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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot at college event; condition critical, suspect at large

Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times 18 minutes ago

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot Wednesday while holding an event at Utah Valley University.

9/11 was 24 years ago and the U.S. is still at war

FILE - Cpl. Edward Chin of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003. Congress is now considering doing something it hasn't done since the Vietnam War - repealing authorizations for the use of military force and thus reclaiming its say over the wars America wages abroad. The Senate voted 66-33 on March 29, 2023, to repeal the 2002 resolution giving President George W. Bush the green light to invade Iraq. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The U.S. hasn’t had troops in Afghanistan for four years, yet nearly a quarter century after Al Qaeda’s September 11 sneak attack on America, Congress’ authorization for the president to conduct a retaliatory global war on terror remains in full force.

FILE - Cpl. Edward Chin of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003. Congress is now considering doing something it hasn't done since the Vietnam War - repealing authorizations for the use of military force and thus reclaiming its say over the wars America wages abroad. The Senate voted 66-33 on March 29, 2023, to repeal the 2002 resolution giving President George W. Bush the green light to invade Iraq. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

9/11 was 24 years ago and the U.S. is still at war

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this undated image made from video from a U.S. Navy aircraft and released by The Stars Academy of Arts &amp; Science, an unidentified object moves near the plane in the air. Video footage (not shown here) taken by U.S. drones off the coast of Yemen last October seems to show a Hellfire missile bouncing off an unidentified flying object and the mysterious craft continuing on its path seemingly unaffected by the strike, according to Rep. Eric Burlison. (The Stars Academy of Arts &amp; Science via AP) ** FILE **

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Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Vi Lyles speaks during a campaign event for Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in Charlotte, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

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Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, left, and Sonia Sotomayor speak with retired U.S. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Griffith, not shown, during a panel discussion at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, left, and Sonia Sotomayor speak with retired U.S. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Griffith, not shown, during a panel discussion at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, Feb. 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

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Members of the Louisiana National Guard patrol the National Mall, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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FILE - Cpl. Edward Chin of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment, covers the face of a statue of Saddam Hussein with an American flag before toppling the statue in downtown Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003. Congress is now considering doing something it hasn't done since the Vietnam War - repealing authorizations for the use of military force and thus reclaiming its say over the wars America wages abroad. The Senate voted 66-33 on March 29, 2023, to repeal the 2002 resolution giving President George W. Bush the green light to invade Iraq. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

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Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

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