US President Donald Trump has awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom – the nation's highest civilian honour – to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a White House ceremony. Mr Trump returned to the US in the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday, local time, after a whirlwind trip to Israel and Egypt to celebrate a US-led ceasefire agreement in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. 'I forgive him': Erika Kirk's emotional statement to husband's alleged assassin US President Donald Trump says Charlie Kirk was a "martyr to American freedom", while his widow says she forgives his alleged assassin during a memorial to the right-wing activist.
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Published at: 2025-10-14 22:18:01
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