Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck during a campus rally at Utah Valley University, prompting police response and student evacuation.
We have breaking news right now. Charlie Kirk has been shot in the neck at an event in Utah.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump has signaled that NATO may respond after Russian drones violated Polish airspace. He has spoken directly with Poland’s leadership, and tensions between NATO and Russia are now at their most dangerous point since World War II. As Poland’s prime minister starkly warned: Europe is “closer to war than at any time since WWII.”
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Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University event — The Turning Point USA executive director was struck during a campus rally for the “American Comeback Tour,” with video showing students fleeing gunfire; Utah senators called for prayers, and UVU police confirmed shots were fired.
Polish PM Donald Tusk warned Europe is “closer to war than any time since WWII” and invoked NATO’s Article 4 after Russian drones violated Poland’s airspace—some shot down in the first such engagement over a NATO country—prompting allied air responses amid damage but no casualties.
Donald Trump issued his first response to Poland being attacked by Russian drones stating: “here we go!”
Poland’s foreign minister Radosław Sikorski said Russian drones deliberately targeted Poland, causing property damage but no injuries, condemned Moscow’s “lies and denials,” thanked allies for support, and vowed that Poland, the EU, and NATO will not be intimidated.
The UN cautioned of a “real risk” that the war in Ukraine could spill over into the wider region, after Russian drones entered Polish airspace.
Ukraine’s president urged European nations to build a joint air defense system and boost funding for interceptor drones to counter Russia’s “brazen behavior.”
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland received not only solidarity but concrete proposals for air defense support from European leaders.
The Trump administration is facing legal and political backlash after the U.S. military destroyed a Venezuelan boat suspected of smuggling drugs, killing 11 people, with critics arguing the strike violated international law—especially since the vessel appeared to turn away before the attack—while Trump defended it as self-defense under the “laws of war.”
The Democratic National Committee unveiled a mobile billboard outside the White House showing Trump with Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged birthday note, accusing Republicans of covering for him, while Trump dismissed the note as a “dead issue” and denied signing it.
Rep. Nancy Mace erupted and began screaming after Rep. Sara Jacobs remarked that procedures like boob jobs and Botox count as gender-affirming care, during a heated congressional exchange.
Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has overtaken Elon Musk as the world’s richest person, with his fortune rising to $393bn after Oracle shares surged more than 40% on record demand for its AI-driven cloud services.
Three former senior FBI officials have sued director Kash Patel and the federal government, alleging they were wrongfully fired under White House orders to purge agents who investigated Donald Trump, and are seeking reinstatement and back pay.
In her forthcoming book 107 Days, Kamala Harris calls Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election bid “reckless,” reflecting on doubts about his decision to run, rejecting claims of a cover-up of his mental acuity, and highlighting both her accomplishments and frustrations with the lack of support from Biden’s inner circle.
Democratic senators pressed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for answers on delays and staffing shortages in the 9/11 World Trade Center Health Program, warning that months-long wait times and stalled decisions on adding new covered illnesses are jeopardizing care for survivors and first responders.
The Labor Department’s inspector general announced a review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a major revision showed U.S. job growth was overstated by 911,000 between April 2024 and March 2025, amid Trump’s unsubstantiated claims the data was rigged and his firing of the BLS commissioner.
A new poll shows Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani leading the New York City mayoral race by 15 points over independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, with Republicans’ Curtis Sliwa and incumbent mayor Eric Adams trailing in single digits, echoing similar results from other recent surveys.
The Senate banking committee approved Stephen Miran’s nomination to the Federal Reserve board in a 13–11 party-line vote, with Democrats opposing over concerns about his independence; the nomination now heads to the Republican-controlled Senate, where confirmation is expected.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a multi-state crackdown on illicit vape sales, seizing 600,000 products in Illinois as part of ATF and FDA raids targeting flavored and THC vapes from China, while Bondi tied the effort to crime concerns in Chicago amid Trump’s threats to deploy the military there.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright dissolved a DOE working group of climate contrarians after a lawsuit alleged it violated federal advisory rules—a move climate scientists hailed as a win—though the department is not withdrawing the group’s controversial report questioning climate-change severity.
