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University’s Charlie Kirk tribute defaced as students hurl insults at his supporters: ‘Lost souls’

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FIRST ON FOX: Students at a North Carolina university defaced a tribute honoring the life of Charlie Kirk, and over the last couple of days, they have been harassing fellow students who have gathered at the site, prompting calls from students for the university to do more.
As students gathered to honor Kirk at a candlelight vigil at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on Monday night, video obtained by Fox News Digital showed a female student harassing Kirk’s supporters and walking up to the large painted rock honoring Kirk and simulating flatulating onto it.
«Can somebody get a lighter,» the student said. Another student who appeared to be with her said, «Freedom of speech.»
When a Kirk supporter said, «Jesus loves you,» the second woman turned around and pointed to her sweatshirt, which appeared to depict satanic imagery.
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A tribute honoring Charlie Kirk on the campus of UNC Wilmington was defaced on Tuesday. (Brendan Chafin/Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP/Addison Woolsey)
«Take a peek, who is that?» The woman with the sweatshirt said before walking away.
In another video, taken the next day, a student can be seen dumping paint onto the tribute, which was painted on a rock by Kirk’s supporters.
Reagan Faulkner, president of UNCW’s chapter of College Republicans, told Fox News Digital that a vigil was held on Monday night around the rock, which is often painted by students to promote various causes, with a courtesy understanding that it be untouched for 24 hours.
Faulkner said they expected 250 people to attend, and that 750 to 1,000 people ultimately showed up.
«It was beautiful,» Faulkner said. «Absolutely honored Charlie in a wonderful way.»
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An FBI investigator is seen near the building where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Before the 24-hour courtesy expired, Faulkner said students who oppose Kirk began threatening to paint over the mural, starting at around 6 a.m. Tuesday. Faulkner says the rock was first vandalized around 11 a.m. Tuesday.
«We told him he had to wait until 5,» Faulkner explained. «He said, ‘That’s just a courtesy. I don’t have to do anything for you fascists.’ He insulted one of our military members and called us Nazis. He and a friend later dumped paint on our members and the rock.»
Faulkner told Fox News Digital that in addition to being harassed, some of her friends were «body checked» and had paint dumped on them and that the police told them it did not rise to the level of an arrest.
«On Tuesday morning, UNCW is aware of a situation involving the spirit rock,» the school said in a statement. «According to University Police, students surrounding the rock were approached by students who wanted to repaint the rock. It started as a conversation but became confrontational as the students who wanted to revise the rock poured paint onto the rock.»
«Some students tried to prevent this action and, in the process, some of them were splashed with paint. No arrests were made in relation to this incident,» it continued. «UNCW Police advised students who expressed concern about potential assault to file a police report.»
«UNCW is proud to serve as a public university, open to the community, and committed to upholding freedom of expression in accordance with applicable laws and policies. In addition, UNCW encourages and expects students, faculty and staff to foster a respectful campus community.»
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Students at UNC Wilmington painted over a rock that was honoring Charlie Kirk. (Instagram: @addiwuwu)
Faulkner, who also serves as secretary of UNCW’s Turning Point USA chapter, says that ultimately, out of concern for their safety and the situation escalating, the students supporting Kirk stopped defending the mural from being painted.
«We still think it’s worth standing up, but instead of painting over it, we’re choosing to respond differently,» Faulkner said. «We’re bringing worship music, signs that say, ‘I Am Charlie Kirk,’ and we’re praying and singing. We want to live like Charlie — spread the gospel, respect free speech and still be present.»
Faulkner added, «None of us retaliated. I believe God gave us courage and peace. We want conversation, not violence. We want to pick up the mic where Charlie left it, but the other side isn’t willing. They say they don’t want division or violence, but then actions like this happen. Our takeaway is—we’re open, but they won’t talk.»
Faulkner told Fox News Digital she is not satisfied with how the university has handled the situation and that they «need to do more to protect us.»
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Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah, prior to the assassination. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune;Getty Images)
«I know that legally, the people that were caught in the crossfire, our members that were caught in a crossfire, do have the legal right to press charges and I don’t think it was fair for UPD to tell them that they didn’t,» Faulkner said.
«And I emailed administration last Wednesday when Charlie passed that it’s been brought to my attention that a lot of our members don’t feel safe on campus, especially after what happened. And I was told you’re perfectly safe. Nobody’s gonna come after you … and then this happened. And then the police told us, like, hey, we can’t do anything. And also it’s your fault for standing in front of the rock. I think that it’s just, I think that the part blaming it on us is shameful.»
Another student who spoke to Fox News Digital also expressed the sentiment that the school should have done more to prevent the situation.
«Many of the students here, including myself, are angry, but at the same time our hearts hurt for these lost souls,» said Brendan Chafin, a student at UNCW and member of TPUSA and college Republicans.
«We just want the school to see challenges us Christian conservative students face and to take action against the students who defaced the memorial and assaulted conservative students. This needs to be done immediately to show that hate and violence against Christian conservatives does not belong on campus or in our society.»
Conservatives have been holding vigils for Kirk across the country in recent days honoring the conservative activist’s life and legacy through vigils on college campuses and in public spaces.
At the same time, conservative influencers on social media have been posting examples of students, employees, professors and politicians who have disparaged Kirk or suggested he deserved to be assassinated, which has resulted in dozens of firings.
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Encrucijada para la Orden de Malta: la organización de la época de las Cruzadas, en la mira León XIV

