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The White House is seeking additional security funds from Congress for the executive and judicial departments as it navigates the consequences of assassination Charlie KirkFox News Digital has learned.
The White House requests additional $58 million in secure funding For the executive and judicial branches of Congress, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget confirmed Fox News Digital on Monday.
The spokesman said additional security funds will be added to the ongoing resolution. The temporary spending bill will be passed by the end of this month to keep the government open – otherwise, the government may face a closure when funds expire on September 30.
Secret Service under Pressure: What Kirk’s assassination means to Trump’s safety
Charlie Kirk spoke in Orem, Utah, before being assassinated at the University of Utah on September 10, 2025. (Trent Nelson/Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Punchbowl News is the first to report a secure fund request. Additional details about the funds are not available immediately.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News numbers’ request for comment.
Kirk, 31, was killed after being shot and killed on Wednesday at Utah Valley University’s Utah Valley University. Assassination comes about a year after two attempts to appoint a president Donald Trump’s Life.
In July 2024, 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on Trump at the roof during a campaign rally. One of eight bullets shot Trump in the ear.
The gunman also shot and killed 50-year-old firefighters, with his father and husband attending the rally and killed two other people.
Similarly, Ryan Routh was arrested in September 2024 at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida and assassinated Trump in September 2024 at his Trump International Golf Club. Routh is charged with trial for attempting to assassinate a major presidential candidate.
The then-public presidential candidate Donald Trump waved his fists violently after being grazed by bullets at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Getty Images/Anna Moneymaker)
The Justice Department said Nicholas John Roske pleaded guilty in April to attempt to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in June 2022.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Secret Service is A series of changes According to the former agent, it has been incredibly intensified in response to the assassination attempt against the president.
Tim Miller, who served as Secret Service agent in the administration of President George HW Bush and Bill Clinton during the presidency of George HW Bush and Bill Clinton, told Fox News Digital that he told Fox News Digital on Thursday. “But this is bad news from the Secret Service: they don’t have time. Now, the threat is. You can imagine – they’ve shot our president once. Can you imagine if they can kill him?”
Review of safety errors surrounding Charlie Kirk’s shooting has intensified
The U.S. Secret Service is ushering in a series of changes to deal with assassination attempts against the president. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
The agency’s immediate changes after Butler, Pennsylvania, include assassination attempts Expand the use of drones Former Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe told lawmakers in December 2024 that larger anti-drone technology has been introduced to mitigate dynamic attacks for surveillance purposes.
The Secret Service expressed condolences to the Kirk family but declined to comment on any specific changes in Trump’s security details after Kirk’s death.
A Secret Service spokesman told Fox News Numbers, “The safety and security of our protectors are the top priority of the Secret Service.” “President Trump has obtained the highest level of protection in the U.S. Secret Service, which adjusts our protective posture as needed to mitigate evolving threats. We cannot discuss the means and methods of our protective actions out of concern for operational security.”
