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A new era of American political violence is upon us. How did we get here? How does it end?

Experts on political violence said the factors shaping the current moment are clear — and similar to those that shaped past ...

Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights a history of political violence in the U.S.

In the past five years alone, public figures across the ideological spectrum have been targeted. America has seen eras of ...

A look at recent acts of political violence in the U.S.

The killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at a college in Utah is the latest in a string of acts of political violence in recent years that have spanned the political spectrum.

How recent political violence in the U.S. fits into ‘a long, dark history’

Political violence is hardly unprecedented in the United States. In fact, the country has “a long, dark history” of violence that has “struck the highest level of American politics,” said Kevin Boyle, ...
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Why the U.S. is experiencing heightened political violence

Charlie Kirk’s killing comes amid an alarming rise in political violence across the U.S., targeting both Democrats and Republicans. Rachel Kleinfeld, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for ...

Joe Concha says US will ‘go right back’ to same political discourse after Charlie Kirk’s death

The Washington Examiner‘s Joe Concha said Thursday that he doubts the political temperature in the United States will go down ...

Rubio vows US response following conviction of Brazil's Bolsonaro

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would respond, without specifying how, after former Brazilian ...

U.C. Berkeley Gives Names of Students and Faculty to Government for Antisemitism Probe

The University of California, Berkeley, told around 160 people that their names were in documents related to antisemitism ...

Timeline: A look at other major political violence attacks in the U.S.

The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk comes in the wake of increased political violence across the U.S. Most recently — Minnesota lawmakers have been targeted and shot, a governor's house ...

Rubio quietly signals U.S. won’t sink submarine deal with Australia

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told an Australian official that the U.S. intends to honor the Biden-era AUKUS deal to sell ...

Belarus frees 52 political prisoners as U.S. lifts some sanctions on its national airline

For more than a year, the close ally of Russia has sought to mend ties with the West in hope of easing the sanctions and the ...

Here’s why U.S flags are at half-staff for political activist Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff after Kirk was fatally shot during a Turning Point USA ...