President Donald Trump will posthumously award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday.

The event, held in the East Room, coincides with what would have been Kirk’s 32nd birthday and brings together key figures from Trump’s political movement.

The ceremony takes place as Trump returns to Washington from Israel and Egypt having negotiated the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal in Gaza, while also managing the impact of a federal government shutdown over a budget dispute between Republicans and Democrats.

Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, at the start of what was intended to be a tour of college campuses

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