Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau confirmed on September 11th, 2025, that the State Department, under Senator Marco Rubio, will ban any foreigner from entering the United States who celebrated the assassination of Charlie Kirk online. This action follows the fatal shooting of Kirk at Utah Valley University. The FBI continues to seek public assistance in identifying a person of interest in the Kirk shooting, having recovered the weapon and obtained a palm print, a shoe print, and a forearm imprint. The FBI has appealed for motion-activated footage from Tesla vehicles near the event. The rifle believed to have been used in the assassination was obtained during the arrest of a suspect. In related congressional developments, Representative Anna Paulina Luna is circulating a letter calling on Speaker Johnson to place a statue of Charlie Kirk in the United States Capitol, a proposal Representative Andrew Clyde supported by comparing it to the statue of MLK in the Capitol. Senator Thom Tillis criticized pundits for using Kirk's assassination to call for war. Representative Clay Higgins reiterated his intention to ban users who celebrated Kirk's death from big tech platforms and pursue business license revocation. Separately, Nadine Menendez, wife of former Senator Bob Menendez, appeared to implicate her husband in her testimony before Judge Stein as her prison term was imposed. She stated her "blindfold is off" and that she sees him "for who he is," adding, "It was a marriage I wanted for my whole life, and I thought I had. I was wrong. I was wrong about my husband." In international news, Venezuela's interior minister stated on Thursday that none of the 11 people killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean last week were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Senator Lindsey Graham is pushing legislation to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism if it does not return kidnapped Ukrainian children. Representative Blake Luttrell announced he will not seek re-election at the end of 2026, stating a desire to focus on his family, community, and Texas. A chartered Korean Air 747 departed Atlanta for Seoul carrying over 300 South Koreans detained during an immigration raid at a battery factory in Georgia last week.