Es la más grande orden caballeresca de la Iglesia, nacida en torno al 1050 y con los siglos poseedora de un estatus inigualable dentro de la institución. Ahora vive uno de sus momentos más difíciles, que se sintetiza en un gran dossier sobre la mesa de trabajo del papa León XIV que puede llevar a una intervención de la Orden de Malta.
Los problemas no son nuevos y motivaron una intervención del papa argentino Francisco, que aprobó una nueva constitución en 2022. En estos casi cuatro años no se ha resuelto la cuestión más importante, que es la transformación de la antigua orden caballeresca en una orden religiosa a todos los efectos, una vieja aspiración dentro de la Orden.
Ahora el Gran Maestro, el canadiense John Dunlap, es el principal acusado de no haber puesto en marcha la transformación de la orden caballeresca en una orden espiritual a todos los efectos, con el nuevo espíritu de la Constitución. También se debía construir un monasterio para hospedar a los profesos destinados a ser consagrados frailes con la aceptación definitiva de los votos de pobreza, castidad y obediencia.
El objetivo era obligar a los profesos a hacer vida en común como en las órdenes religiosas. El papa argentino Jorge Bergoglio consideraba que el convento y la vida espiritual eran fundamentales para salvar a la Orden de Malta.
Hasta hoy nada ocurrió y no faltan las acusaciones contra el Gran Maestro John Dunlap de no cumplir lo prometido. Dunlap ha sido convocado por el papa al Palacio Apostólico Vaticano para «aclaraciones definitivas» que serían seguidas por procedimientos de fondo.
Otros temas no resueltos son la decisión de cerrar a fines de este año el ambulatorio originalmente destinado a los pobres, situado en el palacio sede de la Orden de Malta, en el centro de Roma. Los dirigentes alegan que los ambulatorios cuestan demasiado.
Las quejas se refieren también a varias sedes de las embajadas de la Orden de Malta, denunciadas por los nuncios apostólicos pontificios. En particular se refieren a una «falta de coherencia» respecto a los principios básicos de la vida religiosa.
Muchos recuerdan que las herencias millonarias de dudosa procedencia y otros escándalos, incluidos los hospitales africanos en los que se habrían practicado abortos en total desprecio por la doctrina de la Iglesia, obligaron finalmente en 2016 al Gran Maestro Matthew Festing a renunciar.
Festing quería convertir en verdaderos monjes a los profesantes, obligándolos a vivir en monasterios. El papa argentino Francisco debió disolver la congregación de los caballeros alemanes y en 2022 aprobó finalmente la reforma constitucional. Pero los grandes problemas y también los otros siguen sin resolver, y es el actual pontífice, llegado hace menos de un año, el encargado de solucionarlos.
El 1 de diciembre de 2016, el papa Jorge Bergoglio nombró al arzobispo Giovanni Becciu como su representante personal ante la Orden. En mayo de 2017, la Orden nombró al boliviano Mauro Bertero Gutiérrez para guiar el proceso de reforma constitucional. También prorrogó el mandato del después cardenal Giovanni Becciu por tiempo indeterminado.
El 10 de junio de 2023, el papa Francisco nombró al cardenal Gianfranco Ghirlanda sucesor de Becciu como patrono de la Orden. La Orden de Malta es singular: reconocida internacionalmente, posee su propia bandera, una constitución, un jefe de Estado, y emite pasaportes y sellos. Mantiene relaciones diplomáticas con cien estados y participa en las organizaciones internacionales, empezando por las Naciones Unidas.
Los críticos sostienen la necesidad de dar un gran impulso, de una buena vez, a los aspectos espirituales y religiosos. El 3 de mayo de 2023, fray John Timothy Dunlap fue elegido Gran Maestre de la Orden por un período de diez años.
La Orden tiene una historia extraordinaria, inigualada en la Iglesia. Sus orígenes se remontan a las antiguas confraternidades medievales de cristianos, laicos y monjes que hospedaban a los peregrinos que llegaban a Jerusalén, entonces dominada por los árabes.
Tras la Primera Cruzada, Jerusalén se convirtió en la capital de un reino latino y los hospitalarios recibieron cuantiosos fondos y donaciones de los cruzados y los peregrinos. En este ambiente extraordinario prosperó la Orden de Malta, que debió abandonar Tierra Santa en 1530 para trasladarse, tras tomar posesión, a la isla de Malta.
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Democrats’ DHS shutdown halts ICE oversight they demanded

