Latest on the Kirk Investigation, Who Was Charlie Kirk?, Russian Drones Over Poland

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Up First

2025-09-11

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Police are still searching for the gunman who killed right-wing activist Charlie Kirk during a speech at a Utah college campus. We look back at Kirk’s rise in conservative politics through Turning Point USA and the controversies that defined him. And in Europe, Russian drones crossing into Poland are testing NATO’s limits and raising fears of a wider war.Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Eric Westervelt, Megan Pratz, Kate Bartlett, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woefle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • The governor of Utah addresses the person who fired the shot that killed Charlie Kirk.

  • To whoever did this, we will find you and we will hold you accountable.

  • Where does the investigation lead?

  • I'm Michelle Martin with Steve Inskiep and this is up first from NPR News.

  • Coming up, how did Charlie Cook build a right-wing youth movement?

  • We hear the background of a social media figure who also had a real-world presence.

  • He publicly debated critics and made polarizing statements.

  • His group, Turning Point USA, had chapters on hundreds of campuses,

  • including the one where he was shot.

  • Also, why did so many Russian drones fly into Poland's airspace?

  • Fighter jets from an NATO ally scrambled to shoot down the intruding aircraft.

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