Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk Killed at Event in Utah

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WSJ What’s News

2025-09-11

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P.M. Edition for Sept. 10. President Trump said that conservative political activist and author Charlie Kirk has died after being shot while on stage speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. We hear from WSJ White House reporter Alex Leary about the significance of the shooting. Plus, shares of Oracle surged 36% today on the back of its fiscal first quarter results. WSJ Heard on the Street writer Asa Fitch discusses what’s fueling its rise, and where the business goes from here. And U.S. employers are expected to face the highest rise in health insurance costs in 15 years. Journal reporter Anna Wilde Mathews explains why. Alex Ossola hosts. Charlie Kirk Shooting: Live Updates.  Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Conservative activist Charlie Kirk has been killed at an event in Utah.

  • Plus, Oracle stock surges as it announces hundreds of billions in new revenue,

  • much of it from open AI.

  • And U.S. businesses are facing the biggest health insurance cost increases in 15 years.

  • It never gets cheaper, so it's always a question,

  • will there be a point at which employers or some employers throw up their hands and say,

  • no, I can't do this anymore, or I need to do this really differently?

  • It's Wednesday, September 10th.

  • I'm Alex Osela for The Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • President Trump said that conservative political activist and author Charlie Kirk has died.

  • He was shot while on stage speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.

  • Videos on social media appear to show shots fired at Kirk

  • as he spoke from a stage around noon local time.

  • Our White House reporter Alex Leary sent us this just before it became known that Kirk had died.

  • This is a major.

  • Charlie Kirk is a beloved figure in the Trump orbit,

  • very influential, especially among younger voters,

  • very close to not just the president, but the president's family and a lot of his advisors.