December 2025.
2025-12-21 - Vice President JD Vance closes AmericaFest 2025. Full remarks by Vice President Vance as the final speaker at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest, the first held after Kirk's assassination.
2025-12-21 - Erika Kirk introduces Nicki Minaj as AmericaFest surprise guest. CBS19 reports on Erika Kirk's on-stage conversation with Nicki Minaj at AmericaFest 2025, which she described as continuing a tradition begun by her husband.
2025-12-21 - AmericaFest 2025: Erika Kirk in conversation with Nicki Minaj. Full conversation from Turning Point USA's AmericaFest, the organisation's first major summit after the assassination of its founder.
2025-12-21 - Erika Kirk with Nicki Minaj at AmericaFest, 2025. Erika Kirk and the rapper Nicki Minaj speaking with attendees at AmericaFest 2025 at the Phoenix Convention Center.
2025-12-22 - Nicki Minaj's AmericaFest remarks about JD Vance draw attention. The National Desk reports on the rapper's surprise onstage appearance with Erika Kirk at AmericaFest 2025 and the comments about Vice President Vance that followed.
2025-12-22 - University of Kentucky investigates its Turning Point USA chapter. FOX 56 reports that the university opened an investigation into its TPUSA chapter amid rising tensions on campus.
2026-02-03 - AP: Turning Point USA plans a rival Super Bowl halftime event. Associated Press reports the organisation's plan to stage an alternative programme opposite Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show in February 2026.
2026-02-03 - Turning Point USA announces an alternative Super Bowl halftime show. WQAD reports the organisation's plan to stage a rival halftime programme headlined by Kid Rock and country performers opposite Bad Bunny's Super Bowl show.
2026-02-04 - The Daily Show on Turning Point USA's alternative halftime show. A satirical news segment on the organisation's rival Super Bowl halftime programme, included as a record of the critical reception it drew.
2026-02-05 - A long-form critical documentary on Kirk's political method. A nearly three-hour video essay examining Kirk's rhetorical style and his effect on American political debate.
2026-03-05 - South Carolina House votes on renamings. The South Carolina House passed resolutions renaming two highways and a bridge after President Trump and Charlie Kirk; lawmakers on both sides responded.
2026-03-11 - Erika Kirk and Governor Sanders announce an Arkansas partnership. THV11 carries the Little Rock event at which Turning Point USA's chief executive appeared with Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to announce a state partnership.
2026-03-11 - Questioning the domestic ideal Erika Kirk promotes. A critical commentary on the tension between Erika Kirk's role leading Turning Point USA and the traditional domestic model the organisation advances for women.
2026-03-17 - Turning Point USA 'Club America' chapters expand into high schools. A New York Times video report on the spread of Turning Point USA high school chapters and the disputes they have created among students, teachers and administrators.
2026-03-19 - Turning Point USA opens a Nevada office. 8 News Now covers Erika Kirk and Governor Joe Lombardo at the opening of a Turning Point USA presence in Las Vegas.
2026-03-19 - Wisconsin residents oppose a highway renaming. Hundreds of Washington County residents packed a committee meeting to oppose renaming Highway K after Charlie Kirk, leading to heated exchanges with supervisors.
2026-03-20 - A campus chapter splits from Turning Point USA. The University of Arkansas TPUSA chapter cut ties with the national organisation, citing disagreements over how Charlie Kirk's name had been invoked since his death.
2026-03-31 - Turning Point Academy promotes its 2026 Educators' Summit. Turning Point Academy, the organisation's education arm, advertises a June 2026 summit for teachers in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
2026-04-02 - Erika Kirk and Karoline Leavitt at George Washington University. Turning Point USA campus event in April 2026 featuring a conversation between chief executive Erika Kirk and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
2026-04-13 - JD Vance questioned about Epstein at a 2026 TPUSA event. Forbes records a student pressing Vice President Vance on the Jeffrey Epstein files during a Turning Point USA campus appearance in April 2026.
2026-04-17 - AP: Republican leaders push Turning Point USA chapters into public high schools. Associated Press reports on Republican officials encouraging Turning Point USA chapters in public high schools following Kirk's assassination.
2026-04-17 - Erika Kirk introduces President Trump at a Phoenix TPUSA event. USA TODAY records the April 2026 Arizona event at which Turning Point USA's chief executive introduced the president.
2026-04-22 - A Turning Point USA event at Baylor draws a counter-event. CBS Texas reports on security arrangements and a planned counter-event around a Turning Point USA appearance at Baylor University.
