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President Donald Trump said Friday that he will send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, as part of his push to combat crime.

Kirk energized young voters, and persuaded GOP leaders to buy into his vision.

Democratic leaders have pushed back on the GOP's criticism.

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Public officials have repeatedly denounced political violence.

Crime has dropped by 44% this year, according to city data.

President Donald Trump had encouraged the state to redraw its congressional map.

"Charlie Kirk is a casualty of the political war," Steve Bannon said.

"The radicals on the left are the problem," Trump said on Friday.

Author Kyle Spencer, who wrote the book “Raising them right," documenting the rise of young Americans in politics, discusses Kirk's importance to the growth of America's young conservative movement.

The suspect, Tyler Robinson, has been booked into the Utah County Jail.

Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., represents the district where 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was stabbed three times while riding the Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte.

They say they want Medicaid cuts restored and Obamacare subsidies extended.

ABC News' Aaron Katersky, Alex Mallin, Karen Travers and Katherine Faulders are joined by contributor Bob Boyce for a discussion about shooting suspect Tyler Robinson.

ABC News' Aaron Katersky reports on the casings that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says were found on the scene.

NEW: A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials announced.

A person is in custody in the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, President Trump said.

President Donald Trump made the announcement during "Fox & Friends" on Friday morning.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis is joined by Kyle Spencer, journalist and author of “Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power."

ABC News’ Linsey Davis discusses the rise of political violence with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. He says the president “cherry picks which political violence he’s going to condemn.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said, "The president missed the mark last night in his Oval Office address. He should be condemning all political violence."

National Guard will remain on active duty in the capital through Nov. 30.

Trump said he wasn't concerned for his safety but for the country.

Rep Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a close friend of Charlie Kirk, said the activist was someone who “spent his life fighting for conservative principles.”

Rank-and-file Republicans claim Democrats "caused" Kirk's death.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman her husband Mark were killed in June in their home.

Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar is igniting new Middle East concerns.

President Donald Trump delivered remarks at The Pentagon as part of a ceremony to mark the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

ABC News' John Santucci describes Charlie Kirk as a "guy who wasn't going anywhere" in President Donald Trump's inner circle.

Presidential historian Mark Updegrove says "enragement is engagement" when it comes to people trying to divide America.

President Donald Trump delivered remarks from The Pentagon on the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

Charlie Kirk was considered a huge star on the far right by many conservative pundits and seen as leading the next generation of Trump's MAGA movement.

The murder of Charlie Kirk is heightening concern about the rise in cases of political violence across the country.

Republicans and Democrats said the country must reject political violence.

The White House backed an analysis of the signature that Trump says isn't his.

The “American Comeback Tour” had stops scheduled in several states.

Fifty-one Republicans voted to set aside Schumer's amendment.

Trump attended many of Kirk's Turning Point USA events aimed at younger voters.

"What's with Russia violating Poland's airspace with drones?" Trump said.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took a rare procedural step that will force a vote that will put Senate Republicans on the record about whether they want the Jeffrey Epstein files released.

In her forthcoming book, "107 Days," former Vice President Kamala Harris said that Democrats made a mistake in allowing President Joe Biden to make the decision alone on running for reelection.

The video was released at a House Government Oversight subcommittee hearing into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, UAP, which is the military's term for UFOs.

President Donald Trump offered his first on-camera reaction to a drawing and signature in Jeffrey Epstein's "birthday book.” ABC’s Jay O’Brien has the latest.

Trump praises the effort as Democrats plan protests.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris said in an excerpt from her forthcoming book that allowing former President Joe Biden to make the decision alone to run for reelection was "recklessness."

"Their thinking was zero-sum: If she’s shining, he’s dimmed," Harris said.

A federal judge issued an injunction requiring the Federal Reserve to let Cook continue serving in her role as a governor of the Federal Reserve System as her lawsuit moves through the courts.

"Trump has not stated a legally permissible cause for Cook's removal."

ABC News’ Linsey Davis was joined by Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., to discuss Republicans' support of redrawing the congressional map.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., joins ABC News’ Linsey Davis to discuss the latest in politics from the Jeffrey Epstein case to efforts to speed up Trump’s nominee confirmation process in the Senate.