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The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) internal watchdog has been forced to pause a significant chunk of its oversight of immigration enforcement as Democrats continue to withhold support for funding the Cabinet-level agency.
A spokesperson for the DHS office of the inspector general (OIG) told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that most of its audits and inspections have had to be paused during the partial government shutdown, including many dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Democrats have called for stricter oversight of ICE since President Donald Trump surged federal law enforcement agents to blue cities across the country in a bid to crack down on illegal immigration.
But at least seven of the internal DHS probes into ICE conduct have been suspended after Democrats walked away from a bipartisan deal to fund the department, plunging it into a shutdown.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to the media next to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at the White House, Sept. 29, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
«Most of OIG’s audits, inspections, and similar reviews… are paused during the lapse in appropriations. A small number of OIG audits related to disaster relief continue because they are supported by an extant appropriation,» the spokesperson said.
«OIG’s Criminal Investigators are excepted from furlough and are continuing their work during the lapse. OIG does not publicly confirm or deny the existence of any particular criminal investigation.»
Probes that have been paused include determining «whether ICE investigates allegations of use of excessive force and holds personnel accountable» and conducting «unannounced inspections to assess compliance with ICE detention standards and ensure safe, secure, and humane conditions of confinement,» according to the spokesperson.
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An investigation into whether Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are conducting domestic U.S. operations in accordance with DHS policies and federal law has also been halted.

A screen grab from a video shows a law enforcement officer spraying irritants at Alex Pretti before he was fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, 2026. (Reuters)
The CBP probe is notable given it was CBP agents who shot and killed nurse Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen, during an anti-ICE demonstration in Minneapolis last month.
Democrats had called for investigations and stricter guardrails after the incident took place.
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But Pretti’s killing, along with the ICE-involved killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, were two of the main catalysts that Democrats said drove them away from an earlier bipartisan deal struck on funding DHS for the remainder of the fiscal year.
The original DHS funding bill, which passed the House but failed in the Senate, included new mandatory training requirements for ICE and a mandate for body cameras for federal law enforcement.
Democratic leaders have said that was not enough, however, and have rejected another compromise offer sent by the White House in recent days.