2026-04-28 - New Hampshire bill filed in Kirk's memory is amended. A New Hampshire Senate committee amended a bill filed in memory of Charlie Kirk, rewriting it to revive a classroom anti-discrimination law struck down in 2024.
2026-04-28 - Charlie Kirk Way street sign, Westminster, California, 2026. The street sign for Charlie Kirk Way, formerly All American Way, in Westminster, California, photographed alongside the flags of the United States and South Vietnam.
2026-05-04 - Tucker Carlson says he regrets the Fuentes interview. The Hill's Rising reports Carlson telling The New York Times he wishes he had not conducted the interview, while defending his choice of guests.
2026-05-11 - Erika Kirk delivers a college commencement address. Turning Point USA chief executive Erika Kirk gives the commencement address at Hillsdale College in Michigan, reflecting on her husband's memory.
2026-05-11 - Turning Point Faith's 2026 Faith Forward Pastors' Summit in Texas. TPUSA Faith posts a full address from its 2026 pastors' summit, part of the organisation's church outreach programme.
2026-05-13 - A Surrounded participant revisits her exchange with Kirk a year on. Jubilee's follow-up with Naima, one of the students who argued with Kirk in the 2024 Surrounded episode, recorded after his death.
2026-05-20 - Tennessee man jailed over a social media post wins a settlement. Larry Bushart, held 37 days in jail over a Facebook post about the assassination, received an $835,000 settlement from Tennessee officials.
2026-05-20 - A civil rights leader is asked in Congress whether Kirk was an extremist. Congressional testimony in which the head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is questioned about characterisations of Kirk, during a hearing on charges against the SPLC.
2026-06-01 - Judge rules the July hearing will be open to the public. A Utah judge ruled on whether to restrict public access to parts of the preliminary hearing and to seal exhibits, deciding the proceedings would remain open.
2026-06-02 - CNN reports from inside the groyper movement. Donie O'Sullivan meets self-described groypers in Miami and examines what draws young men to Nick Fuentes, the faction that campaigned against Kirk from his right.
2026-06-05 - Erika Kirk's full address to the 2026 Women's Leadership Summit. Turning Point USA's own recording of chief executive Erika Kirk speaking at the organisation's Women's Leadership Summit in June 2026.
2026-06-05 - Allie Beth Stuckey at the 2026 Women's Leadership Summit. A full speech from Turning Point USA's June 2026 Women's Leadership Summit, part of the organisation's programming for young conservative women.
2026-06-08 - Turning Point Action explains its ballot-chasing operation. An Arizona Free Enterprise Club interview with a Turning Point Action director about the group's voter turnout and ballot-collection programme.
2026-06-09 - CBC asks whether the conservative vote is splintering before the midterms. CBC's Katie Simpson reports from the Turning Point USA Women's Leadership Summit on divisions among Trump supporters heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
2026-06-09 - Kirk's past statements raised at a congressional SPLC hearing. Representative Jasmine Crockett cites Kirk's earlier statements during a June 2026 House hearing about the Southern Poverty Law Center.
2026-06-09 - Alveda King testifies about Kirk at a House Judiciary hearing. C-SPAN footage of Alveda King, a niece of Martin Luther King Jr., speaking about Kirk and the Southern Poverty Law Center before a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
2026-06-11 - What ballot chasing is, in Turning Point Action's own account. A short explainer on the ballot-chasing method Turning Point Action used in Arizona, produced by an allied group.
2026-06-18 - Part of a Tennessee parkway renamed. A section of Vietnam Veterans Parkway in Tennessee was renamed in Charlie Kirk's honour, and new signage went up.
2026-06-26 - Judge keeps the death penalty available and holds a prosecutor in contempt. Coverage of a June 2026 motions hearing at which Judge Tony Graf found prosecutor Christopher Ballard in civil contempt over pretrial statements, while rejecting the defence bid to bar the death penalty.
2026-06-26 - Mixed ruling on pretrial publicity. A judge found a Utah County prosecutor in civil contempt for public comments on the strength of the case, while leaving the death penalty available.
2026-07-02 - Inside the 2026 Women's Leadership Summit in San Antonio. A New York Times reporter describes what she observed at Turning Point USA's Women's Leadership Summit and Erika Kirk's message to attendees.
2026-07-03 - What to expect from Utah's case. Explainer broadcast ahead of the July 2026 preliminary hearing, setting out the charges and how the proceeding would work.
2026-07-05 - Preview: the preliminary hearing opens in Utah. Preview of the week-long preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, which Charlie Kirk's parents and widow were expected to attend.
2026-07-06 - Preliminary hearing, day one in full. Complete recording of the first day of the preliminary hearing on 6 July 2026, at which the state began setting out its evidence on charges including aggravated murder.
