As officials continue to investigate the motives of Tyler Robinson \u2013 the 22-year-old accused of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk \u2013 many Republicans have been quick to lash out at the political left.<\/p>\n
Allies of Donald Trump<\/a> have accused liberals of fomenting anti-conservative vitriol that would encourage violence \u2013 even as the president and his allies have often invoked violent imagery against their opponents.<\/p>\n \u201cThe problem is on the left,\u201d Trump told reporters on Sunday. \u201cA lot of people that you would traditionally say are on the left \u2026 [are] already under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n It comes after Trump declined to call for the US to come together<\/a> as a way of fixing the country\u2019s divisions, preferring to cast \u201cvicious and horrible\u201d radicals on the left of US politics as the sole problem.<\/p>\n Shooting suspect had \u2018very different ideology\u2019 than conservative family, says Cox<\/p>\n The Utah governor, Spencer Cox, has told national talkshows that the man suspected of killing Kirk was living with and in a relationship with a person \u201ctransitioning from male to female\u201d.<\/p>\n Cox stopped short of saying that officials had determined the suspect\u2019s partner\u2019s alleged status was a factor in Kirk\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n Cox said on Sunday that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson \u2013 Kirk\u2019s accused killer \u2013 was not cooperating with authorities. But authorities were gathering information from family members and people around him, Cox said.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Trump officials reportedly ask Congress for $58m in security after Kirk shooting<\/p>\n The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58m for security services to protect the members of the executive and judicial branches after the killing of Charlie Kirk, multiple outlets report.<\/p>\n The government also supported adding more money to protect members of Congress, but they deferred to the legislative branch on further steps.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Rubio in Israel for talks to limit diplomatic damage over Qatar strikes<\/p>\n The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has held talks in Israel with Benjamin Netanyahu aimed at limiting the diplomatic fallout to both countries by Israel\u2019s attempt to assassinate Hamas leaders in Qatar, its continued demolition of Gaza and the accelerated expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n \u201cThis alliance has never been stronger,\u201d Netanyahu told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s as strong, as durable as the stones in the Western Wall that we just touched.\u201d<\/p>\n Part of Rubio\u2019s mission on this two-day visit is to convey Donald Trump\u2019s irritation at Tuesday\u2019s Israeli missile strike on Doha that was aimed at Hamas leadership but killed their aides and a Qatari security officer.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n Florida vaccine mandate rollback falters after Trump criticism<\/p>\n Florida\u2019s health department is walking back the scale of the state surgeon general\u2019s commitment to eliminate all vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n After surgeon general Joseph Ladapo said mandates were akin to \u201cslavery\u201d, Florida\u2019s Republican-dominated legislature have so far shown reluctance to get involved. Donald Trump denounced the edict as \u201ca tough stance\u201d less than 48 hours after it was issued and there was a furious backlash from medical experts to the plan for Florida to become the first state not to require vaccinations for school-age children.<\/p>\n Read the full story<\/a><\/p>\n What else happened today:<\/p>\n