ICE agents conduct immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis, Jan. 28, 2026. (Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Democrats reportedly sent back their own counteroffer to Republicans this week, but there appears to be little movement on either side toward an agreement.
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Two of Democrats’ biggest demands, requiring judicial warrants to execute ICE enforcement action and banning masks for ICE agents while requiring clearly accessible identification, have been panned as non-starters by Republicans.
In addition to affecting ICE oversight, a lengthy DHS shutdown also threatens funding for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), among other offices within DHS.
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Gobierno salvadoreño y HE Space Children’s Foundation firman alianza para proteger ecosistemas marino-costeros

El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de El Salvador y la Cancillería firmaron recientemente una carta de entendimiento con la organización internacional HE Space Children’s Foundation, con el objetivo de fortalecer la educación ambiental y la protección de los ecosistemas marino-costeros del país.
Este acuerdo, anunciado el 17 de febrero de 2026, establece un marco de cooperación que permitirá impulsar iniciativas en sostenibilidad, formación ambiental y trabajo comunitario, haciendo especial énfasis en la niñez y la juventud salvadoreña.
Durante el acto de firma, encabezado por el ministro de Medio Ambiente, Fernando López, y la viceministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Adriana Mira, se destacó la importancia de sumar capacidades y construir alianzas estratégicas para avanzar hacia un desarrollo sostenible.
Según las declaraciones de López, la carta de entendimiento “refleja una visión compartida de desarrollo sostenible y consolida un compromiso de largo plazo para proteger los recursos naturales del país”. Por su parte, Mira celebró el paso como una muestra del compromiso de El Salvador con la preservación de los ecosistemas y con la formación de nuevas generaciones en temas ambientales.
El acuerdo establece acciones concretas para promover la conservación de los ecosistemas marino-costeros, que representan una de las principales riquezas naturales del país y que enfrentan diversas amenazas por la presión humana y el cambio climático.
Entre los componentes clave del entendimiento se encuentra el intercambio técnico y de conocimientos, la capacitación de niños, niñas y jóvenes en temas ambientales, y la articulación institucional para fortalecer la gestión ambiental en los territorios.

Las autoridades subrayaron que la cooperación internacional resulta fundamental para ampliar capacidades, generar oportunidades y avanzar hacia un modelo de desarrollo más resiliente y sostenible.
La alianza con HE Space Children’s Foundation permitirá a El Salvador acceder a experiencias y buenas prácticas internacionales, así como a recursos pedagógicos y tecnológicos orientados a la educación ambiental, la sensibilización social y la formación de liderazgos juveniles comprometidos con la protección del patrimonio natural.
En el evento, que contó con la presencia de representantes de ambas instituciones y de la sociedad civil, se hizo hincapié en la necesidad de integrar la educación, la ciencia y la articulación institucional para pasar del compromiso a la acción. La firma de la carta de entendimiento representa un paso relevante en la consolidación de políticas públicas centradas en la sostenibilidad y en la respuesta a los desafíos ambientales que enfrenta El Salvador, en particular la degradación de los ecosistemas costeros, la pérdida de biodiversidad y la necesidad de adaptación ante los efectos del cambio climático.
El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente informó que, mediante esta alianza, se desarrollarán programas educativos y comunitarios en zonas costeras, con el objetivo de empoderar a las comunidades locales y fomentar prácticas sostenibles en actividades como la pesca, el turismo y el manejo de recursos naturales. Además, se promoverá la participación de niños, niñas y jóvenes en proyectos de restauración ecológica, monitoreo ambiental y campañas de sensibilización, buscando un impacto positivo a largo plazo.

Las imágenes difundidas a través de redes sociales muestran la firma del acuerdo en un ambiente institucional, con la bandera de El Salvador en el fondo, y dan cuenta de la relevancia que las autoridades conceden al trabajo conjunto con actores internacionales. También se destacan fotografías de los paisajes marino-costeros y boscosos que se beneficiarán de las acciones derivadas del convenio.
Con la firma de esta carta de entendimiento, El Salvador reafirma su compromiso con la Agenda 2030 y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, en especial aquellos vinculados a la acción climática, la vida submarina y la educación de calidad. La colaboración con HE Space Children’s Foundation abre nuevas posibilidades para que el país avance en la construcción de una ciudadanía ambiental activa, informada y capaz de liderar la transformación hacia un futuro más sostenible.
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