FOUNTAIN HILLS, Ariz. — As thousands lined up for a chance to see Republican frontrunner Donald Trump at an afternoon rally in this Phoenix suburb, protesters blocked the main route to the event. "Donald Trump, shut it down. Phoenix is a people's ...

Charlie Kirk came to the University of Arizona last October for his “Save Arizona” rally. The president of the College Republicans was at that rally.

Arizona politicians urge Trump to halt the deportation of Kelly Yu, a local mother and business owner, citing her contributions and family ties to U.S. citizens.

The suspect accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke on a Utah college campus earlier this week was brought into custody and is awaiting formal charges on Saturday, but the investigation into his motives and a fierce debate over political violence sparked by the assassination are far from over.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers alike mourned the sudden, fatal shooting of conservative leader Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, with one saying, "we're devastated."

I interviewed Charlie multiple times and our exchanges were sometimes intense. I pressed him, he pushed back, but in the end he was always cordial. Always willing to engage,” she said. His killing is the latest in a string of acts of political violence — from the attempted assassination of then-candidate Trump in Butler,