2026-07-06 - AP live coverage: the hearing opens. Associated Press live coverage of the opening of the hearing at which prosecutors sought to show a judge they had enough evidence to send Tyler Robinson to trial.
2026-07-07 - Preliminary hearing, day two in full. Complete recording of the second day of the preliminary hearing, held 7 July 2026.
2026-07-07 - Defence challenges the DNA evidence. Report on testimony about DNA taken from a screwdriver and a towel recovered near the scene, and the defence's challenge to how that evidence was collected.
2026-07-07 - AP live coverage: hearing day two. Associated Press live coverage of the second day of the Utah hearing in the Charlie Kirk murder case.
2026-07-08 - Investigator testifies about the accused's contacts with TPUSA members. On the second day of the preliminary hearing, prosecutors questioned the lead investigator about Tyler Robinson's interactions with Turning Point USA members.
2026-07-08 - AP live coverage: hearing day three. Associated Press live coverage of the third day of the hearing. The accused had not entered a plea at that stage.
2026-07-08 - Day three of the preliminary hearing. CBS News report from the third day of preliminary hearings in Utah, after prosecutors showed footage of the accused on the university campus.
2026-07-10 - AP live coverage: hearing day five. Associated Press live coverage of the fifth and final day of the July 2026 preliminary hearing.
2026-07-10 - What a week of testimony established. Salt Lake Tribune summary of the week-long preliminary hearing, explaining that the burden of proof at that stage is lower than at trial.
2026-07-10 - Pete Hegseth addresses the 2026 Chapter Leadership Summit. Turning Point USA's recording of the Secretary of Defense speaking at its July 2026 chapter leadership event.
2026-07-10 - Preliminary hearing concludes until September. The July 2026 preliminary hearing ended with proceedings adjourned until 1 September; a friend of Charlie Kirk describes attending.
2026-07-12 - Erika Kirk's full address to the 2026 Chapter Leadership Summit. Full speech by Turning Point USA's chief executive to the organisation's chapter leaders, posted by TPUSA in July 2026.
2026-07-17 - Tennessee memorial highway signs to be relocated. Weeks after installation, the Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway signs on Vietnam Veterans Boulevard were taken down after objections from Vietnam veterans about sharing the dedication.
2026-07-21 - Turning Point's Arizona primary night coverage, July 2026. The Charlie Kirk Show's live programme covering the 2026 Arizona Republican primary, including the governor's race Kirk had campaigned in.
2026-08-05 - University redacts the cost of its police review. Utah Valley University released heavily redacted contracts for the outside security firm and law firm hired to review its campus police after the killing, withholding what the review cost.
2026-08-06 - Documentary report: how the conspiracy theories spread. Long-form MS NOW report by Brandy Zadrozny examining how baseless claims about the killing were amplified online and the rifts they opened on the American right.
2026-08-07 - Profile of a prominent conspiracy claim's originator. MS NOW traces one widely circulated false claim about the killing back to the person who first promoted it online.
2026-08-07 - Reporting on the 2026 wave of conspiracy claims. MS NOW reporter Brandy Zadrozny reports on the conspiracy theories circulating among prominent right-wing commentators nearly a year after the killing, and the divisions they caused.
2026-08-11 - Turning Point Action's COO on the 2026 midterm strategy. One America News interviews Turning Point Action chief operating officer Tyler Bowyer about the group's plans for the 2026 congressional elections.
2026-08-12 - Defence files to disqualify the death penalty. Tyler Robinson's attorneys filed a motion in August 2026 seeking to rule out the death penalty in his case.
2026-08-12 - Defence argues the aggravated murder elements are unproven. The defence contended the state had not proven the elements of aggravated murder, the only Utah charge that carries capital exposure, arguing it relied on hearsay and speculation.
2026-08-13 - Defence argument against capital eligibility. Scripps News report on the defence contention that the accused should not be eligible for the death penalty, which turns on whether others at the event were endangered.
2026-08-16 - Kirk's last endorsement and the 2026 Arizona governor's race. The Daily Signal examines Andy Biggs's campaign for governor of Arizona, one of the final endorsements Kirk made before his death.
2026-08-19 - Donald Trump Jr. on Kirk's approach to opponents at CPAC. Donald Trump Jr. characterises Kirk's practice of debating rather than excluding critics; the characterisation is disputed by those who point to the Professor Watchlist.
2026-08-19 - Jubilee's founder on the decision to platform Kirk. Jubilee chief executive Jason Y. Lee explains the reasoning behind featuring Kirk in the Surrounded series, addressing criticism of the choice.

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