Conservative activist Charlie Kirk had potential to become the next Rush Limbaugh before his death in a Utah campus shooting, says close friend Andy Surabian.

President Trump was meeting with architects about plans for a White House ballroom when staff interrupted to inform him that Charlie Kirk, the prominent conservative activist, had been killed. “I didn’t know what they meant.

Authorities are trying to find out more about the motivations behind the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a college in Utah after the suspect's family helped authorities take him into custody.

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Since the U.S. conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot in a brazen display of violence, President Donald Trump has embraced the role of spokesman in an extraordinary way.

Charlie Kirk's killer was arrested overnight in Utah, officials announced Friday morning. Tyler Robinson, 22, is in custody based in part on a tip from his own father and will face charges for murdering the conservative political activist earlier this week.

Kirk was a close ally of President Donald Trump and the founder of Turning Point USA, a conservative nonprofit organization that focuses on high schools and colleges. He spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last year.

President Donald Trump has FBI Director Kash Patel’s back, defending the embattled bureau director in an interview with Fox News on Saturday in response to criticism over the investigation into the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

President Donald Trump mourns Charlie Kirk's death after campus shooting and commemorates 9/11 anniversary at Pentagon and Yankees game in New York.