Kirk Assassination Sparks White House asks for $ 58 million new protections

The White House is looking for additional security funds at the Congress for executive and judicial branches when it sails the consequences of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Fox News Digital learned.

The White House requested additional $ 58 million funding for the Congress executive and judicial branches, spokesperson for the White House management and budget office, confirmed on Monday at Fox News Digital.

Additional security funds are said to be added to a continuous resolution, the spokesman said. A bill on temporary expenses will have to pass by the end of the month to keep the government open, otherwise the government could face a closure on September 30 at the end of the funds.

Pressure secret services: what Kirk’s assassination means for Trump’s safety

Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025 in Orem, Utah, before his assassination. (Trent Nelson / The Salt Lake Tribune / Getty Images)

Punchbowl News was the first to report the request for security financing. Additional details on the funds were not immediately available.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comments from Fox News Digital.

Kirk, 31, was killed after being killed in the neck during a stop during his American return tour on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. The assassination occurs about a year after two attempts to take the life of President Donald Trump.

In July 2024, the 20 -year -old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on Trump on a roof during a campaign rally. One of the eight bullets pulled Trump’s ear.

The shooter also shot Corey Comperatore, a 50 -year -old firefighter, father and husband who attended the rally, and injured two others.

Likewise, Ryan Routh was apprehended and responsible for trying to assassinate Trump in his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September 2024. Roth is currently tried after being accused of attempted assassination of a large presidential candidate, among others.

Charlie Kirk Assassination Rocks Capitol Hill, increases the security fears of the legislators

The presidential candidate of the time, Donald Trump, pumps his fist while he was precipitated by agents of the American secret services after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images / Anna Moneymaker)

Nicholas John Roske, 29, pleaded guilty in April to have tried to kill the judge of the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh in June 2022, according to the Ministry of Justice.

Meanwhile, American secret services inaugurate a series of changes in response to assassination attempts against the president and already operates in an incredibly increased state accordingly, according to former agents.

“The secret services must now play at an increased level of security which they have never dreamed before. I think that (the director of secret services Sean Curran) does a good job to direct this effort,” said Tim Miller, who was a secret service agent during the presidents George Hw Bush and Bill Clinton’s Administrations, Fox News Digital Thursday. “But here is the bad news for the secret services: they don’t have time. This threat is now. Can you imagine-they have already shot our president once. Can you imagine if they are able to kill him?”

The examination intensifies on security failures surrounding Charlie Kirk’s shot

American secret services inaugurate a series of changes in response to assassination attempts against the president. (Images Kevin Carter / Getty)

Immediate changes from the agency according to the butler, Pennsylvania, the assassination attempt included Expand the use of drones For surveillance purposes and the introduction of greater counter-drone technology to mitigate kinetic attacks, the former acting director of the secret service, Ronald Rowe said, told legislators in December 2024.

The secret services expressed condolences to the Kirk family, but refused to comment on any specific change in Trump’s security details after Kirk’s death.

“The security and security of our protectors is the top priority of the United States,” a spokesperson for the secret service in Fox News Digital said. “President Trump receives the highest levels of the protection of American secret services and the agency adjusts our protection posture if necessary to alleviate evolutionary threats. For the sake of operational security, we cannot discuss the means and methods used for our protection operations.”