Where does the US go after the Charlie Kirk shooting? - podcast

<p>On Wednesday night, Charlie Kirk, an influential rightwing activist and Donald Trump ally, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-death-political-violence-aftermath">was shot dead</a> at a university campus in Utah. The US president immediately blamed the ‘radical left’ but failed to mention <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/10/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-tariffs-immigration-crime-us-politics-live-news-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-68c226f98f08d80fd0f11cb7#block-68c226f98f08d80fd0f11cb7">rising violence against Democrats</a>.</p><p>This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to the Guardian’s Washington DC bureau chief, David Smith, about the increase in political violence in the country</p><p><em>Archive: ABC News, ABC7, CBC National, CBS News, PBS Newshour, Charlie Kirk, NBC News, Fox News, Turning Point USA, King 5 Seattle</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/audio/2025/sep/11/where-does-the-us-go-after-the-charlie-kirk-shooting-podcast">Continue reading...</a>