A single flag is planted in memory of Charlie Kirk, according of organizers at the Young America's Foundation, alongside a field of flags marking the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on September 11, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
House Republicans are discussing pumping tens of millions of dollars into security for lawmakers as tensions have risen on Capitol Hill in recent days in the aftermath of the assassination of a prominent conservative activist.
In a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday, the GOP discussed attaching a proposal to increase security funding to $30 million to a stopgap government bill to fund the government, according to two people familiar with the matter. That funding would be in addition