Politics

By Elise Winland, Catholic Vote - President Donald Trump said Sept. 12 he plans to deploy the National Guard to Memphis, Tennessee, to address crime in the city... “We’re going to Memphis. ... We’ll straighten that out.”... He added that he will send “the National Guard and anybody we need, and by the way, we’ll bring in the military too if we need it. But we’re going to straighten out the crime in these cities.”... The President said both Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, support the move. ...

By Amanda Prestigiacomo, DailyWire - An emotional and fiery Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, spoke out publicly for the first time since the assassination of her husband on Friday. She reflected on Charlie’s life and faith, and vowed to never let her husband’s mission end... Erika opened her remarks by thanking law enforcement and first responders for helping her husband after the shooting and capturing his assassin... The young mother said her husband “loved what he did” and thanked all of Charlie’s supporters. ...

By Matt Kittle, The Federalist - After an intensive, multi-day manhunt, law enforcement officials on Friday said they had taken into custody conservative icon Charlie Kirk’s killer. Police assert 22-year-old Tyler Robinson “acted alone” in assassinating the Turning Point USA founder... But did he?.. Authorities said Robinson’s roommate shared with investigators the alleged cold-blooded killer’s communications on messaging app Discord. In them, the suspect discusses “a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush, messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel.”

By Scott Ventureyra, Crisis Magazine - Say their names: Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk; they should be remembered not as footnotes but as innocent lives whose loss exposes the captivity of the West. Their deaths cry out for repentance, justice, and courage... Regardless of the prevalence of evil, we must be relentless in claiming the truth—the truth that every human life is sacred, that Christ is Lord, and that evil must be resisted... The hour is very, very late; but hope always endures. For while Satan captivates nations with atrocity after atrocity, Christ alone has conquered death. ...