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Where Charlie Kirk Stood on Key Political Issues

Here are some of the activist’s stances on climate change, immigration, gun control and other issues.

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Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point USA event at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., in 2019.
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House Passes Defense Policy Bill With Transgender, Diversity Restrictions

For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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Despite the partisan nature of the final legislation, it included an effort backed by conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike to claw back Congress’s war powers.
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Supreme Court Rules for Transgender Boy in Bathroom Dispute

The interim order came after a decision in June on medical care for transgender youths and as the justices prepare to hear arguments on transgender athletes.

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A 14-year-old student challenged South Carolina’s bathroom law, saying it violated the Constitution’s equal protection clause and Title IX.
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Texas Professor Fired After Accusations of Teaching ‘Gender Ideology’

Two administrators also lost their posts at Texas A&M, an example of how Republican policies meant to curb liberal ideas are reaching into university classrooms.

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A professor at Texas A&M was confronted in class by a student, who filmed the interaction.
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After Graham Linehan’s Arrest, Police Chief Says UK Should Clarify Free-Speech Laws

The arrest of Graham Linehan on suspicion of inciting violence against transgender people is adding to a debate across the Atlantic over the policing of speech in Britain.

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Graham Linehan at a free-speech summit at Trinity College Dublin last year. He has become a vocal anti-transgender activist and was arrested on Monday over social media posts.
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Alberta Backs Off on School Library Book Ban

Alberta ordered schools to pull “inappropriate” books, but paused its plan after a large school district banned scores of books in an apparent effort to make a point.

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Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, whose government had ordered the removal of books from school libraries that described sex or other topics deemed inappropriate for young people.
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Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns

Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.

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The attacker’s gender identity has become a focal point for politics.
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