Trump administration seeks $58 million security boost after Charlie Kirk assassination

The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58 million for security to protect the executive and judicial branches following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a leadership aide confirmed to NBC News on Sunday

The Trump administration is asking Congress to approve an additional $58 million for security to protect the executive and judicial branches following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a leadership aide confirmed to NBC News on Sunday.

The Trump administration supports adding more money to protect members of Congress, too, but deferred to the legislative branch on how to do that, the leadership aide told NBC News.

The request comes as Republicans and Democrats negotiate a stopgap funding bill and as lawmakers have beefed up their personal security, moved events indoors or canceled them altogether following Kirk’s killing in Utah and an uptick in political violence overall.

Kirk’s assassination was the latest in a string of incidents, including the killing of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the wounding of her Democratic colleague and spouse, an arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence and the two assassination attempts against President Donald Trump last summer.

Punchbowl News first reported the administration’s request.