Charlie Kirk is seen putting on a MAGA hat during the ‘AmericaFest 2024’ conference in Phoenix, in December 2024. Kirk was shot dead in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, during an event at Utah Valley University. (Cheney Orr/Reuters) Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31. Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force —Read more