On Friday morning, the police in Utah said they had arrested a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, ending a manhunt that had stretched over 33 hours.
In this special episode of The Daily, we break down what we know about the suspect, and how the assassination of Mr. Kirk may be a turning point for the conservative movement.
Kirk’s murder has raised fears of more political violence across the U.S.
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Will Americans ever get the Covid reckoning we deserve? On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, historian Thomas Beckett Kane joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to reflect on how bureaucrats seized panic over Covid-19 to enact an authoritarian agenda that affected Americans for years.
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On Friday, authorities announced they had a suspect – and they sure seemed confident they “got him” (to quote Utah Governor Spencer Cox). Mary and Slatester Luke Winkie discuss the press conference – and what happens now.
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In last week’s episode of the Book Review podcast, host Gilbert Cruz and his fellow editor Joumana Khatib offered a preview of some of the fall’s most anticipated works of fiction. This week they return to talk about upcoming nonfiction, from memoirs to literary biographies to the latest pop science offering from the incomparable Mary Roach.
Books discussed in this episode:
“All the Way to the River,” by Elizabeth Gilbert
“Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival,” by Stephen Greenblatt
“Mother Mary Comes to Me," by Arundhati Roy
“Poems and Prayers,” by Matthew McConaughey
“The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us,” by John J. Lennon
“We The People: A History of the U.S. Constitution," by Jill Lepore
“Electric Spark: The Enigma of Dame Muriel,” by Francis Wilson
“Joyride: A Memoir," by Susan Orlean
“Next of Kin,” by Gabrielle Hamilton
“Paper Girl,” by Beth Macy
“Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America,” by Jeff Chang
“Book of Lives," by Margaret Atwood
”The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding,” by Joseph J. Ellis
“History Matters," by David McCullough
“The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II,” by David Nasaw
“Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor,” by Christine Kuehn
“Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy," by Mary Roach
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Plus: President Trump says he plans to send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tenn. And a preliminary estimate from the University of Michigan shows Americans' confidence in the economy waning. Pierre Bienaimé hosts.
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The International Criminal Court concludes hearings into war crime charges against the Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and will decide whether he should face trial. But who is Joseph Kony and what are the charges against him?
How some South African schools are fighting childhood obesity.
And as Malawi gears up for elections, how can the participation and representation of women in the country's politics be increased?
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President Trump has announced that the main suspect in the assassination of the US conservative activist Charlie Kirk, named as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, has been caught. We get the latest from the US and talk to a political historian about the recent upsurge in political violence in America.
Also in the programme: Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro has been found guilty of plotting a coup and sentenced to 27 years in prison - we hear from one of his former ministers; and what are the little red dots in space? Could they be “black hole stars”?
(IMAGE: FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference announcing details on the suspect in the shooting of U.S. conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University, in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 12, 2025 / CREDIT: REUTERS/Cheney Orr)
The changes in American society that will result from the assassination of Charlie Kirk have already been experienced by America's Jews and the ways we've had to change our lives in the wake of the explosion of anti-Semitic violence over the past decade. Give a listen.
