WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed last month at a Utah college event.

Trump will participate in a ceremony at the White House Tuesday afternoon.

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Who was Charlie Kirk?

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Kirk was the founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, one of the largest national student conservative organizations in the country.

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Turning Point USA is a "movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets, and limited government," his page says.

Since the inception

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