After rightwing activist was killed, nation already grappling with polarization faces shock bordering on despair

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Full report: Trump ally Charlie Kirk fatally shot during event at Utah Valley University

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harlie Kirk’s death by an assassin’s bullet on a university campus in Utah on Wednesday has left the United States, a country already grappling with mounting political anger and polarization, in a state of profound shock bordering on despair.