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Turning Point USA Faith organization sees explosive growth in wake of Charlie Kirk's death: 'Wonderful to see'

A month after co-founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination in Utah, the faith arm of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) has doubled its church network, while drawing in hundreds of thousands of new followers nationwide. TPUSA spokesman Andrew Kolvet confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday that its church network has reached 8,000 in …

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TPUSA chapter gained 100 new members rapidly at Texas university after Charlie Kirk assassination

A Turning Point USA (TPUSA) field representative in Texas cited “unprecedented growth” of TPUSA chapters after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. “It has been unprecedented,” Paige Rasmussen told Fox News Digital. “In such dark times, we weren’t really sure, you know, initially, ‘What do we do now? Where do we go from …

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SPLC files lawsuit supporting Georgia teacher who said the ‘world is a bit safer’ without Charlie Kirk

The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit supporting a Georgia teacher who said that the “world is a bit safer without him,” referring to Charlie Kirk, the Turning Point USA founder who was assassinated in September. The lawsuit, filed by the SPLC and the Georgia Association of Educators on …

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Charlie Kirk assassination sparks Senate hearing on 'left-wing political violence,' Schmitt vows action

FIRST ON FOX: A Senate Republican plans to launch a hearing to put political violence from the left under the microscope. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., plans to announce an upcoming hearing, dubbed “Politically Violent Attacks: A Threat to Our Constitutional Order,” to examine the origins of political violence and extremism …

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Texas college Democrats chapter reach across aisle to debate TPUSA after Charlie Kirk assassination

The president of the Young Democrats at University of Texas at Tyler (UT-Tyler) initiated the idea to collaborate with Turning Point USA for an event with hopes of fostering bipartisanship in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. “I essentially suggested the idea that we do some sort of event or …

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Man on New Mexico campus arrested after allegedly taking Turning Point signs, says Kirk shot 'for a reason'

Police at the University of New Mexico (UNM) arrested a man who allegedly tried to steal Turning Point USA signs during a campus tabling event and said that “Kirk got shot in the neck for a reason,” referring to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. A post Thursday from Frontlines TPUSA, …

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Chicago schools silent on punishment or public condemnation of teacher who mocked Charlie Kirk's death

This story is part of Fox News Digital’s investigative series Campus Radicals. Get the full series here. Four days after aChicago elementary school teacher was captured in a viral video mocking the death of Charlie Kirk at an anti-Trump protest, the school system has yet to put out a statement …

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Red state university student caught on video threatening lives of Charlie Kirk supporters: 'Watch your neck'

This story is part of Fox News Digital’s investigative series Campus Radicals. Get the full series here. Another example of Charlie Kirk supporters being harassed surfaced at the University of Arizona this week, where a group of Turning Point USA students were threatened in an incident that was caught on …

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Hawaii teacher punished for Constitution Day lesson on free speech, Charlie Kirk, legal group says

A legal group says a Hawaii middle school history teacher was disciplined by school officials after a Constitution Day lesson that discussed Charlie Kirk. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) sent a warning letter to the Hawaii Department of Education on Oct. 16 alleging the teacher’s free speech …

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